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Tex. Government Code § 466.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.023
§ 466.023. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all files, records, information, compilations, documents, photographs, reports, summaries, and reviews of information and related matters collected, retained, or compiled by the Department of Public Safety in the discharge of its duties under this chapter are confidential and are not subject to public disclosure. Each of those items is subject to discovery by a person that is the subject of the item.

(b) An investigation report or other document submitted by the Department of Public Safety to the department becomes part of the investigative files of the department and is subject to discovery by a person that is the subject of the investigation report or other document.

(c) Information that is in the form available to the public is not privileged or confidential under this section and is subject to public disclosure.
Tex. Occupations Code § 255.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 255 / Section 255.002
§ 255.002. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the board for the purpose of directing complaints to the board. The board may provide for that notice:

(1) on each registration form, application, brochure, or written contract for services of a person regulated under this subtitle;

(2) on a sign prominently displayed in the place of business of each person regulated under this subtitle; or

(3) in a bill for service provided by a person regulated under this subtitle.

(b) The board shall list with its regular telephone number any toll-free telephone number established under other state law that may be called to present a complaint about a health professional.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0156
§ 8509.0156. WATER APPROPRIATION PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Through an appropriate hearing, the district may obtain an appropriation permit from the commission, as provided by Subchapters A-D, Chapter 11, and Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Water Code.

(b) On application of the district or at the will of the commission and after an appropriate hearing, the commission may modify an appropriation permit obtained by the district from the commission to increase or decrease the amount of water that may be appropriated and the amount that may be stored by the district to meet fluctuating demands.

(c) On application by the district or by the commission's own action, the commission shall redetermine the maximum amount of water that the district may store in the district's reservoir. In making this determination, the commission shall consider the needs of the municipalities and other entities that purchase water from the district.

(d) The district may acquire a water appropriation permit from a permit owner.
Tex. Tax Code § 5.09 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 5 / Section 5.09
§ 5.09. BIENNIAL REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall prepare a biennial report of the total appraised values and taxable values of taxable property by category and the tax rates of each county, municipality, special district, and school district in effect for the two years preceding the year in which the report is prepared.

(a-1) The comptroller shall:

(1) prescribe the format by which an appraisal district or taxing unit must submit information under this section to the comptroller;

(2) collect and review in detail the information submitted that relates to each county, municipality, and school district; and

(3) collect and review the information submitted that relates to each special district.

(b) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the comptroller shall:

(1) electronically publish on the comptroller's Internet website the report required by Subsection (a); and

(2) notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature that the report is available on the website.
Tex. Government Code § 2204.403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2204 / Section 2204.403
§ 2204.403. MINERAL RESERVATION REQUIRED.
Status: reserved

(a) A grant under this subchapter must reserve to this state all minerals except rock, sand, and gravel needed by the United States in the operation or construction by the United States or its agents of any of the works described by Section 2204.401. The reservation must provide that:

(1) the minerals reserved to this state may not be explored for, developed, or produced in a manner that will at any time prevent or interfere with the operation or construction of those works; and

(2) before exploring for or developing reserved minerals, this state must obtain the written consent of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, or its successor agency, as to the proposed area sought to be explored or developed by this state, including the location of and production facilities for oil wells, gas wells, or oil and gas wells or other minerals.

(b) In a grant to the United States of fee title to the bed and banks of the Rio Grande for the relocation and rectification of the existing channel under the treaty that is to cause a portion of the channel to be in the territorial limits of the United Mexican States after its relocation and rectification, the reservation is required only for the portion of the channel that will remain in the territorial limits of the United States on completion of the relocation and rectification project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8483.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8483 / Section 8483.0305
§ 8483.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 251.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 251 / Section 251.013
§ 251.013. ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a license under this chapter must submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department.

(b) Each application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable license fee.

(c) Each application must contain evidence that there is at least one qualified physician on the staff of the facility and that each dialysis technician on staff has completed the training program required by this chapter.

(d) The department may grant a temporary initial license to an applicant. The temporary initial license expires on the earlier of:

(1) the date the department issues or denies the license; or

(2) the date six months after the date the temporary initial license was issued.

(e) The department shall issue a license if, after inspection and investigation, it finds the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter and the standards adopted under this chapter.

(f) The license is renewable every two years after submission of:

(1) the renewal application and fee; and

(2) a report on a form prescribed by the department.

