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Tex. Local Government Code § 379H.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379H / Section 379H.056
§ 379H.056. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Board members serve without compensation.

(b) The board may reimburse a member for expenses actually incurred in the performance of duties on behalf of the land bank.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0041
§ 161.0041. IMMUNIZATION EXEMPTION AFFIDAVIT FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person claiming an exemption from a required immunization based on reasons of conscience, including a religious belief, under Section 161.004 of this code, Section 38.001, 51.9192, or 51.933, Education Code, or Section 42.043, Human Resources Code, must complete an affidavit on a form provided by the department stating the reason for the exemption. This subsection does not apply to a person claiming the exemption using the Internet-based process under Section 51.9192(d-3), Education Code.

(b) The affidavit must be signed by the person claiming the exemption or, if the person is a minor, the person's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, and the affidavit must be notarized.

(c) The department shall develop a blank affidavit form for a person to use in claiming an exemption from a required immunization under this section and post the affidavit form in a printable format on the department's Internet website. A person claiming an exemption from a required immunization may also obtain the affidavit form by submitting a written request for the affidavit form to the department. A person may not be required to provide any information to obtain a blank affidavit form under this subsection.

(d) The affidavit form shall contain a statement indicating that the person or, if a minor, the person's parent, managing conservator, or guardian understands the benefits and risks of immunizations and the benefits and risks of not being immunized.

(e) The department may maintain a record of the total number of times an affidavit form was accessed on the department's Internet website or requested under Subsection (c). The department may not maintain a record of any personally identifying information of individuals who download, access, request, or submit an affidavit form under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.257 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.257
§ 344.257. CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 40th day after the date a petition is filed, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, the clerk or secretary of the municipality shall certify to the board the number of registered voters signing the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.252
§ 1117.252. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1117.251, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund and to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other tax imposed for the district may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0275 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0275
§ 382.0275. COMMISSION ACTION RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL WATER HEATERS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "residential water heater" means a water heater that:

(1) is designed primarily for residential use; and

(2) has a maximum rated capacity of 75,000 British thermal units per hour (Btu/hr) or less.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 49, Sec. 2, eff. May 8, 2007.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 49, Sec. 2, eff. May 8, 2007.

(d) The commission may not adopt or enforce a rule, determination, or order that relates to emissions of residential water heaters that is below 40 nanograms of NOx per joule unless a lower standard is established by a federal statute or rule. Any commission rule, determination, or order existing on or before the effective date of this subsection related to emission specifications for residential water heaters that is more stringent than the 40 nanograms of NOx per joule standard is hereby repealed.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1004.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.001
§ 1004.001. ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English may be provided reasonable access to the department's programs.

(b) The department shall comply with federal and state laws for program and facility accessibility.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.066 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.066
§ 1477.066. BONDHOLDER'S RIGHT TO MANDAMUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is entitled, by mandamus or other proceedings in court, to enforce the holder's rights against:

(1) the county;

(2) the county's employees and agents; and

(3) the employees of the county's agents.

(b) A bondholder's rights include the right to require the county to:

(1) impose and collect sufficient rates and charges to carry out the agreements contained in the bond order; and

(2) perform all agreements and covenants contained in the bond order and the duties arising from those agreements and covenants.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9608 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9608
§ 61.9608. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The loan repayment assistance program established by this subchapter is funded from the rural district and county attorney student loan assistance trust fund. The trust fund is established outside the treasury and is administered by the comptroller. Money in the trust fund may be spent without appropriation and only to fund the program. Interest and income from the assets of the trust fund shall be credited to and deposited in the trust fund.

(b) The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter and shall deposit money accepted under this subsection to the credit of the trust fund.

(c) The legislature may appropriate money to the trust fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.016
§ 265.016. FINANCIAL STATEMENT; BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of managers shall annually prepare and present to the commissioners court and the municipal governing body a statement of the hospital's financial status with a proposed budget for the following year.

(b) On the basis of the financial statement and budget, the commissioners court and the governing body shall appropriate an amount those entities consider proper and necessary for the use of the board of managers in the operation of the hospital.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379C.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379C / Section 379C.006
§ 379C.006. URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that adopts an urban land bank demonstration program shall operate the program in conformance with an urban land bank demonstration plan.

(b) The governing body of a municipality that adopts an urban land bank demonstration program shall adopt a plan annually. The plan may be amended from time to time.

(c) In developing the plan, the municipality shall consider other housing plans adopted by the municipality, including the comprehensive plan submitted to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and all fair housing plans and policies adopted or agreed to by the municipality.

