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Tex. Insurance Code § 1461.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1461 / Section 1461.001
§ 1461.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Enrollee" means an individual who is eligible to receive health care services under a managed care plan.

(2) "Maintenance of certification" has the meaning assigned by Section 151.002, Occupations Code.

(3) "Managed care plan" means a health benefit plan under which health care services are provided to enrollees through contracts with physicians and that requires enrollees to use participating physicians or that provides a different level of coverage for enrollees who use participating physicians. The term includes a health benefit plan issued by:

(A) a health maintenance organization;

(B) a preferred provider benefit plan issuer; or

(C) any other entity that issues a health benefit plan, including an insurance company.

(4) "Participating physician" means a physician who has directly or indirectly contracted with a health benefit plan issuer to provide services to enrollees.

(5) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.112
§ 1051.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2151.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2151 / Section 2151.151
§ 2151.151. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district attorney of a county in which an amusement ride is operated or, on request of the commissioner of insurance, the attorney general or an agent of the attorney general, may seek an injunction against a person operating an amusement ride in violation of this chapter or in violation of a rule adopted by the commissioner under Section 2151.1021 or 2151.105.
Tex. Government Code § 51.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.101
§ 51.101. OATH; BOND.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court of criminal appeals must sign the oath prescribed for officers of this state and must give a bond in the amount of $5,000. The bond must be approved by the court of criminal appeals and is subject to the same conditions as the bond required of the clerk of the supreme court.
Tex. Election Code § 87.0223 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.0223
§ 87.0223.
Status: in_force

Sec. 87.0223. TIME OF DELIVERY: BALLOTS SENT OUT BY REGULAR MAIL AND E-MAIL. (a) If the early voting clerk has provided a voter a ballot to be voted by mail by both regular mail and e-mail under Subchapter C, Chapter 101, the clerk may not deliver a jacket envelope containing the early voting ballot voted by mail by the voter to the board until:

(1) both ballots are returned; or

(2) the deadline for returning marked ballots under Section 86.007 has passed.

(b) If both the ballot provided by regular mail and the ballot provided by e-mail are returned before the deadline, the early voting clerk shall deliver only the jacket envelope containing the ballot provided by e-mail to the board. The ballot provided by regular mail is considered to be a ballot not timely returned.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.101
§ 8888.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The authority is governed by a board of five elected directors.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.108 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.108
§ 305.108. FORM OF BOND.
Status: in_force

The following form, or a form with the same substance, may be used for the bond of a personal representative:

The State of Texas

County of ________

Know all persons by these presents that we, _______ (insert name of each principal), as principal, and _______ (insert name of each surety), as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the judge of ____________ (insert reference to appropriate judge), and that judge's successors in office, in the sum of _____ dollars, conditioned that the above bound principal or principals, appointed as _______ (insert "executor of the will," "administrator with the will annexed of the estate," "administrator of the estate," or "temporary administrator of the estate," as applicable) of _______ (insert name of decedent), deceased, shall well and truly perform all of the duties required of the principal or principals by law under that appointment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.109
§ 1033.109. CONTRACTS WITH POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR HOSPITAL CARE.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision to provide hospital care for needy persons who reside outside the district.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1749 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1749
§ 55.1749. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, or other facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for an academic building to support the center's educational programs in the city of El Paso, to be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, including bonds issued in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program and secured as provided by that program, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $45 million.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of the bonds authorized by Subsection (a) all or any part of the revenue funds of Texas Tech University or the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds between Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to carry out their duties and purposes.

(d) Any portion of the proceeds of bonds authorized by this section that is not required for the academic building described by Subsection (a) may be used by the Texas Tech University System to renovate existing structures and facilities of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Tex. Water Code § 60.101 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.101
§ 60.101. ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF PORT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any district may acquire land or interests in land by purchase, lease, or otherwise, may convey the land or interest in the land by lease, installment sale, or otherwise, and may purchase, construct, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, operate, develop, sell by installment sale, or otherwise, and lease as lessor or as lessee:

(1) wharves and docks;

(2) warehouses, grain elevators, other storage facilities, and bunkering facilities;

(3) port-related railroads and bridges;

(4) floating plants and facilities;

(5) lightering, cargo-handling, and towing facilities;

(6) everything appurtenant to these facilities; and

(7) all other facilities or aids incidental to or useful in the operation or development of the district's ports and waterways or in aid of navigation and navigation-related commerce in the ports and on the waterways.

(a-1) A district may acquire, purchase, lease, maintain, repair, and operate facilities and equipment for the purposes of protecting life and property by detecting, responding to, and fighting fires, explosions, and hazardous materials incidents described by Section 60.0726.

(b) To the extent that the district incurs indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, for purposes of financing the above facilities which in turn are sold by installment sale or otherwise, the indebtedness, principal and interest, may be paid only from the loan or bond sale proceeds and from revenues generated from the project financed by the indebtedness, and security for payment of the principal of and interest on indebtedness shall be limited to a pledge of the project's revenues and the project's facilities including enlargements and additions.

