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Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.205
§ 1451.205. DISCLOSURE OF BENEFIT TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee benefit plan or health insurance policy shall:

(1) if applicable, disclose that the benefit for dental care services offered is limited to the least costly treatment; and

(2) specify in dollars and cents the amount of the payment or reimbursement to be provided for dental care services or define and explain the standard on which payment of benefits or reimbursement for the cost of dental care services is based, such as:

(A) "usual and customary" fees;

(B) "reasonable and customary" fees;

(C) "usual, customary, and reasonable" fees; or

(D) words of similar meaning.

(b) A person or entity who provides or issues an employee benefit plan or health insurance policy or the employer or employee organization, if applicable, shall establish an Internet website to provide resources and information to dentists, insureds, participants, employees, and members.

(c) An employee benefit plan or health insurance policy provider or issuer shall make accessible on the Internet website established under Subsection (b) information about the plan or policy sufficient for patients and dentists to determine the type of dental care services covered by the plan or policy, the percentage of the allowed charges for a covered service that will be paid or reimbursed under the plan or policy, and, for a contracting provider dentist, an estimate of the amount of the payment or reimbursement available for the provider's services under the plan or policy. Access to the Internet website must be at no charge to patients under the plan or policy and dentists providing dental care services to the patients.

(d) An employee benefit plan or health insurance policy provider or issuer is not required to comply with Subsection (b) or (c) for a plan or policy that:

(1) provides for payment of the benefit for dental care services under the plan or policy:

(A) as an indemnity benefit based on a fixed schedule, regardless of the cost of the dental care service;

(B) on a cash-payment-only basis;

(C) directly to the beneficiary of the plan or policy or to the beneficiary's assigns; and

(D) regardless of other coverage; and

(2) does not provide for a copayment, a deductible, a network, or contracting provider dentists.
Tex. Local Government Code § 374.031 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 374 / Section 374.031
§ 374.031. ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not use the tax increment method of financing prescribed under this subchapter unless a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting on the question approve that method of financing in an election held by the municipality.

(b) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Use of tax increment financing for urban renewal purposes."

(c) The election may be held in conjunction with an election held under Section 374.011 or 374.012.

(d) This referendum is not required if the constitutional amendment on tax increment financing is approved by the voters.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.504 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.504
§ 91.504. PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT PAYMENT DEDUCTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS, HEATING VALUE, OR LEASE IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the payor does not explain on the check stub, attachment to the payment form, or other remittance advice, or by a separate mailing, deductions from or adjustments to payments, the payor must provide an explanation by certified mail not later than the 60th day after the date the payor receives a request from the royalty interest owner. The royalty interest owner must send the request by certified mail.

(b) If a royalty interest owner requests information by certified mail concerning the heating value of the gas produced or sold from the lease, property, or well in which the owner has an interest, the payor must, not later than the 60th day after the date the payor receives the request, provide by certified mail:

(1) a copy of the Form G-1 filed with the commission; or

(2) a check stub or separate statement that includes the information.

(c) A royalty interest owner who received a payment from a payor during the preceding calendar year may request in writing by certified mail that the payor provide a report listing the following information for the preceding year:

(1) each lease, property, or well identification number;

(2) each lease, property, or well name;

(3) the field name;

(4) the county and state in which the property is located; and

(5) the commission lease identification number or commingling permit number or any other identification number under which the production for the lease, property, or well is being reported to the state.

(d) A payor who receives a request for information under Subsection (c) shall provide the information by certified mail not later than the 60th day after the date the payor receives the request.

(e) At least once every 12 months, a payor shall provide the following statement to each royalty interest owner to whom the payor makes a payment:

Section 91.504, Texas Natural Resources Code, gives an owner of a royalty interest in oil or gas produced in Texas the right to request from a payor information about itemized deductions, the heating value of the gas, and the Railroad Commission of Texas identification number for the lease, property, or well that may not have been provided to the royalty interest owner. The request must be in writing and must be made by certified mail. A payor must respond to a request regarding itemized deductions, the heating value of the gas, or the Railroad Commission of Texas identification number by certified mail not later than the 60th day after the date the request is received. An owner of a royalty interest in oil or gas may obtain information regarding production that has been reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas by contacting the oil and gas division of the commission or accessing the commission's website and providing the identification number of the lease and the county in which the lease is located.
Tex. Finance Code § 11.305 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 11 / Section 11.305
§ 11.305. RESEARCH.
Status: in_force

(a) The consumer credit commissioner shall establish a program to address alternatives to high-cost lending in this state. The program shall:

(1) study and report on high-cost lending, including the availability, quality, and prices of financial services offered in this state to individual consumers in this state; and

(2) evaluate alternatives to high-cost lending and the practices of business entities in this state that provide financial services to individual consumers in this state.