(d) The plan must include the following:

(1) a list of community housing development organizations eligible to participate in the right of first refusal provided by Section 379C.011;

(2) a list of the parcels of real property that may become eligible for sale to the land bank during the upcoming year;

(3) the municipality's plan for affordable housing development on those parcels of real property; and

(4) the sources and amounts of funding anticipated to be available from the municipality for subsidies for development of affordable housing in the municipality, including any money specifically available for housing developed under the program, as approved by the governing body of the municipality at the time the plan is adopted.
Tex. Family Code § 264.510 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.510
§ 264.510. MEETING OF REVIEW TEAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A meeting of a review team is closed to the public and not subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code.

(b) This section does not prohibit a review team from requesting the attendance at a closed meeting of a person who is not a member of the review team and who has information regarding a deceased child.

(c) Except as necessary to carry out a review team's purpose and duties, members of a review team and persons attending a review team meeting may not disclose what occurred at the meeting.

(d) A member of a review team participating in the review of a child death is immune from civil or criminal liability arising from information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting.
Tex. Local Government Code § 505.256 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.256
§ 505.256. APPLICABILITY OF TAX CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, collection, and remittance of the sales and use tax, except as inconsistent with this chapter. An authorizing municipality may not adopt a rate under this chapter that, when added to the rates of all other sales and use taxes imposed by the authorizing municipality and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the authorizing municipality, would result in a combined rate exceeding two percent at any location in the municipality.

(b) Except as provided by this subsection, the tax imposed under this chapter takes effect as provided by Section 321.102(a), Tax Code. If an election is held under this chapter at the same time an election is held to impose or change the rate of the additional municipal sales and use tax, the tax under this chapter and the imposition or change in rate of the additional municipal sales and use tax take effect as provided by Section 321.102(b), Tax Code.

(c) After the effective date of the taxes imposed under this chapter, the adoption of a sales and use tax or the attempted adoption of a sales and use tax by the authorizing municipality or another taxing jurisdiction having territory in the municipality does not impair the taxes imposed under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.257
§ 3952.257. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including the city or county, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in and adjacent to the district; or

(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 543A.0004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 543A / Section 543A.0004
§ 543A.0004. DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY-BASED PAYMENT SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Using the quality-based outcome and process measures developed under Section 543A.0002 and after consulting with appropriate stakeholders with an interest in the provision of acute care and long-term services and supports under the child health plan program and Medicaid, the commission shall develop and require managed care organizations to develop quality-based payment systems for compensating a physician or other health care provider participating in the child health plan program or Medicaid that:

(1) align payment incentives with high-quality, cost-effective health care;

(2) reward the use of evidence-based best practices;

(3) promote health care coordination;

(4) encourage appropriate physician and other health care provider collaboration;

(5) promote effective health care delivery models; and

(6) take into account the specific needs of the enrollee and recipient populations.

(b) The commission shall develop the quality-based payment systems in the manner specified by this chapter. To the extent necessary to maximize the receipt of federal funds or reduce administrative burdens, the commission shall coordinate the timeline for developing and implementing a payment system with the implementation of other initiatives such as:

(1) the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) initiative of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations;

(2) the ICD-10 code sets initiative; or

(3) the ongoing Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) planning process.

(c) In developing the quality-based payment systems, the commission shall examine and consider implementing:

(1) an alternative payment system;

(2) an existing performance-based payment system used under the Medicare program that meets the requirements of this chapter, modified as necessary to account for programmatic differences, if implementing the system would:

(A) reduce unnecessary administrative burdens; and

(B) align quality-based payment incentives for physicians and other health care providers with the Medicare program; and

(3) alternative payment methodologies within a system that are used in the Medicare program, modified as necessary to account for programmatic differences, and that will achieve cost savings and improve quality of care in the child health plan program and Medicaid.

(d) In developing the quality-based payment systems, the commission shall ensure that a system will not reward a physician, other health care provider, or managed care organization for withholding or delaying medically necessary care.

(e) The commission may modify a quality-based payment system to account for:

(1) programmatic differences between the child health plan program and Medicaid; and

(2) delivery systems under those programs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3903.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3903 / Section 3903.054
§ 3903.054. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs on the board, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.253 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.253
§ 2269.253. SELECTION PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governmental entity shall select the construction manager-at-risk in a one-step or two-step process.

(b) The governmental entity shall prepare a single request for proposals, in the case of a one-step process, and an initial request for qualifications, in the case of a two-step process, that includes:

(1) a statement as to whether the selection process is a one-step or two-step process;

(2) general information on the project site, project scope, schedule, selection criteria and the weighted value for each criterion, and estimated budget and the time and place for receipt of the proposals or qualifications; and

(3) other information that may assist the governmental entity in its selection of a construction manager-at-risk.

(c) The governmental entity shall state the selection criteria in the request for proposals or qualifications.

(d) If a one-step process is used, the governmental entity may request, as part of the offeror's proposal, proposed fees and prices for fulfilling the general conditions.

(e) If a two-step process is used, the governmental entity may not request fees or prices in step one. In step two, the governmental entity may request that five or fewer offerors, selected solely on the basis of qualifications, provide additional information, including the construction manager-at-risk's proposed fee and prices for fulfilling the general conditions.

