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Tex. Insurance Code § 751.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 751 / Section 751.152
§ 751.152. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF MARKET ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If, as a result of the market analysis, the commissioner determines that further inquiry into a particular insurer or insurance practice is needed, the commissioner shall consider taking one or more of the market conduct actions described by Subsection (b) before conducting a targeted examination. If a market conduct action selected by the commissioner requires the participation of or a response by the affected insurer, the commissioner shall notify the insurer of the action selected in writing.

(b) Market conduct actions described by Subsection (a) may include:

(1) correspondence with the insurer;

(2) insurer interviews;

(3) information gathering;

(4) policy and procedure reviews;

(5) interrogatories; and

(6) review of insurer self-evaluation and compliance programs, including insurer membership in a best-practice organization.

(c) The commissioner shall select market conduct actions that are efficient and cost-effective for the department and the insurer while protecting the interests of the insurance consumer.

(d) The commissioner shall take steps reasonably necessary to:

(1) eliminate requests for information that duplicates or conflicts with information provided as part of an insurer's annual financial statement, the annual market conduct statement of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or other required schedules, surveys, or reports that are regularly submitted to the commissioner, or with data requests made by other states if that information is available to the commissioner, unless the information is state specific; and

(2) coordinate the market conduct actions and findings of this state with those of other states.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0502
§ 4007.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election under Section 4007.0501, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Election Code § 34.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 34 / Section 34.001
§ 34.001. APPOINTMENT OF STATE INSPECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may appoint one or more state inspectors for an election.

(b) The secretary of state shall appoint one or more inspectors for an election if the secretary receives a written request for the appointment from 15 or more registered voters:

(1) of the county for which the inspector is requested, for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority or for a primary election; or

(2) of the political subdivision in which the election specified by the request is held, for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county.

(c) A request under Subsection (b) must be received by the secretary of state not later than the fourth regular business day before the date of the election for which the inspectors are requested. The request is not available for public inspection until the day after election day.

(d) State inspectors are responsible to the secretary of state and subject to the secretary's direction. The secretary may terminate an appointment at any time.
Tex. Transportation Code § 174.102 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 174 / Section 174.102
§ 174.102. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is composed of five directors appointed as follows:

(1) one director appointed by the county judge; and

(2) one director appointed by each county commissioner.

(b) Each director serves a four-year term. The board may provide for the staggering of the terms of its directors.
Tex. Labor Code § 92.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 92 / Section 92.002
§ 92.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 7.014(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 16.004(1).

(3) "Common worker" means an individual who performs labor involving physical tasks that do not require:

(A) a particular skill;

(B) training in a particular occupation, craft, or trade; or

(C) practical knowledge of the principles or processes of an art, science, craft, or trade.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 7.014(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

(4-a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 7.014(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

(5) "Governmental subdivision" means a municipality, county, special district, zone, authority, or other entity that is chartered, created, or authorized by this state.

(6) "Labor hall" means a central location maintained by a temporary common worker employer where common workers assemble and are dispatched to work for a user of common workers.

(6-a) "Municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.005, Local Government Code.

(7) "Temporary common worker employer" means a person who provides common workers to a user of common workers. The term includes a temporary common worker agent or temporary common worker agency.

(8) "User of common workers" means a person who uses the services of a common worker provided by a temporary common worker employer.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.201 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56A / Section 56A.201
§ 56A.201. DESIGNATION OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR.
Status: in_force

The district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney who prosecutes criminal cases shall designate a person to serve as victim assistance coordinator in that jurisdiction.
Tex. Election Code § 141.070 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 141 / Section 141.070
§ 141.070. ESTIMATING GUBERNATORIAL VOTE FOR TERRITORY WITH CHANGED BOUNDARY.
Status: in_force

(a) If, since the most recent gubernatorial general election, a district or precinct from which an officer of the federal, state, or county government is elected is created or has had its boundary changed, the number of votes received in the district or precinct by a political party's gubernatorial candidate or by all the gubernatorial candidates shall be estimated, as provided by this section, for the purpose of computing the number of signatures required on a candidate's petition.

(b) The secretary of state, for a district, or the county clerk of the county in which the precinct is situated, for a precinct, shall estimate the applicable vote total on the request of:

(1) a candidate affected by the creation or change; or

(2) an authority with whom an affected candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the secretary of state or county clerk receives an estimate request, the secretary or clerk shall certify the secretary's or clerk's estimate in writing and deliver a copy of the certification to the candidate and to the authority with whom the candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed.

(d) If an estimate is not requested under Subsection (b), the authority with whom an affected candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed shall make the estimate before acting on a petition.

