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Tex. Occupations Code § 454.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.301
§ 454.301. GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF LICENSE OR DISCIPLINE OF LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license or take other disciplinary action against a license holder if the applicant or license holder has:

(1) used drugs or intoxicating liquors to an extent that affects the applicant's or license holder's professional competence;

(2) been convicted of a crime, other than a minor offense defined as a "minor misdemeanor," "violation," or "offense," in any court if the act for which the applicant or license holder was convicted is determined by the board to have a direct bearing on whether the applicant or license holder should be entrusted to serve the public in the capacity of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant;

(3) obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or deception;

(4) been grossly negligent in the practice of occupational therapy or in acting as an occupational therapy assistant;

(5) been found mentally incompetent by a court;

(6) practiced occupational therapy in a manner detrimental to the public health and welfare;

(7) advertised in a manner that in any way tends to deceive or defraud the public;

(8) had a license to practice occupational therapy revoked or suspended or had other disciplinary action taken against the applicant or license holder by the proper licensing authority of another state, territory, or nation; or

(9) had the applicant's or license holder's application for a license refused, revoked, or suspended by the proper licensing authority of another state, territory, or nation.

(b) If a license suspension is probated, the board may require the license holder to:

(1) report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the board; or

(3) continue or review continuing professional education until the license holder attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the board in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8448.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8448 / Section 8448.104
§ 8448.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.00735 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.00735
§ 161.00735. RELEASE AND RECEIPT OF REGISTRY DATA IN DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "disaster" means a disaster declared by the president of the United States, the governor of this state, or the governor of another state.

(b) If the department determines that residents of this state have evacuated or relocated to another state in response to a disaster, the department may release registry data, except registry data obtained under Section 161.00705, to the appropriate health authority of that state or to local health authorities in that state.

(c) The department may receive immunization information from a health authority of another state or from a local health authority in another state if the department determines that residents of that state have evacuated or relocated to this state in response to a disaster. The department shall include information received under this subsection in the registry. Notwithstanding Section 161.007, the department is not required to obtain written consent for the inclusion in the registry of information received under this subsection.

(d) Immunization information received under Subsection (c) is subject to Section 161.0073, and may not be released except as authorized by this chapter.

(e) The executive commissioner by rule shall determine the period during which the information collected under Subsection (c) must remain in the immunization registry following the end of the disaster.

(f) Unless an individual or, if a child, the child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian consents in writing to continued inclusion of the individual's or child's information in the registry, the department shall remove the immunization records collected under Subsection (c) from the registry on the expiration of the period prescribed by Subsection (e).

(g) If an individual or, if a child, the child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian requests in writing that the individual's or child's information obtained under Subsection (c) be removed from the registry, the department shall remove that information from the registry.

(h) The executive commissioner shall make every effort to enter into a memorandum of agreement with each state to which residents of this state are likely to evacuate in a disaster on:

(1) the release and use of registry information under this section to the appropriate health authority or local health authority of that state, including the length of time the information may be retained by that state; and

(2) the receipt and use of information submitted by the health authority or local health authority of that state for inclusion in the registry under this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.259 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.259
§ 85.259. ISSUANCE OF WRITS BY COURT OF APPEALS.
Status: in_force

If it appears that the provisions of Sections 85.244 and 85.245 of this code have not been complied with, then on proper application from the commission to the court of appeals having jurisdiction, the court shall issue instanter the necessary writs of prohibition, mandamus, or injunction to prohibit and restrain the trial judge from enforcing or attempting to enforce the provisions of the injunction issued by him and to prohibit and restrain the party or parties in whose favor the order is entered from acting or attempting to act under the protection of the order or from violating the law, rule, or order of the commission attacked.
Tex. Estates Code § 1161.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1161 / Section 1161.005
§ 1161.005. MODIFICATION OR ELIMINATION OF DUTY OR STANDARD.
Status: in_force

On a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the action is in the best interests of the ward and the ward's estate, the court may modify or eliminate:

(1) the duty of the guardian of the estate to keep the estate invested; or

(2) the standard required by Section 1161.002(a) with regard to investments of estate assets.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8327.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8327 / Section 8327.001
§ 8327.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Oatman Hill Municipal Utility District.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 39.01 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 39 / Section 39.01
§ 39.01. IN EXAMINING TRIAL.
Status: in_force

When an examination takes place in a criminal action before a magistrate, the state or the defendant may have the deposition of any witness taken by any officer authorized by this chapter. The state or the defendant may not use the deposition for any purpose unless that party first acknowledges that the entire evidence or statement of the witness may be used for or against the defendant on the trial of the case, subject to all legal objections. The deposition of a witness duly taken before an examining trial or a jury of inquest and reduced to writing or recorded and then certified according to law, provided that the defendant and the defendant's attorney were present when that testimony was taken and that the defendant had the privilege afforded of cross-examining the witness, or taken at any prior trial of the defendant for the same offense, may be used by either the state or the defendant in the trial of the defendant's criminal case under the following circumstances:

When oath is made by the party using the deposition that the witness resides outside the state; or that since the witness's testimony was taken, the witness has died, or has removed beyond the limits of the state, or has been prevented from attending the court through the act or agency of the other party, or by the act or agency of any person whose object was to deprive the state or the defendant of the benefit of the testimony; or that by reason of age or bodily infirmity, that witness cannot attend; or that the witness is a Medicaid or Medicare recipient or a caregiver or guardian of the recipient, and the recipient's Medicaid or Medicare account was charged for a product or service that was not provided or rendered to the recipient. When the testimony is sought to be used by the state, the oath may be made by any credible person. When sought to be used by the defendant, the oath must be made by the defendant in person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9094.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9094 / Section 9094.0303
§ 9094.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.204
§ 8888.204. COOPERATIVE FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may develop a procedure for funding cooperatively a project of the authority with money from a political subdivision located entirely in the authority, and may develop a procedure for funding cooperatively a project of the authority with money from a political subdivision located wholly or partly outside the authority, a water supply corporation, or other private entity, if the authority project fulfills a governmental purpose of both the authority and the political subdivision, or fulfills a governmental purpose of the authority that the authority determines would be furthered by cooperative funding from a private entity.

(b) A political subdivision may enter into a contract with the authority for the political subdivision to finance a portion of the proposed project with the political subdivision's resources instead of using only the proceeds from bonds of the authority for that purpose. The contract must be executed before the authority issues the bonds. As provided in the contract, the authority may:

(1) reduce the value of the bond issuance to the degree that the political subdivision provides project funding; and

(2) credit the political subdivision for the political subdivision's contribution to the project financing and adjust the allocation of revenue pledged to the payment of the bonds so that the authority avoids using, to a degree reasonably commensurate with the contribution, revenue from the political subdivision to service the authority's bond debt or interest.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8153.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8153 / Section 8153.201
§ 8153.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Sections 8153.101 and 8153.102.

(b) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8153.102 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8153.102 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

(d) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to a project undertaken by the district under Section 8153.102 or to bonds issued by the district to finance the project.
Tex. Education Code § 12.153 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.153
§ 12.153. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.105
§ 1108.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) all accounting and control procedures.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.254
§ 6905.254. ELECTION FOR BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds, other than refunding bonds, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election.

(b) The board may call an election under this section without a petition. The resolution calling the election must specify:

(1) the time and places at which the election will be held;

(2) the purpose for which the bonds will be issued;

(3) the amount of the bonds;

(4) the form of the ballot; and

(5) other matters the board considers necessary or advisable.

(c) Notice of the election must be given by publishing a substantial copy of the resolution calling the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The notice must be published once each week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must be not later than the 14th day before the date of the election.

