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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 47 / Section 47.004
§ 47.004. CERTIFICATION OF SCREENING PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall establish certification criteria for implementing a program.

(b) In order to be certified, the program must:

(1) provide hearing screening using equipment recommended by the department;

(2) use appropriate staff to provide the screening;

(3) maintain and report data electronically as required by department rule;

(4) distribute family, health care provider, and physician educational materials standardized by the department;

(5) provide information, as recommended by the department, to the parents on follow-up services for newborns and infants who do not pass the screening; and

(6) be supervised by:

(A) a physician;

(B) an audiologist;

(C) a registered nurse; or

(D) a physician assistant.

(c) The department may certify a program that meets and maintains the certification criteria.

(d) The department may renew the certification of a program on a periodic basis as established by department rule in order to ensure quality services to newborns, infants, and families.

(e) A fee may not be charged to certify or recertify a program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.063
§ 1121.063. APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF MEDICAL STAFF.
Status: in_force

The board may:

(1) appoint to the medical staff any doctor the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district;

(2) remove any doctor from the medical staff, after due process, if the board considers the doctor's removal necessary for the efficient operation of the district; and

(3) make temporary appointments to the medical staff as the board considers necessary.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.024 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.024
§ 41.024. BASIS OF REFERENDUM AND ELECTION; ELIGIBLE VOTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the approval of the commissioner, the certified organization may conduct the referendum and election under this chapter either on an area or statewide basis, as determined by the organization in its petition for certification.

(b) A producer of the agricultural commodity is eligible to vote in the referendum and election if:

(1) the producer's production occurs within the area described in the organization's petition; and

(2) the producer would be required under the referendum to pay the assessment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 563.062 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 563 / Section 563.062
§ 563.062. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The board may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1273.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1273 / Section 1273.005
§ 1273.005. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.303
§ 702.303. CONTRACT TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the term of a contract may not exceed three years.

(b) A contract that is financed through a retail installment contract or note may not require the purchaser to make payments or finance the contract for more than five years after the contract date.

(c) If, after a health spa opens, the health spa is rendered unusable for 30 consecutive days or longer because of an event beyond the control of the owner or operator of the health spa, including a natural disaster, the health spa shall extend the term of each affected member's contract for a period equal to the time that the health spa is rendered unusable.

(d) If the term of a contract overlaps the term of another contract between the same seller and purchaser, the contracts are considered to be one contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.054
§ 1027.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not serve as a director unless the person is:

(1) a district resident; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person is:

(1) the district administrator; or

(2) a district employee.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.951 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.951
§ 17.951. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "end user" means a person that purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise obtains a product, service, or technology in the commercial market that is not for resale and that is, or later becomes, the subject of a patent infringement assertion due to the person's use of the product, service, or technology.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.360 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.360
§ 154.360. SUBROGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person receiving a benefit under this subchapter, including a payment of or on account of a contractual obligation or provision of substitute or alternative prepaid funeral benefits, is considered to have assigned to the fund the rights under, and any cause of action relating to, the prepaid funeral benefits contract to the extent of the benefit received. Notwithstanding this assignment by law, the commissioner may require a payee to execute a formal assignment of the person's rights and cause of action to the fund as a condition of receiving a right or benefit under this subchapter.

(b) The fund retains all common law rights of subrogation and any other equitable or legal remedy that would have been available to a recipient of benefits from the fund with respect to a prepaid funeral benefits contract.

(c) The commissioner, on behalf of the fund, may bring an action against any person and may employ and compensate a consultant, an agent, legal counsel, an accountant, or any other person the commissioner considers appropriate to collect a subrogated amount. Payment shall be made from the appropriate account within the fund for these services. Any recovery of a subrogated amount shall be deposited in the appropriate account within the fund.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.155 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.155
§ 21.155. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) A district court of a county in which a violation of this chapter or a rule, order, or decree of the department under this chapter has occurred may restrain and enjoin the person who committed the violation from committing a further violation.

(b) The court may grant injunctive relief:

(1) in a suit for a civil penalty brought under this chapter; or

(2) on application of the department, the attorney general, a district or county attorney, or a competing air carrier even if a suit for a civil penalty has not been brought.

(c) The department, attorney general, or district or county attorney is not required to post a bond when seeking injunctive relief under this section.

(d) In this section, "air carrier" means a person who, wholly or partly in this state, owns, controls, operates, or manages an aircraft as a common carrier in the transportation of persons or property for compensation but does not include an air carrier who operates between a place in this state and a place outside this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 185.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 185 / Section 185.002
§ 185.002. ITEMIZED BILL REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care provider that requests payment from a patient after providing a health care service or related supply to the patient shall submit with the request a written, itemized bill of the alleged amount due for each service and supply provided to the patient during the patient's visit to the provider. The provider must submit the itemized bill not later than the 30th day after the provider receives a final payment on the provided service or supply from a third party.