(e) If, before completing an estimate, the estimating authority determines that the total estimated vote will be large enough to make a computation of the number of signatures required to appear on the petition unnecessary, the authority may certify that fact in writing instead of completing the estimate.

(f) A candidate for an office that is affected by an estimate or by a determination made under Subsection (e) may challenge the accuracy of the estimate or determination by filing a petition, stating the ground of the challenge, in a district court having general jurisdiction in the territory involved. Review in the district court is by trial de novo, and the court's decision is not appealable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.063
§ 1017.063. APPOINTMENTS AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.

(d) The board may spend money to recruit physicians, nurses, or other trained medical personnel. The board may pay the tuition or other costs or expenses of a full-time medical student or nursing student who:

(1) is enrolled in and is in good standing at an accredited school, college, or university; and

(2) contractually agrees to become a district employee in return for that assistance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292B.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292B / Section 292B.102
§ 292B.102. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by resolution shall designate one or more banks located in the county as the depository for mandatory payments received by the county.

(b) All income received by a county under this chapter, including the revenue from mandatory payments remaining after discounts and fees for assessing and collecting the payments are deducted, shall be deposited with the county depository in the county's local provider participation fund and may be withdrawn only as provided by this chapter.

(c) All funds under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7509.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7509 / Section 7509.001
§ 7509.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 5.
Tex. Government Code § 525.0055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 525 / Section 525.0055
§ 525.0055. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The commission may accept a gift or grant from a public or private source to perform any of the commission's powers or duties.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.0205 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.0205
§ 775.0205. OVERLAPPING DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the territory in a district created under this chapter overlaps with the boundaries of another district created under this chapter, the most recently created district may not provide services in the overlapping territory that duplicate the services described in the statement required by Section 775.018(g).

(b) If the territory in more than two districts overlaps, the commissioners court of the county in which the most recently created district is located by order shall exclude the overlapping territory from that district.

(c) For purposes of this section, a district is created on the date on which the election approving its creation was held. If the elections approving the creation of two or more districts are held on the same date, the most recently created district is the district for which the hearing regarding approval of the petition for creation of the district was most recently held.

(d) The creation of a district with boundaries that overlap the boundaries of another district does not affect the validity of either district.

(d-1) The legislature finds that the performance of non-duplicative emergency services in the overlapping territory of emergency service districts is complementary to and not in conflict with the powers and duties of the respective districts.

(d-2) A person may serve as an emergency services commissioner of a district created under this chapter at the same time that the person serves as an emergency services commissioner of another district with overlapping territory created under this chapter.

(d-3) A person serving as a commissioner of more than one district under this section:

(1) may receive compensation for serving on only one board; and

(2) is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in performing official duties for both boards.

(e) This section does not apply to a district located wholly in a county with a population of more than three million.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935 / Section 7935.203
§ 7935.203. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1106.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.104
§ 1106.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to district residents by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and improvements; and

(B) equipping the buildings and improvements; and

(2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.001
§ 8344.001. 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 Ranch at Clear Fork Creek Municipal Utility District No. 2.
Tex. Local Government Code § 120.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 120 / Section 120.002
§ 120.002. ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 120.003, a county shall hold an election in accordance with this chapter if the county adopts a budget for a fiscal year that, compared to the budget adopted by the county for the preceding fiscal year:

(1) reduces for a law enforcement agency, excluding a 9-1-1 call center, with primary responsibility for policing, criminal investigation, and answering calls for service:

(A) for a fiscal year in which the overall amount of the budget is equal to or greater than the amount for the preceding fiscal year, the appropriation to the agency;

(B) for a fiscal year in which the overall amount of the budget is less than the amount for the preceding fiscal year, the appropriation to the agency as a percentage of the total budget;

(C) as applicable:

(i) if the county has not declined in population since the preceding fiscal year, the number of peace officer positions, excluding detention officer positions; or

(ii) if the county has declined in population since the preceding fiscal year, the number of peace officer positions, excluding detention officer positions, the law enforcement agency is authorized to employ per 1,000 county residents; or

(D) the amount of funding per peace officer for the recruitment and training of new peace officers to fill vacant and new peace officer positions in the agency; or

(2) reallocates funding or resources to another law enforcement agency.

(a-1) This subsection applies only to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million. A county shall hold an election in accordance with this chapter if the county adopts a budget or changes an adopted budget resulting in a budget for a fiscal year that, compared to the budget adopted by the county for the preceding fiscal year:

(1) has an effect described by Subsection (a);

(2) reallocates unspent funding that was appropriated to a law enforcement agency; or

(3) reallocates funding previously appropriated for a specific law enforcement position to another agency.