(g) The report required under Subsection (f) must include information related to the quality of care at the end stage renal disease facility. The report must be in the form and documented by evidence as required by department rule.
Tex. Government Code § 489.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.251
§ 489.251. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "fund" means the Texas small and rural community success fund established by Section 489.252.
Tex. Estates Code § 1301.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.052
§ 1301.052. VENUE FOR PROCEEDING INVOLVING TRUST FOR AN ALLEGED INCAPACITATED PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for the creation of a trust under Section 1301.054 for an alleged incapacitated person must be filed in the same court in which a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for the person is pending, if any.

(b) If a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for an alleged incapacitated person is not pending on the date an application is filed for the creation of a trust under Section 1301.054 for the person, venue for a proceeding to create a trust must be determined in the same manner as venue for a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian is determined under Section 1023.001.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.202 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.202
§ 305.202. SURETIES FOR CERTAIN BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the amount of a bond exceeds $50,000, the court may require that the bond be signed by:

(1) at least two authorized corporate sureties; or

(2) one authorized corporate surety and at least two good and sufficient personal sureties.

(b) The estate shall pay the cost of a bond with corporate sureties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.054
§ 1084.054. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director violates a prohibition established by Section 1084.053(b). A director may be removed for the violation in accordance with the procedures provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Local Government Code, for removing a county official.

(b) The validity of a board action is not affected by the fact that the action is taken when a ground for removal of a director exists.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.458 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.458
§ 56B.458. EMERGENCY RESERVE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the amount available in the fund is sufficient in a state fiscal year to make all compensation payments, the attorney general may retain any portion of the fund that was deposited during the fiscal year that exceeded compensation payments made during that fiscal year as an emergency reserve for the next fiscal year. The emergency reserve may not exceed $10,000,000.

(b) The emergency reserve may be used only:

(1) to make compensation awards in claims; and

(2) to provide emergency relief and assistance, including crisis intervention, emergency housing, travel, food, or expenses and technical assistance expenses incurred in implementing this article in incidents resulting from an act of mass violence or from an act of international terrorism as defined by 18 U.S.C. Section 2331, occurring in this state or for Texas residents injured or killed in an act of terrorism outside of the United States.
Tex. Government Code § 2204.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2204 / Section 2204.304
§ 2204.304. REVERSION TO STATE ON NONUSE.
Status: in_force

A grant under this subchapter must contain a reservation providing that if any part of the property granted ceases to be used for the purposes set out in Section 2204.301 for a continuous period of five years, that part shall immediately and automatically revert to this state at the end of that period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7984A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7984A / Section 7984A.0502
§ 7984A.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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.001
§ 1055.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Marion County Hospital District.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.351 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.351
§ 38.351. PURPOSE OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the department to:

(1) collect data concerning health benefit plan reimbursement rates in a uniform format; and

(2) disseminate, on an aggregate basis for geographical regions in this state, information concerning health care reimbursement rates derived from the data.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 331 / Section 331.004
§ 331.004. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A facility shall adopt, implement, and enforce a written workplace violence prevention plan in accordance with this section to protect health care providers and employees from violent behavior and threats of violent behavior occurring at the facility.

(b) A facility's workplace violence prevention plan must:

(1) be based on the practice setting;

(2) adopt a definition of "workplace violence" that includes:

(A) an act or threat of physical force against a health care provider or employee that results in, or is likely to result in, physical injury or psychological trauma; and

(B) an incident involving the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon, regardless of whether a health care provider or employee is injured by the weapon;

(3) require the facility to provide at least annually workplace violence prevention training or education that may be included in other required training or education provided to the facility's health care providers and employees who provide direct patient care;

(4) prescribe a system for responding to and investigating violent incidents or potentially violent incidents at the facility;

(5) address physical security and safety;

(6) require the facility to solicit information from health care providers and employees when developing and implementing a workplace violence prevention plan;

(7) allow health care providers and employees to report incidents of workplace violence through the facility's existing occurrence reporting systems; and

(8) require the facility to adjust patient care assignments, to the extent practicable, to prevent a health care provider or employee of the facility from treating or providing services to a patient who has intentionally physically abused or threatened the provider or employee.

(c) The written workplace violence prevention plan may satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b) by referencing other internal facility policies and documents.

(d) A committee at least annually shall:

(1) review and evaluate the workplace violence prevention plan; and

(2) report the results of the evaluation to the governing body of the facility.