(d) The board may issue bonds not payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes without an election.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.228 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.228
§ 2306.228. LOAN FEES.
Status: in_force

The department shall make and collect loan fees that the department determines are reasonable, including:

(1) fees to reimburse the housing finance division's financing costs;

(2) service charges;

(3) insurance premiums;

(4) mortgage insurance premiums; and

(5) fees for administrative costs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.203
§ 1061.203. BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue tax bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The order calling the election shall provide for clerks as in county elections and must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding and alternate presiding judges for each polling place;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity date of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.206 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.206
§ 81.206. GENERAL RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

A person receiving health services under this subchapter has the right to:

(1) appropriate treatment for the person's illness in an appropriate setting consistent with the protection of the person and the community;

(2) not receive unnecessary or excessive medication;

(3) refuse to participate in a research program; and

(4) a humane treatment environment that provides reasonable protection from harm and appropriate privacy for personal needs.
Tex. Water Code § 57.104 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.104
§ 57.104. CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may construct all improvements necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4008.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.006
§ 4008.006. CERTIFICATE EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

Unless the commissioner by rule specifies a different period, each certificate issued under this chapter expires on the expiration date of the agent's appropriate underlying license.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.0031 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0031
§ 151.0031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.0031. "COMPUTER PROGRAM". "Computer program" means a series of instructions that are coded for acceptance or use by a computer system and that are designed to permit the computer system to process data and provide results and information. The series of instructions may be contained in or on magnetic tapes, punched cards, printed instructions, or other tangible or electronic media.
Tex. Property Code § 209.0092 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 209 / Section 209.0092
§ 209.0092. JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d) and subject to Section 209.009, a property owners' association may not foreclose a property owners' association assessment lien unless the association first obtains a court order in an application for expedited foreclosure under the rules adopted by the supreme court under Subsection (b). A property owners' association may use the procedure described by this subsection to foreclose any lien described by the association's dedicatory instruments. A property owners' association whose dedicatory instruments grant a right of foreclosure is considered to have any power of sale required by law as a condition of using the procedure described by this subsection.

(b) The supreme court, as an exercise of the court's authority under Section 74.024, Government Code, shall adopt rules establishing expedited foreclosure proceedings for use by a property owners' association in foreclosing an assessment lien of the association. The rules adopted under this subsection must be substantially similar to the rules adopted by the supreme court under Section 50(r), Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) Expedited foreclosure is not required under this section if the owner of the property that is subject to foreclosure agrees in writing at the time the foreclosure is sought to waive expedited foreclosure under this section. A waiver under this subsection may not be required as a condition of the transfer of title to real property.

(d) A property owners' association authorized to use the procedure described by Subsection (a) may in its discretion elect not to use that procedure and instead foreclose the association's assessment lien under court judgment foreclosing the lien and ordering the sale, pursuant to Rules 309 and 646a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(e) This section does not affect any right an association that is not authorized to use the procedure described by Subsection (a) may have to judicially foreclose the association's assessment lien as described by Subsection (d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3983.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3983 / Section 3983.0310
§ 3983.0310. EXEMPT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an assessment, fee, tax, or other charge on an exempt property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 579.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 579 / Section 579.003
§ 579.003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to the:

(1) Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas; and

(2) Ector County Hospital District.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379H.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379H / Section 379H.052
§ 379H.052. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "public officer" means an individual who is elected to a municipal office.

(b) A municipal employee is eligible to serve as a member of the board, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a public officer is eligible to serve as a member of the board and acceptance of the appointment will neither terminate nor impair service in the public office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009 / Section 8009.0307
§ 8009.0307. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8009.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8009.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8009.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 322.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 322 / Section 322.072
§ 322.072. PLEDGE OF REVENUES.
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the net revenues from one or more parks under control of the board, from the facilities of or incident to the parks, or from the parks and the facilities.

(b) The net revenues of one or more contracts, operating contracts, leases, or agreements may be pledged as the sole security or as additional security for the support of the bonds.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage on all or part of the real and personal property owned by the board.

(d) In the resolution authorizing issuance of bonds, the board may reserve the right, under conditions specified in the resolution, to issue additional bonds that will be on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds then being issued.

(e) While any bonds are outstanding, no additional bonds of equal dignity may be issued against the pledged revenues except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted in the resolution.

(f) In this chapter, "net revenues" means the gross revenues from the park or parks and the facilities, leases, agreements, or contracts incident to the park or parks, the revenues of which have been pledged, after deduction of the necessary expenses as provided by Section 322.075.