(b) The itemized bill must include:

(1) a plain language description of each distinct health care service or supply the health care provider provided to the patient;

(2) if the provider sought or is seeking reimbursement from a third party, any billing code submitted to the third party and the amounts billed to and paid by that third party; and

(3) the amount the provider alleges is due from the patient for each service and supply provided to the patient.

(c) A health care provider may issue the itemized bill:

(1) electronically, including through a patient portal on the provider's Internet website, subject to Subsection (c-1);

(2) through a hard copy delivered by mail or a common carrier; or

(3) through a hard copy the patient or the patient's designee obtains at the provider's place of business.

(c-1) A health care provider that issues an itemized bill to a patient electronically through a patient portal under Subsection (c) shall:

(1) determine whether the patient has an active patient profile on the portal, if feasible; and

(2) mail, e-mail, or provide a physical copy of the itemized bill to the patient, according to the patient's chosen method of issuance, if the health care provider:

(A) determines the patient does not have an active patient portal; or

(B) is unable to determine whether the patient has an active patient portal.

(d) A patient is entitled to obtain from the health care provider an itemized bill:

(1) subject to Subdivision (3), on request after the itemized bill is initially issued under Subsection (a);

(2) through the patient's chosen method of issuance in accordance with Subsection (c); and

(3) until the date the provider is no longer required to retain an itemized bill under applicable record retention laws or provider policies and procedures regarding retention of patient billing information.

(e) A health care provider may not pursue debt collection against a patient for a provided health care service or supply unless the provider has complied with this section.
Tex. Government Code § 571.0301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.0301
§ 571.0301. INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members and employees of the commission, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this chapter, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Election Code § 172.127 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.127
§ 172.127. CONTENT OF SIGN USED TO IDENTIFY POLLING PLACE LOCATION.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(4), eff. September 1, 2017.

(b) The presiding judge or alternate presiding judge for the precinct may post signs at a polling place for a primary election or a primary runoff election that:

(1) identify the names of, or symbols representing, any political parties holding an election at the polling place; and

(2) do not refer to a candidate or measure on the ballot.

(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to provide that signs posted as authorized by Subsection (b) in the same county have a similar size and format.
Tex. Government Code § 845.504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.504
§ 845.504. EXCESS BENEFIT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board of trustees determines that it is in the interest of the retirement system and will benefit members and annuitants, the board by rule may establish an excess benefits program for the payment of benefits under Section 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments, that would otherwise be barred by the limitation on benefits imposed by Section 415 of that code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the board of trustees by rule may provide for the transfer of contributions as part of the excess benefits program in a manner consistent with a governmental excess benefit arrangement.
Tex. Local Government Code § 42.044 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 42 / Section 42.044
§ 42.044. CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "industrial district" has the meaning customarily given to the term but also includes any area in which tourist-related businesses and facilities are located.

(b) The governing body of a municipality may designate any part of its extraterritorial jurisdiction as an industrial district and may treat the designated area in a manner considered by the governing body to be in the best interests of the municipality.

(c) The governing body may make written contracts with owners of land in the industrial district:

(1) to guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the district and its immunity from annexation by the municipality for a period not to exceed 15 years; and

(2) with other lawful terms and considerations that the parties agree to be reasonable, appropriate, and not unduly restrictive of business activities.

(d) The parties to a contract may renew or extend it for successive periods not to exceed 15 years each. In the event any owner of land in an industrial district is offered an opportunity to renew or extend a contract, then all owners of land in that industrial district must be offered an opportunity to renew or extend a contract subject to the provisions of Subsection (c).

(e) A municipality may provide for adequate fire-fighting services in the industrial district by:

(1) directly furnishing fire-fighting services that are to be paid for by the property owners of the district;

(2) contracting for fire-fighting services, whether or not all or a part of the services are to be paid for by the property owners of the district; or

(3) contracting with the property owners of the district to have them provide for their own fire-fighting services.

(f) A property owner who provides for his own fire-fighting services under this section may not be required to pay any part of the cost of the fire-fighting services provided by the municipality to other property owners in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.104 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.104
§ 96.104. INTERVENTION RELATING TO EXAMINATION OF AFFAIRS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may intervene in the affairs of a savings bank if a person who participates in the affairs of the savings bank or a subsidiary or holding company of the savings bank:

(1) refuses or is about to refuse to submit to interrogation under oath by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent with respect to the savings bank's affairs; or

(2) materially alters, conceals, removes, or falsifies or is about to materially alter, conceal, remove, or falsify a book or record of the savings bank or a subsidiary or holding company of the savings bank.

(b) The commissioner may intervene in the affairs of a savings bank if the savings bank:

(1) fails to maintain books and records from which the true financial condition of the savings bank or the state of the savings bank's affairs can be determined; or

(2) refuses to direct a person having possession of the books, papers, records, or accounts of the savings bank or the savings bank's subsidiary to permit the commissioner or the commissioner's representative to examine those documents or accounts.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5131 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5131
§ 54.5131. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin a fee of $2 if approved by the students in a student referendum for any semester or summer session. The fee may be increased to an amount not to exceed $4 if approved by the students in a student referendum. The fee may be used only for funding an international education program to be used to assist students participating in international student exchange or study programs.