(f) At each step, the governmental entity shall receive, publicly open, and read aloud the names of the offerors. At the appropriate step, the governmental entity shall also read aloud the fees and prices, if any, stated in each proposal as the proposal is opened.

(g) Not later than the 45th day after the date on which the final proposals are opened, the governmental entity shall evaluate and rank each proposal submitted in relation to the criteria set forth in the request for proposals.
Tex. Occupations Code § 559.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 559 / Section 559.101
§ 559.101. ELIGIBILITY FOR INACTIVE STATUS.
Status: in_force

The board by rule shall adopt a system for placing on inactive status a license held by a person who:

(1) is licensed by the board to practice pharmacy;

(2) is not eligible to renew the license because of failure to comply with the continuing education requirements under Subchapter B; and

(3) is not practicing pharmacy in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 436.063 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.063
§ 436.063. USE OF ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of commission rules; and

(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009 to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the commission's jurisdiction.

(b) The commission's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c) The commission shall designate a trained person to:

(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

(2) serve as a resource for any training needed to implement the procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute resolution; and

(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures, as implemented by the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 403.503 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.503
§ 403.503. TEXAS OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas opioid abatement fund council is established to ensure that money recovered by this state through a statewide opioid settlement agreement is allocated fairly and spent to remediate the opioid crisis in this state by using efficient and cost-effective methods that are directed to regions of this state experiencing opioid-related harms.

(b) The council is composed of the following 14 members:

(1) six regional members, appointed by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, who are from academia or the medical profession with significant experience in opioid interventions and who each are appointed to represent one of the following groups of regional health care partnership regions:

(A) regions 9 and 10;

(B) region 3;

(C) regions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 19;

(D) regions 6, 7, 8, and 16;

(E) regions 1, 2, 17, and 18; and

(F) regions 4, 5, and 20;

(2) four members who are current or retired health care professionals holding or formerly holding a license under Title 3, Occupations Code, with significant experience in treating opioid-related harms and who are appointed as follows:

(A) one member appointed by the governor;

(B) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;

(C) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and

(D) one member appointed by the attorney general;

(3) one member who is employed by a hospital district and is appointed by the governor;

(4) one member who is employed by a hospital district and is appointed by the attorney general;

(5) one member appointed by the governor and who is a member of a law enforcement agency and has experience with opioid-related harms; and

(6) one nonvoting member who serves as the presiding officer of the council and is the comptroller or the comptroller's designee.

(c) In making appointments under Subsection (b)(1), the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall appoint members from a list of two qualified candidates provided by the governing bodies of counties and municipalities that:

(1) brought a civil action for an opioid-related harm against a released entity;

(2) released an opioid-related harm claim in a statewide opioid settlement agreement; and

(3) are located within the regions for which the member is being appointed.

(d) In making appointments under Subsection (b), the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and attorney general shall coordinate to ensure that the membership of the council reflects, to the extent possible, the ethnic and geographic diversity of this state.

(d-1) The voting members of the council serve for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of four or five members, as applicable, expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(e) The council is administratively attached to the comptroller. The comptroller shall provide the staff and facilities necessary to assist the council in performing its duties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.414 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.414
§ 545.414. RIDING IN OPEN BEDS; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates an open-bed pickup truck or an open flatbed truck or draws an open flatbed trailer when a child younger than 18 years of age is occupying the bed of the truck or trailer.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person was:

(1) operating or towing the vehicle in a parade or in an emergency;

(2) operating the vehicle to transport farmworkers from one field to another field on a farm-to-market road, ranch-to-market road, or county road outside a municipality;

(3) operating the vehicle on a beach;

(4) operating a vehicle that is the only vehicle owned or operated by the members of a household; or

(5) operating the vehicle in a hayride permitted by the governing body of or a law enforcement agency of each county or municipality in which the hayride will occur.

(d) Compliance or noncompliance with Subsection (a) is not admissible evidence in a civil trial.

(e) In this section, "household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.005, Family Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.004
§ 462.004. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Affiliate" means a person who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with an impaired insurer on December 31 of the year preceding the date the insurer becomes an impaired insurer.

(2) "Association" means the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association.

(3) "Board" means the board of directors of the association.

(4) "Claimant" means an insured making a first-party claim or a person instituting a liability claim.

(5) "Impaired insurer" means a member insurer that is subject to a final, nonappealable order of liquidation that includes a finding of insolvency issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state or in the insurer's state of domicile.

(6) "Member insurer" means an insurer, including a stock insurance company, a mutual insurance company, a Lloyd's plan, a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, and a county mutual insurance company, that:

(A) writes any kind of insurance to which this chapter applies under Sections 462.007 and 462.008, including reciprocal or interinsurance exchange contracts; and

(B) holds a certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state.

(7) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or voluntary organization.