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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 62.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 62 / Section 62.056
§ 62.056. COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN; TOLL-FREE HOTLINE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall conduct a community outreach and education campaign to provide information relating to the availability of health benefits for children under this chapter. The commission shall conduct the campaign in a manner that promotes enrollment in, and minimizes duplication of effort among, all state-administered child health programs.

(b) The community outreach campaign must include:

(1) outreach efforts that involve school-based health clinics;

(2) a toll-free telephone number through which families may obtain information about health benefits coverage for children; and

(3) information regarding the importance of each conservator of a child promptly informing the other conservator of the child about the child's health benefits coverage.

(c) The commission shall contract with community-based organizations or coalitions of community-based organizations to implement the community outreach campaign and shall also promote and encourage voluntary efforts to implement the community outreach campaign. The commission shall procure the contracts through a process designed by the commission to encourage broad participation of organizations, including organizations that target population groups with high levels of uninsured children.

(d) The commission may direct that the Department of State Health Services perform all or part of the community outreach campaign.

(e) The commission shall ensure that information provided under this section is available in both English and Spanish.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8322.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8322 / Section 8322.051
§ 8322.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes described by Section 8322.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960A / Section 7960A.0103
§ 7960A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.060 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.060
§ 39A.060. CAMPUS INTERVENTION TEAM CONTINUING DUTIES.
Status: in_force

For each year a campus is assigned an unacceptable performance rating, the campus intervention team shall:

(1) assist in updating the targeted improvement plan to identify and analyze areas of growth and areas that require improvement; and

(2) submit each updated targeted improvement plan described by Subdivision (1) to the board of trustees of the school district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.107
§ 1071.107. MOBILE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The district may operate or assist in the operation of a mobile emergency medical service as part of the hospital system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8885.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8885 / Section 8885.001
§ 8885.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.002
§ 842.002. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise required by this chapter, a state agency may not require a group hospital service corporation to post a bond or place a deposit with the agency or another agency of this state to begin or maintain operations authorized under this chapter.

(b) The group hospital service corporation is exempt from a provision of this code that is not expressly made applicable to the corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8104.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8104 / Section 8104.106
§ 8104.106. DIRECTOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A director shall execute a bond for $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The bond must be recorded in a record kept for that purpose in the authority's office.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 485.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 485 / Section 485.013
§ 485.013. FEE.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner by rule may establish fees in amounts as prescribed by Section 12.0111.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 21.107 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 21 / Section 21.107
§ 21.107. ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the amount credited to the sinking and interest fund at the end of the fiscal year is insufficient to pay the interest coming due and the principal maturing on bonds for the next fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer from the first money coming into the treasury, not otherwise appropriated by the constitution, an amount stipulated in the certification of the director as is necessary to pay the interest and principal on the bonds.

(b) The director shall certify the amount required to be stipulated by Subsection (a) of this section as of August 15 of each fiscal year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9010.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9010 / Section 9010.055
§ 9010.055. INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On approval by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose, the district may:

(1) install, operate, and maintain street lighting in a public utility easement or public right-of-way inside the district; and

(2) assess the cost of the installation, operation, and maintenance of the street lighting as an additional charge in the monthly billings of the district's customers.

(b) The district may not use money from taxes or bonds supported by taxes for a purpose described by this section.

(c) This section does not authorize the district to install, operate, or maintain street lighting on a right-of-way that is part of the designated state highway system.
Tex. Education Code § 73.405 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 73 / Section 73.405
§ 73.405. OPERATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state-supported facilities of the Harris County Psychiatric Center shall be leased to and operated and administered by The University of Texas System in accordance with a lease and operating agreement. The facilities supported by the county or the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, exclusive of the commitment center, may be leased or subleased by The University of Texas System in the same lease and operating agreement or sublease and operating agreement. Any lease and operating agreement or sublease and operating agreement shall provide for a lease payment by The University of Texas System of no more than $1 per year plus other good and valuable consideration as provided for in Section 73.406.

(b) In any lease and/or sublease and operating agreement, the board of regents of The University of Texas System shall be the governing board of the Harris County Psychiatric Center facilities that are leased and/or subleased and operated by The University of Texas System.

(c) Any lease and/or sublease and operating agreement may provide all necessary or desirable terms for the operation of the Harris County Psychiatric Center and may provide for duties and powers with respect to medical and legal matters, Harris County Psychiatric Center administration, staffing, patient services, reports, annual operating budgets of the Harris County Psychiatric Center, and transfers of appropriated funds as provided for in Section 73.404 of this code.