(b) The fund shall be used in accordance with guidelines jointly developed by The University of Texas at Austin Student Association and the administration of The University of Texas at Austin.

(c) The international education financial aid fee imposed under this section shall not count in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged the students of The University of Texas at Austin under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.055
§ 3895.055. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director's oath or affirmation of office shall be filed with the district and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.241 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.241
§ 401.241. SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the amount of security required of a compact waste disposal facility license holder under Section 401.109, the commission shall also consider the need for financial security to address and prevent unplanned events that pose a risk to public health and safety and that may occur after the decommissioning and closure of the compact waste disposal facility or a federal facility waste disposal facility licensed under Section 401.216.

(b) The amount of security required of a license holder under this section may not be less than $20 million at the time the disposal facility site is decommissioned. The commission shall use interest earned on the security to offset any other financial obligations incurred by the license holder to the commission. The commission shall establish a schedule for the total payment of the amount of the security required under this section based on:

(1) the amount of low-level radioactive waste received at the site;

(2) the long-term risk to health, safety, and the environment posed by the waste; and

(3) the need to address and prevent unplanned events that pose a risk to public health and safety.

(c) The payment schedule required under this section must be sufficient to ensure that the amount of security provided by the license holder at any time between the issuance of the license and the time at which the facility is decommissioned is sufficient to:

(1) address any increase in the risk to public health and safety that accompanies an increase in the volume of waste accepted by the license holder; and

(2) meet the requirements of the commission for addressing unplanned events that may occur after the site has been closed.

(d) The commission may require a license holder under this subchapter to provide security in the forms listed under Section 401.109(d).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.604 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.604
§ 361.604. APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who desires to participate in the voluntary cleanup program under this subchapter must submit to the commission an application and an application fee as prescribed by this section.

(b) An application submitted under this section must:

(1) be on a form provided by the executive director;

(2) contain:

(A) general information concerning:

(i) the person and the person's capability, including the person's financial capability, to perform the voluntary cleanup; and

(ii) the site;

(B) other background information requested by the executive director; and

(C) an environmental assessment of the actual or threatened release of the hazardous substance or contaminant at the site;

(3) be accompanied by an application fee of $1,000; and

(4) be submitted according to schedules set by commission rule.

(b) An application submitted under this section must:

(1) be on a form provided by the executive director;

(2) contain:

(A) general information concerning:

(i) the person and the person's capability, including the person's financial capability, to perform the voluntary cleanup;

(ii) the site; and

(iii) whether the voluntary cleanup is subject to Section 361.6035;

(B) other background information requested by the executive director; and

(C) an environmental assessment of the actual or threatened release of the hazardous substance or contaminant at the site;

(3) be accompanied by an application fee of $1,000; and

(4) be submitted according to schedules set by commission rule.

(c) The environmental assessment required by Subsection (b) must include:

(1) a legal description of the site;

(2) a description of the physical characteristics of the site;

(3) the operational history of the site to the extent that history is known by the applicant;

(4) information of which the applicant is aware concerning the nature and extent of any relevant contamination or release at the site and immediately contiguous to the site, or wherever the contamination came to be located; and

(5) relevant information of which the applicant is aware concerning the potential for human exposure to contamination at the site.

(d) An application shall be processed in the order in which it is received.

(e) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the waste management account.
Tex. Government Code § 609.514 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.514
§ 609.514. ALTERNATIVE TO FUND DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

Instead of depositing deferred amounts and investment income in the trust fund of the deferred compensation plan, the board of trustees may invest them in a qualified investment product specifically designated by the board for that purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 153.375 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.375
§ 153.375. ANNUAL REPORT BY NONPARENT MANAGING CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonparent appointed as a managing conservator of a child shall each 12 months after the appointment file with the court a report of facts concerning the child's welfare, including the child's whereabouts and physical condition.

(b) The report may not be admitted in evidence in a subsequent suit.
Tex. Property Code § 112.052 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.052
§ 112.052. TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

A trust terminates if by its terms the trust is to continue only until the expiration of a certain period or until the happening of a certain event and the period of time has elapsed or the event has occurred. If an event of termination occurs, the trustee may continue to exercise the powers of the trustee for the reasonable period of time required to wind up the affairs of the trust and to make distribution of its assets to the appropriate beneficiaries. The continued exercise of the trustee's powers after an event of termination does not affect the vested rights of beneficiaries of the trust.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0504
§ 3981.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue, without an election, bonds secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including contract revenues; or

(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.120 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.120
§ 8801.120. WATER-METERING DEVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may require water-metering devices to be placed on wells in the district and may adopt standards for the accuracy, testing, and calibration of the devices.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7907A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7907A / Section 7907A.0502
§ 7907A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.