(c) An installment sale or a lease under this section is not a loan of the district's credit or a grant of public money. The acquisition and leasing of land and facilities for the purposes included in this section and the operation and industrial and business development of ports and waterways are a public purpose and a matter of public necessity.

(d) A district may contract with a broker to sell or lease a tract of land in the same manner as the commissioners court of a county under Section 263.008, Local Government Code.

(e) A lease that requires the lessee to construct improvements on land owned by the district is not a public work contract for purposes of Chapter 2253, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9501.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9501 / Section 9501.101
§ 9501.101. COMMISSION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The commission may exercise the authority granted to a county or municipality under Section 571.002, 571.003, 571.004, or 571.005 or Section 571.011(a) or (b), Local Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 53A.36 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53A / Section 53A.36
§ 53A.36. BOND RESOLUTION; NOTICE; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before authorizing the issuance of bonds, other than refunding bonds, the board shall cause a notice to be issued stating that it intends to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the maximum amount thereof, and the maximum maturity thereof. The notice shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers having general circulation in the authority. The first publication shall be at least 14 days prior to the day set for adopting the bond resolution.

(b) If, prior to the day set for the adoption of the bond resolution, there is presented to the secretary or president of the board a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the qualified voters residing in the city or cities comprising the authority, who own taxable property in the authority and who have duly rendered it for taxation to the city in which such property is located or situated, requesting an election on the proposition for the issuance of the bonds, the bonds shall not be issued unless an election is held and a majority vote is in favor of the bonds. The election shall be called and held in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Chapter 1251, Government Code, with the board and the president and secretary performing the functions there assigned to the governing body of the city, the mayor and city secretary, respectively. If no such petition is filed, the bonds may be issued without an election. However, the board may call an election on its own motion without the filing of the petition.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.077 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.077
§ 246.077. RESERVE FUND ESCROW.
Status: in_force

(a) When a facility is first occupied by a resident, the provider shall establish and maintain in an escrow account with a bank or trust company, as escrow agent, that is located in this state a reserve fund equal to the total of all principal and interest payments due during the next 12 months on any first mortgage loan or other long-term financing arrangement for the facility. The requirements of this section may be met in whole or in part by other reserve funds held for the purpose of meeting loan obligations if the total amount equals or exceeds the amount required by this subsection.

(b) At the option of the facility, the loan reserve fund escrow amount may exclude the portion of principal and interest payments applicable to that portion of the facility that is a licensed nursing facility or licensed assisted living facility.

(c) The provider shall maintain the loan reserve fund escrow in an account that is fully covered by federal deposit insurance and is separate from the provider's business account or in other accounts or investments approved by the commissioner. The funds in the reserve fund escrow account may be invested, with earnings payable to the provider.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.105
§ 431.105. CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency, including the commission, or a political subdivision may contract with a local government corporation to accomplish a governmental purpose of the sponsoring local government in the same manner and to the same extent that it:

(1) may contract with any other corporation created under this chapter; and

(2) is authorized to contract under Subchapter A, Chapter 472.

(b) A local government may contract with a corporation to accomplish the purposes of the sponsoring local government in the manner provided under Subchapter C, Chapter 224.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 84.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 84 / Section 84.007
§ 84.007. INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall investigate the causes of occupational conditions and methods of prevention.

(b) In performing the department's duty to prevent an occupational condition, the department's designee may enter at reasonable times and inspect within reasonable limits all or any part of an area, structure, or conveyance, regardless of ownership, that is not used for private residential purposes.

(c) Persons authorized to conduct investigations under this section may take samples of materials present on the premises, including samples of soil, water, air, unprocessed or processed foodstuffs, manufactured items of clothing, and household goods. If samples are taken, a corresponding sample shall be offered to the person in control of the premises for independent analysis.

(d) Persons securing the required samples may reimburse or offer to reimburse the owner for the materials taken, but the reimbursement may not exceed the actual monetary loss sustained by the owner.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.171 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.171
§ 102.171. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) violates a provision of a marketing agreement or license to which the person is subject; or

(2) engages in a transaction mentioned in and regulated by a license to which the person is subject during the suspension or after the revocation of the person's license.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits a separate offense for each day during which the person acts under Subsection (a) of this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 311 / Section 311.005
§ 311.005. WATER WELLS FOR USE BY HOSPITALS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY OR NATURAL DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a hospital located in a county that:

(1) has a population of more than 250,000; and

(2) borders the Neches River.

(b) A hospital to which this section applies may drill a water well on property owned by the hospital for the purpose of producing water to supplement the hospital's water supply in the event that an emergency or natural disaster prevents the hospital from receiving water from the hospital's usual source.