(d) Any lease and operating agreement or sublease and operating agreement shall provide that The University of Texas System shall cause the Harris County Psychiatric Center to be operated in accordance with the standards for accreditation of The Joint Commission; that all financial transactions and performance programs may be appropriately audited; that an admission, discharge, and transfer coordination policy be established; that appropriate patient data be made available to the Health and Human Services Commission, the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, and the county, including but not limited to diagnosis and lengths of stay; and that a priority of patient treatment policy be established.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8006.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8006 / Section 8006.0101
§ 8006.0101. 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 North Grayson County Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8500.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8500 / Section 8500.101
§ 8500.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section 8500.053.

(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(c) 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. Government Code § 411.1103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1103
§ 411.1103.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.1103. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (d) that relates to a person:

(1) who is:

(A) an applicant for employment at a state hospital established under Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code;

(B) an employee of a state hospital established under Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code;

(C) a person who contracts or may contract to provide goods or services to the Health and Human Services Commission, as applicable, at a state hospital established under Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, or an employee of or applicant for employment with that person;

(D) a volunteer with a state hospital established under Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code; or

(E) an applicant for a volunteer position with a state hospital established under Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code; and

(2) who would be placed in direct contact with a patient at a state hospital established under Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The Health and Human Services Commission may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (d)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the Health and Human Services Commission under Subsection (d)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except:

(1) on court order;

(2) with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information;

(3) for purposes of an administrative hearing held by the Health and Human Services Commission concerning the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information; or

(4) as provided by Subsection (c).

(c) The Health and Human Services Commission is not prohibited from releasing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (d)(2) to the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information.

(d) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Health and Human Services Commission is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(e) This section does not prohibit the Health and Human Services Commission from obtaining and using criminal history record information as provided by other law.

(f) The Health and Human Services Commission shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.241 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.241
§ 2175.241. DESTRUCTION OR DONATION OF SURPLUS OR SALVAGE PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission cannot otherwise sell or dispose of property in accordance with this chapter, has determined that the property has no resale value, or has determined that the state will sufficiently benefit from donating the property, the property may be:

(1) destroyed as worthless salvage; or

(2) donated to an assistance organization or a local governmental entity.

(b) A state agency may only donate surplus or salvage property under this chapter that could be resold if the agency notifies the commission and provides sufficient information for the commission to be able to confirm the benefit to the state.

(c) The commission may charge the assistance organization or local governmental entity that receives the donation an amount sufficient to cover the costs associated with the donation, not to exceed 10 percent of the item's market value.

(d) A state agency that donates property under this section is responsible for notifying the comptroller of the donation and any benefit received that must be reported.
Tex. Estates Code § 1253.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1253 / Section 1253.052
§ 1253.052. NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Notice of an application for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship under this subchapter shall be:

(1) served personally on the ward; and

(2) given to the foreign court from which the guardianship is to be transferred.
Tex. Government Code § 659.2531 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.2531
§ 659.2531. TRANSFER WITHIN AGENCY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED POSITIONS ALLOCATED TO SAME SALARY GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Classified position" means a position classified under the state's position classification plan.

(2) "Transfer" means the transfer of a state employee within a state agency between two classified positions that:

(A) are allocated to the same salary group; and

(B) have different position titles as listed in the General Appropriations Act.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a state employee's annual salary rate immediately after a transfer may not exceed:

(1) the rate for the salary step that is one step higher than the salary step at which the employee was paid immediately before the transfer, if the classified position to which the employee transfers is allocated to a salary group that is divided into steps; or

(2) 103.4 percent of the employee's annual salary rate immediately before the transfer, if the classified position to which the employee transfers is allocated to a salary group that is not divided into steps.

(c) A state employee's annual salary rate immediately after a transfer may not exceed the maximum rate for the appropriate salary group.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.201
§ 2153.201. REQUIRED OWNER RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner shall maintain a complete and itemized record of each coin-operated machine the owner purchases, receives, possesses, handles, exhibits, or displays in this state in accordance with accepted auditing and accounting practices.

(b) A record required under Subsection (a) must:

(1) be available at all times for inspection by the attorney general, the comptroller, or an authorized representative of the attorney general or comptroller as provided by Subsection (c);

(2) include information relating to:

(A) the kind of each machine;

(B) the date each machine is:

(i) acquired or received in this state; and

(ii) placed in operation;

(C) the location of each machine, including the:

(i) county;

(ii) municipality, if any; and

(iii) street or rural route number;

(D) the name and complete address of each operator of each machine;

(E) if the owner is an individual, the full name and address of the owner; and

(F) if the owner is not an individual, the name and address of each principal officer or member of the owner; and

(3) be maintained at a permanent address in this state designated on the application for a license under Section 2153.153.