(b) A county may not implement a proposed reduction or reallocation described by Subsection (a) or (a-1) until the county receives voter approval for the proposed reduction or reallocation at an election held for that purpose. The county may, at any time, order the election to be held on the 30th day after the date the county orders the election. Section 41.001, Election Code, does not apply to an election under this subsection.

(c) For purposes of this section, a county budget does not include:

(1) a one-time extraordinary expense, as determined by the comptroller, that is outside the normal costs of operating a law enforcement agency, including purchasing a fleet of law enforcement vehicles or constructing an additional training academy;

(2) revenues used to repay voter-approved bonded indebtedness incurred for a law enforcement purpose;

(3) detention officer compensation; or

(4) a donation or state or federal grant to the county's law enforcement agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.202
§ 3921.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held in accordance with Section 3921.201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.

(c) Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.105
§ 162.105. COMPLIANCE WITH ANESTHESIA RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician who practices medicine in this state and who administers anesthesia or performs a surgical procedure for which anesthesia services are provided in an outpatient setting shall comply with the rules adopted under this subchapter.

(b) The board may require a physician to submit and comply with a corrective action plan to remedy or address any current or potential deficiencies with the physician's provision of anesthesia in an outpatient setting in accordance with this subtitle or rules of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.207
§ 8288.207. CHARGES FOR DISTRICT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

If district bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set and revise the rates, fees, and charges assessed for water sold and waste collection and treatment services provided by the district. The rates, fees, and charges must be sufficient to:

(1) pay the expense of operating and maintaining the district facilities that generate the revenue from which the bonds will be paid;

(2) pay the principal of and interest on the bonds when due; and

(3) maintain the reserve fund and other funds as provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8238.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8238 / Section 8238.054
§ 8238.054. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The initial directors may not hold an election under Section 8238.003 until:

(1) all of the territory of the district is included in the corporate limits of the City of Gunter; and

(2) the City of Gunter has adopted a resolution consenting to the creation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.055
§ 7803.055. BOARD PRESIDENT; ABSENCE OF BOARD PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may authorize the president to sign all orders or take other action.

(b) Any order adopted or other action taken at a board meeting at which the president is absent may be signed by the vice president, or the board may authorize the president to sign the order or other action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8453.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8453 / Section 8453.102
§ 8453.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.0505
§ 3974.0505. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

Annually, the board shall file with the secretary of the city written notice that specifies the assessments the district will impose in the district's next fiscal year in sufficient clarity to describe the assessments for the operation and maintenance of the district and the assessments for the payment of debt service of obligations issued or incurred by the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 333.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 333 / Section 333.008
§ 333.008. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) Once each year the board shall prepare and present to the governing bodies a complete financial statement on the condition of the museum and shall submit to those bodies a proposed budget for the anticipated financial needs for the next year.

(b) On the basis of the financial statement and budget, the governing bodies shall appropriate and set aside for the use of the board the amount of money the bodies consider necessary for the operation of the museum.
Tex. Election Code § 111.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 111 / Section 111.005
§ 111.005. PREPARING RESTRICTED BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting clerk shall prepare a voter's restricted ballot.

(b) If a regular paper ballot is used, the restricted ballot shall be prepared by striking from an official early voting ballot the offices and propositions stating measures on which the voter is not entitled to vote.

(c) If an electronic system ballot is used, the restricted ballot shall be prepared by marking or otherwise identifying an official early voting ballot so that votes on offices and propositions stating measures on which the voter is not entitled to vote may not be counted.
Tex. Property Code § 12.0012 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0012
§ 12.0012. INSTRUMENTS CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A FORECLOSURE SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.0011(b), the following documents received by the county clerk in the manner provided by Subsection (b) shall be recorded by the clerk and serve as notice of the matter document:

(1) an instrument appointing or authorizing a trustee or substitute trustee to exercise the power of sale in a security instrument;

(2) a notice of sale pursuant to which the sale under a power of sale occurred;

(3) a notice of default on which the sale evidenced by a deed conveying title from a trustee or substitute trustee to a purchaser occurred;

(4) documentation from the United States Department of Defense indicating that a debtor was not on active duty military service on the date of a foreclosure sale;

(5) a statement of facts regarding a foreclosure sale prepared by an attorney representing the trustee, substitute trustee, or mortgage servicer; or

(6) proof of service of the mailing of any notice related to a foreclosure sale.

(b) A document described by Subsection (a) shall be accepted for recording pursuant to Subsection (a) if it is attached as an exhibit to:

(1) a deed that conveys title from a trustee or substitute trustee to a purchaser at a foreclosure sale and that meets the requirements for recording under Section 12.0011(b); or

(2) an affidavit of a trustee or substitute trustee that meets the requirements for recording under Section 12.0011(b) and relates to a foreclosure sale.

(c) This section does not prevent the recording of documents in any other manner allowed by law.