(b) The program may:

(1) apply for and receive public and private grants and gifts to conduct the research authorized by this section;

(2) contract with public and private entities to carry out studies and analyses under this section;

(3) provide funding for pilot programs; and

(4) make grants to nonprofit institutions working to provide alternatives to high-cost loans.

(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the consumer credit commissioner shall provide to the legislature a report detailing its findings and making recommendations to improve the availability, quality, and prices of financial services.

(d) The Texas Department of Banking and the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending shall jointly conduct a continuing review of the condition of the state banking system. The review must include a review of all available national and state economic forecasts and an analysis of changing banking practices and new banking legislation. Periodically the departments shall submit a report to the finance commission on the results of the review, including information relating to the condition of the state banking system at the time of the report and the predicted condition of that system in the future.
Tex. Estates Code § 205.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 205 / Section 205.007
§ 205.007. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person making a payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance under an affidavit described by this chapter is released to the same extent as if made to a personal representative of the decedent. The person may not be required to:

(1) see to the application of the affidavit; or

(2) inquire into the truth of any statement in the affidavit.

(b) The distributees to whom payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance is made are:

(1) answerable for the payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance to any person having a prior right; and

(2) accountable to any personal representative appointed after the payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance.

(c) Each person who executed the affidavit is liable for any damage or loss to any person that arises from a payment, delivery, transfer, or issuance made in reliance on the affidavit.

(d) If a person to whom the affidavit is delivered refuses to pay, deliver, transfer, or issue property as provided by this section, the property may be recovered in an action brought for that purpose by or on behalf of the distributees entitled to the property on proof of the facts required to be stated in the affidavit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.052
§ 7987.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2017, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7987.003; or

(2) September 1, 2021.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7987.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7987.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 507.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 507 / Section 507.013
§ 507.013. RULES; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The commission by rule may authorize the collection of annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms required by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (d), fees may be used only to fund activities under this chapter. The fee may not exceed:

(1) $50 for each required submission having no more than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or

(2) $100 for each required submission having more than 75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.

(c) To minimize the fees, the commission by rule shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier two forms contains fewer than 25 items.

(d) The commission may use up to 20 percent of the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency planning committees to assist them to fulfill their responsibilities under EPCRA.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.024
§ 571.024. NOTICE OF SUIT.
Status: in_force

Not later than the seventh day before the date on which the attorney general intends to bring suit on his own initiative, the attorney general shall provide to the department notice of the suit. The attorney general is not required to provide notice of a suit if the attorney general determines that waiting to bring suit until the notice is provided will create an immediate threat to the health and safety of a patient. This section does not create a requirement that the attorney general obtain the permission of or a referral from the department before filing suit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.159
§ 1032.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1032.160(b), and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to place a part of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(d) The district may not deposit money with a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the bank first executes a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district money that exceeds the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.153 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 261 / Section 261.153
§ 261.153. ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

The independent ombudsman shall have access to the records of a juvenile probation department that relate to a child adjudicated for conduct that constitutes an offense and placed in a facility operated by or contracted with a juvenile probation department or juvenile board.
Tex. Government Code § 81.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.023
§ 81.023. AUDIT; FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The financial transactions of the state bar are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code. The state bar shall pay the expense of the audit. The auditor's report shall be published in the Bar Journal.

(b) The state bar shall file annually with the supreme court, the governor, and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a copy of the annual financial report prepared by the state bar under Section 2101.011.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.106 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.106
§ 46C.106. COMPENSATION OF EXPERTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The appointed experts shall be paid by the county in which the indictment was returned or information was filed.

(b) The county in which the indictment was returned or information was filed shall reimburse a facility operated by the commission that accepts a defendant for examination under this subchapter for expenses incurred that are determined by the commission to be reasonably necessary and incidental to the proper examination of the defendant.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 20A.304 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 20A / Section 20A.304
§ 20A.304. PRESENTMENT OF INDICTMENT ENTERED IN RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) If the defendant is in custody or under bond at the time the indictment is presented, the fact of the presentment shall be entered in the court's record, noting briefly the style of the criminal action, the file number of the indictment, and the defendant's name.