(c) A record required under Subsection (a) must be available for inspection under Subsection (b) for at least four years and as required by Section 111.0041, Tax Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 256.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 256 / Section 256.054
§ 256.054. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WILL IS PRODUCED.
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements for an application under Section 256.052, if an applicant for the probate of a will cannot produce the will in court, the application must state:

(1) the reason the will cannot be produced;

(2) the contents of the will, as far as known; and

(3) the name and address, if known, whether the person is an adult or minor, and the relationship to the testator, if any, of:

(A) each devisee;

(B) each person who would inherit as an heir of the testator in the absence of a valid will; and

(C) in the case of partial intestacy, each heir of the testator.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.387 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.387
§ 2155.387. PAYMENT FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS DELIVERED BY VEHICLE EXCEEDING WEIGHT LIMITS.
Status: in_force

A state agency that purchases road construction materials may pay for road construction materials delivered in a vehicle that exceeds the maximum gross weight authorized by law for the vehicle an amount computed using the lesser of:

(1) the actual weight of the load; or

(2) the weight determined by subtracting the weight of the vehicle from the sum of the maximum gross weight authorized by law for the vehicle and the tolerance allowance set for the gross weight of that vehicle by Section 621.403, Transportation Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1452 / Section 1452.157
§ 1452.157. ENROLLEE HELD HARMLESS.
Status: in_force

An enrollee in the managed care plan is not responsible and shall be held harmless for the difference between in-network copayments paid by the enrollee to a podiatrist who is determined to be ineligible under Section 1452.156 and the managed care plan's charges for out-of-network services. The podiatrist and the podiatrist's professional practice may not charge the enrollee for any portion of the podiatrist's fee that is not paid or reimbursed by the enrollee's managed care plan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.025
§ 285.025. TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued. The bonds may:

(1) be sold at a price and under terms that the commissioners court considers the most advantageous reasonably obtainable; and

(2) be made callable before maturity at times and prices prescribed in the order authorizing the bonds.

(b) The bonds may not bear interest at a rate greater than that allowed by Chapter 1204, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1042.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1042 / Section 1042.204
§ 1042.204. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.302
§ 353.302. LACK OF NOTICE DOES NOT AFFECT VALIDITY AS TO CERTAIN CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

Notice to a retail buyer of an assignment or negotiation of a retail installment contract or an outstanding balance under the contract or a requirement that the retail seller be deprived of dominion over payments on a retail installment contract or over the commercial vehicle if returned to or repossessed by the retail seller is not necessary for a written assignment or negotiation of the contract or balance to be valid as against a creditor, subsequent purchaser, pledgee, mortgagee, or lien claimant of the retail seller.
Tex. Local Government Code § 571.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 571 / Section 571.009
§ 571.009. GENERAL LAW APPLICABLE TO BONDS.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter is subject to other law regulating bonds issued by counties and municipalities to the extent that law does not conflict with this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.104
§ 2054.104. DENIAL OF ACCESS TO APPROPRIATIONS ON FAILURE TO SUBMIT OPERATING PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) If a state agency fails to comply with Section 2054.103, the governor may direct the comptroller to deny the agency access to the agency's appropriations that relate to the management of information resources.

(b) The denial of access may continue until the governor is satisfied with the state agency's compliance with this section.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 101.69 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 101 / Section 101.69
§ 101.69. FALSE STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 103.05(d), a person who knowingly makes a false statement or false representation in an application for a permit or license or in a statement, report, or other instrument to be filed with the commission and required to be sworn commits an offense punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 nor more than 10 years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1068.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1068 / Section 1068.152
§ 1068.152. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district resident is entitled to be present and participate at the hearing.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall adopt a budget by acting on the budget proposed by the district administrator. The board may make any changes in the proposed budget that the board judges to be in the interests of the taxpayers.

(e) The budget is effective only after adoption by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3840.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3840 / Section 3840.205
§ 3840.205. SALES AND USE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On adoption of the tax authorized by this subchapter, there is imposed a tax on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the district, and an excise tax on the use, storage, or other consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer in the district during the period that the tax is in effect.

(b) The board shall determine the rate of the tax, which may be in one-eighth of one percent increments not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the district voters at the election. The board may lower the tax rate to the extent it does not impair any outstanding debt or obligations payable from the tax.

(c) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the sales tax portion of the tax and is applied to the sales price of the taxable item.
Tex. Water Code § 46.007 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 46 / Section 46.007
§ 46.007. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The appointed commissioner is responsible for administering the provisions of the compact and has all the powers and duties prescribed by the compact.