(c) This section does not affect the authority of a groundwater conservation district to regulate groundwater production under Chapter 36, Water Code, or other law governing a groundwater conservation district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8862.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8862 / Section 8862.053
§ 8862.053. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Sections 8862.055 and 8862.056, each even-numbered year, on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8107.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8107 / Section 8107.103
§ 8107.103. ROAD CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The district may contract for a road project in the same manner as provided by Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3805 / Section 3805.156
§ 3805.156. DEBT.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds, notes, or other debt obligations in accordance with Subchapters I and J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, for a purpose specified by that chapter or as required to exercise a power or function or to accomplish a purpose or duty for which the district was created.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.405 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.405
§ 402.405. RECOVERY ON SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

The purchaser of a hearing instrument may rescind the purchase and recover as provided by Section 402.404 for:

(1) a material misstatement of fact or misrepresentation by a license holder employed by an entity subject to Section 402.404 regarding the instrument or services to be provided by the license holder that was relied on by the purchaser or that induced the purchaser to purchase the instrument;

(2) the failure by the entity subject to Section 402.404 to provide the purchaser with an instrument or with fitting and dispensing services that conform to the specifications of the purchase agreement;

(3) the diagnosis of a medical condition unknown to the purchaser at the time of the purchase that precludes the purchaser's use of the instrument;

(4) the failure by the entity subject to Section 402.404 to remedy a significant material defect of the instrument within a reasonable time;

(5) the provision by the entity subject to Section 402.404 of fitting and dispensing services that are not in accordance with accepted industry practices; or

(6) the failure by a license holder employed by the entity subject to Section 402.404 to meet the standards of conduct prescribed by this chapter or under rules adopted under this chapter that adversely affects the transactions between the purchaser and the license holder or the entity subject to Section 402.404.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.108 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 622 / Section 622.108
§ 622.108. AWARDING MULTIPLE PRIZES.
Status: in_force

A person conducting a sweepstakes may not award multiple prizes in the sweepstakes unless all prizes are awarded on the same date and through the same selection process.
Tex. Transportation Code § 252.213 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.213
§ 252.213. CONTRACTS BY COMMISSIONERS COURT; PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county that appoints one or more road superintendents, the commissioners court by contract may construct, grade, gravel, or otherwise improve a road or bridge.

(b) At the time the contract is made, the commissioners court shall direct the county treasurer to:

(1) transfer the amount of money stipulated in the contract to a particular fund; and

(2) keep a separate account of the money.

(c) The money may be used only for payment under the contract and may be paid only on the order of the commissioners court.
Tex. Government Code § 24.586 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.586
§ 24.586.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.586. 442ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). The 442nd Judicial District is composed of Denton County.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 607.053 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 607 / Section 607.053
§ 607.053. NOTICE OF DISCOVERY OF SKIMMER REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) If a service technician discovers a skimmer in or on a motor fuel unattended payment terminal or motor fuel metering device, the service technician or service company that employs the technician shall notify the department and the merchant of the skimmer in the manner prescribed by commission rule.

(b) If a merchant discovers a skimmer in or on a motor fuel unattended payment terminal or motor fuel metering device or is notified of the presence of a skimmer, the merchant shall, in the manner prescribed by commission rule:

(1) disable, or cause to be disabled, the motor fuel metering device on which the skimmer was discovered;

(1-a) notify a law enforcement agency and the department that a skimmer has been detected; and

(2) take appropriate measures to protect the motor fuel metering device from being tampered with until the department or law enforcement agency arrives and the skimmer is removed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.055
§ 1089.055. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.107
§ 1066.107. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if the interest is necessary for the district to exercise a right or authority conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Occupations Code § 52.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 52 / Section 52.003
§ 52.003. MULTIPLE HOLDERS OF SINGLE LICENSE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not permit two or more persons to engage in the same occupation under one license at the same time.
Tex. Estates Code § 1357.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1357 / Section 1357.002
§ 1357.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older or an individual under 18 years of age who has had the disabilities of minority removed.

(2) "Disability" means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

(3) "Supported decision-making" means a process of supporting and accommodating an adult with a disability to enable the adult to make life decisions, including decisions related to where the adult wants to live, the services, supports, and medical care the adult wants to receive, whom the adult wants to live with, and where the adult wants to work, without impeding the self-determination of the adult.

(4) "Supported decision-making agreement" is an agreement between an adult with a disability and a supporter entered into under this chapter.

(5) "Supporter" means an adult who has entered into a supported decision-making agreement with an adult with a disability.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00564 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00564
§ 30.00564. JUDGE.
Status: repealed

(a) to (j) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(14), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(k) Sections 30.00007(b)(1), (2), (3), and (5) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.107 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.107
§ 42A.107. REQUEST FOR FINAL ADJUDICATION.
Status: in_force

On written motion of the defendant requesting final adjudication that is filed within 30 days after the entry of the defendant's plea and the deferment of adjudication, the judge shall proceed to final adjudication as in all other cases.