(b) If the defendant is not in custody or under bond at the time the indictment is presented, the indictment may not be made public and the entry in the court's record relating to the indictment must be delayed until the capias is served and the defendant is placed in custody or under bond.
Tex. Property Code § 240.103 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 240 / Section 240.103
§ 240.103. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST IN TESTAMENTARY TRUST.
Status: in_force

In the case of an interest in a testamentary trust:

(1) a disclaimer must be delivered to the trustee then serving;

(2) if no trustee is then serving, a disclaimer must be delivered to the personal representative of the decedent's estate; or

(3) if no trustee or personal representative is then serving, a disclaimer must be filed in the official public records of any county in which the decedent:

(A) was domiciled on the date of the decedent's death; or

(B) owned real property.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.062 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.062
§ 60.062. POWERS BEYOND DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise any of its powers outside the boundaries of the district, except the power to impose assessments and the power of eminent domain, if the board determines that there is a benefit to the district in exercising that power.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8475.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8475 / Section 8475.203
§ 8475.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 113.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.151
§ 113.151. ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP IN JOINT ACCOUNT; OWNERSHIP ON DEATH OF PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Sums remaining on deposit on the death of a party to a joint account belong to the surviving party or parties against the estate of the deceased party if the interest of the deceased party is made to survive to the surviving party or parties by a written agreement signed by the party who dies.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an agreement is sufficient under this section to confer an absolute right of survivorship on parties to a joint account if the agreement contains a statement substantially similar to the following: "On the death of one party to a joint account, all sums in the account on the date of the death vest in and belong to the surviving party as his or her separate property and estate."

(c) A survivorship agreement may not be inferred from the mere fact that the account is a joint account or that the account is designated as JT TEN, Joint Tenancy, or joint, or with other similar language.

(d) If there are two or more surviving parties to a joint account that is subject to a right of survivorship agreement:

(1) during the parties' lifetimes respective ownerships are in proportion to the parties' previous ownership interests under Sections 113.102, 113.103, and 113.104, as applicable, augmented by an equal share for each survivor of any interest a deceased party owned in the account immediately before that party's death; and

(2) the right of survivorship continues between the surviving parties if a written agreement signed by a party who dies provides for that continuation.
Tex. Government Code § 662.076 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.076
§ 662.076. DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA AWARENESS DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) May 17 is Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day to raise awareness about the prevalence and deadliness of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a pediatric brain tumor.

(b) Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day shall be regularly observed by appropriate programs and activities.
Tex. Occupations Code § 557.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 557 / Section 557.002
§ 557.002. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

An application for registration as a pharmacist-intern must be on a form prescribed by the board.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 605.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 605 / Section 605.002
§ 605.002. REBATE RESPONSE PERIOD; GRACE PERIOD FOR CORRECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person, including a manufacturer or retailer, who offers a rebate shall mail the amount of the rebate to the consumer or electronically pay the consumer the amount of the rebate within the time period promised in the rebate information provided to the consumer or, if silent, not later than the 30th day after the date the person receives a properly completed rebate request.

(b) If a consumer rebate offer is contingent on the consumer continuing to purchase a service for a minimum length of time, the time period in Subsection (a) begins on the later of:

(1) the date the consumer submits the rebate request; or

(2) the expiration date of the service period.

(c) If the person offering the rebate receives a rebate request that is timely submitted but not properly completed, the person shall:

(1) process the rebate in the manner provided by Subsection (a) as if the rebate request were properly completed; or

(2) notify the consumer, not later than the date specified by Subsection (a), of the reasons that the rebate request is not properly completed and the consumer's right to correct the deficiency within 30 days after the date of the notification.

(d) The notification under Subsection (c)(2) must be by mail, except that notification may be by e-mail if the consumer has agreed to be notified by e-mail.

(e) If the consumer corrects the deficiency stated in the notification under Subsection (c)(2) before the 31st day after the postmark date of the person's mailed notification to the consumer or the date the e-mail is received, if applicable, the person shall process the rebate in the manner provided by Subsection (a) for a properly completed request.

(f) This section does not impose any obligation on a person to pay a rebate to any consumer who is not eligible under the terms and conditions of the rebate offer or has not satisfied all of the terms and conditions of the rebate offer, if the person offering the rebate has complied with Subsections (c) and (d).

(g) A person offering a rebate has the right to reject a rebate request from a consumer who the person determines:

(1) is attempting to commit fraud;

(2) has already received the offered rebate; or

(3) is submitting proof of purchase that is not legitimate.

(h) A person making a determination under Subsection (g) shall notify the consumer within the time period provided by Subsection (c) that the person is considering rejecting, or has rejected, the rebate request and shall instruct the consumer of any actions that the consumer may take to cure the deficiency.

(i) If the person offering a rebate erroneously rejects a properly completed rebate request, the person shall pay the consumer as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days, after the date the person learns of the error.