(e) Each facility shall make available on request an electronic or printed copy of the facility's workplace violence prevention plan to each health care provider or employee of the facility. If the committee determines the plan contains information that would pose a security threat if made public, the committee may redact that information before providing the plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.110
§ 1071.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2305.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2305 / Section 2305.006
§ 2305.006. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) All records required to be maintained under this subchapter shall be kept until at least the first anniversary of the date the record is made.

(b) The registers required by Sections 2305.003 and 2305.004 shall be maintained in a clear and intelligent manner in a well-bound book or an electronic recordkeeping system and kept in a secure place in the office or place of business where the work is performed or the business is conducted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3963.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3963 / Section 3963.0304
§ 3963.0304. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may, with the consent of the governing body of the city by resolution, authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.

(d) The board of the nonprofit corporation shall hold meetings at a place accessible to the public.

(e) The board of the nonprofit corporation must post notice of each meeting with the city secretary not later than 72 hours before the scheduled time of the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3928.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3928 / Section 3928.156
§ 3928.156. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to a tax authorized or approved by the voters of the district or a required payment for a service provided by the district, including water and sewer services.
Tex. Government Code § 157.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 157 / Section 157.101
§ 157.101. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall issue a court interpreter license to an applicant who:

(1) can interpret for an individual who can hear but who has no or limited English proficiency;

(2) passes the appropriate examination prescribed by the commission within the period specified in Section 152.201(c-1); and

(3) possesses the other qualifications for the license required by this chapter or by rules adopted under this chapter.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules relating to licensing under this chapter. The rules must be approved by the supreme court. The director shall prescribe all forms required under this chapter.

(c) A license issued under this chapter expires on the last day of the month in which the second anniversary of the date on which the license was issued occurs unless it is renewed on or before that date.

(d) A license issued under this chapter must include at least one of the following designations:

(1) a basic designation that permits the interpreter to interpret court proceedings in justice courts and municipal courts that are not municipal courts of record, but the designation does not permit the interpreter to interpret a proceeding before the court in which the judge is acting as a magistrate; or

(2) a master designation that permits the interpreter to interpret court proceedings in all courts in this state, including justice courts and municipal courts described by Subdivision (1).

(e) In adopting rules relating to licensing under this subchapter, the commission shall, after consulting with the advisory board, prescribe the minimum score an individual must achieve on an examination to receive a license that includes a basic designation under Subsection (d) and the minimum score an individual must achieve to receive a license that includes a master designation under that subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 610.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 610 / Section 610.002
§ 610.002. ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Child care expenses are eligible for payment under a salary reduction agreement entered into under this chapter only if the expenses meet the requirements for exclusion from gross income as provided by Section 129 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 129).
Tex. Transportation Code § 542.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 542 / Section 542.003
§ 542.003. ANIMALS AND ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

A person riding an animal on a roadway or operating a vehicle drawn by an animal on a roadway has the rights and duties applicable to the operator of a vehicle under this subtitle, except a right or duty that by its nature cannot apply to a person riding an animal or operating a vehicle drawn by an animal.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.155 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.155
§ 102.155. AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The oversight committee shall create an ad hoc committee of experts to address childhood cancers. The oversight committee, as necessary, may create additional ad hoc committees of experts to advise the oversight committee on issues relating to cancer.

(b) Ad hoc committee members shall serve for a period determined by the oversight committee.
Tex. Water Code § 66.316 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.316
§ 66.316. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

Refunding bonds may be issued for the purposes and in the manner provided by general law including Chapter 1207, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11004.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11004 / Section 11004.005
§ 11004.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads; and

(3) Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, economic development, and the public welfare in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298F.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298F / Section 298F.051
§ 298F.051. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The board may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the district only in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 491.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 491 / Section 491.051
§ 491.051. COMPUTATION OF RESERVE FOR INSURER WITH NO BASIS PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
Status: in_force

For an insurer engaged in the business of a kind of insurance in this state, for which no basis is prescribed by law, the department shall compute the reinsurance reserve on the basis prescribed by Section 862.102 for an insurer writing fire insurance.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.01 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.01
§ 21.01.
Status: in_force

Art. 21.01. "INDICTMENT". An "indictment" is the written statement of a grand jury accusing a person therein named of some act or omission which, by law, is declared to be an offense.