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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.251
§ 6903.251. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (i), the board shall designate one or more banks in the district to serve as depository for the district's money.

(b) District money shall be deposited with a designated depository bank or banks, except that:

(1) money pledged to pay bonds may be deposited with the trustee bank named in the trust agreement; and

(2) money shall be remitted to the bank of payment for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds.

(c) To the extent that money in a depository bank or a trustee bank is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the money must be secured in the manner provided by law for the security of county funds.

(d) The board shall prescribe the terms of service for depositories.

(e) Before designating a depository bank, the board shall issue a notice that:

(1) states the time and place at which the board will meet to designate a depository bank or banks; and

(2) invites the banks in the district to submit an application to be designated as a depository.

(f) The notice must be published one time in a newspaper published in the district and specified by the board.

(g) At the time stated in the notice, the board shall:

(1) consider the application and the management and condition of each bank that applies; and

(2) designate as a depository the bank or banks that:

(A) offer the most favorable terms for handling the money; and

(B) the board finds have proper management and are in condition to handle the money.

(h) Membership on the board of an officer or director of a bank does not disqualify the bank from being designated as a depository.

(i) If the board does not receive any applications before the time stated in the notice, or if the board rejects all applications, the board shall designate one or more banks located inside or outside the district on terms that the board finds advantageous to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8310.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8310 / Section 8310.004
§ 8310.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8310.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9051.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9051 / Section 9051.103
§ 9051.103. DIRECTOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director must qualify by giving bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The bond must be recorded in the official bond records of the county.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.178 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.178
§ 2001.178. CUMULATIVE EFFECT.
Status: in_force

This subchapter is cumulative of other means of redress provided by statute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.151
§ 3932.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Education Code § 31.025 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.025
§ 31.025. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL INTERNET WEBSITE.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall develop and maintain an instructional material Internet website to assist school districts in locating and selecting instructional material.

(b) For each instructional material included, the Internet website developed and maintained under this section shall provide:

(1) the price of the material;

(2) the technological requirements needed to use the material;

(3) the results of an agency review of the material conducted under Section 31.023;

(4) a statement of whether the material is included on the list of approved instructional materials maintained by the State Board of Education under Section 31.022 or has been rejected by the board; and

(5) any other information the agency determines relevant to a school district's selection of instructional material.

(c) The Internet website developed and maintained under this section must include the repository of open education resource instructional material required by Section 31.0722.

(d) The agency shall use funds appropriated to the agency for the purposes of reviewing instructional material or available in the state instructional materials and technology fund for purposes of implementing this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8239.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8239 / Section 8239.103
§ 8239.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of the municipality that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.306 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.306
§ 154.306. EXCHANGE OF STAMPS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may exchange or replace, without cost, stamps affixed to a package of cigarettes if the cigarettes have become unfit for sale, use, or consumption and have been returned to the comptroller or to the manufacturer.
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.014
§ 394.014. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The articles of incorporation of the housing finance corporation must contain:

(1) the name of the corporation;

(2) a statement that the corporation is a public, nonprofit corporation;

(3) the period of duration, which may be perpetual;

(4) a statement that the corporation is organized solely to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(5) a statement that the corporation is to have no members;

(6) any provision not inconsistent with law, including any provision required or permitted under this chapter to be included in the bylaws, for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation;

(7) the street address of the corporation's initial registered office, which must be located in the local government, and the name of its initial registered agent at that address;

(8) the number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the names and addresses of those directors, with a statement that each of them resides in the local government;

(9) the name and street address of each incorporator with a statement that each of them resides in the local government; and

(10) a statement that a resolution approving the form of the articles of incorporation has been adopted by the governing body of the local government and the date of the adoption of the resolution.

(b) A housing finance corporation may exercise any power prescribed by this chapter regardless of whether the power is stated in its articles of incorporation. The articles may prohibit the exercise of any power prescribed by this chapter.

(c) Unless the articles of incorporation provide that a change in the number of directors may be made only by amendment to the articles, a change in the number of directors may be made by an amendment to the bylaws. In all other cases if a provision of the articles is inconsistent with the bylaws, the articles provision controls.
Tex. Government Code § 311.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 311 / Section 311.014
§ 311.014. COMPUTATION OF TIME.
Status: in_force

(a) In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day is included.

(b) If the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

(c) If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless there are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the period ends on the last day of that month.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.056 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.056
§ 143.056. COMBINED ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

An election under this subchapter may be held at the same time as an election under Subchapter B of this chapter, but the propositions must be submitted and voted on as separate issues and the returns and proclamations of results must be separate for each proposition.
Tex. Property Code § 52.043 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.043
§ 52.043. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE AND CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

A judgment lien is not affected by this subchapter and may be enforced if the lien is against real property owned by the debtor before a petition for debtor relief was filed under federal bankruptcy law and:

(1) the debt or obligation evidenced by the judgment is not discharged in bankruptcy; or

(2) the property is not exempted in the bankruptcy and is abandoned during the bankruptcy.
Tex. Government Code § 4005.018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.018
§ 4005.018. COOPERATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to:

(1) the sale and issuance of:

(A) any securities issued by a farmers' cooperative marketing association organized under Chapter 52, Agriculture Code, or the predecessor of that law (Article 5737 et seq., Revised Statutes);

(B) any securities issued by a mutual loan corporation organized under Chapter 54, Agriculture Code, or the predecessor of that law (Article 2500 et seq., Revised Statutes); or

(C) any equity securities issued by a cooperative association organized under the Texas Cooperative Association Law as described by Section 1.008(i), Business Organizations Code, or the predecessor of that law (Article 1396-50.01, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or

(2) the sale of any securities issued by a farmers' cooperative society organized under Chapter 51, Agriculture Code, or the predecessor of that law (Article 2514 et seq., Revised Statutes).

(b) The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 does not apply to an agent of a farmers' cooperative marketing association, mutual loan corporation, cooperative association, or farmers' cooperative society if the sale of the securities is made to:

(1) nonmembers; or

(2) members and a commission is paid or contracted to be paid to the agent.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6730 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6730
§ 2306.6730. ACCESSIBILITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A project to which a low income housing tax credit is allocated under this subchapter shall comply with the accessibility standards that are required under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), as amended, and specified under 24 C.F.R. Part 8, Subpart C.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.032 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.032
§ 351.032. LOCATION OF FACILITY.
Status: in_force

A joint facility is not required to be located at the county seat of one of the counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8873.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8873 / Section 8873.104
§ 8873.104. PROHIBITION ON DISTRICT PRODUCTION OF GROUNDWATER FOR PURPOSE OF SALE.
Status: in_force

The district may not produce groundwater for the purpose of sale.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2154.223 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2154 / Section 2154.223
§ 2154.223. OFFICE AREA EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may exempt the office area used in the operation of an indoor retail fireworks site from commissioner rules prescribing distance requirements between fireworks storage and inhabited buildings if, after inspecting the office area at the request of the permit holder for the site, the state fire marshal confirms and reports to the commissioner that the office area is separated by a one-hour fire-rated wall from any fireworks sales or storage area.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 88.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 88 / Section 88.001
§ 88.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Appropriate and medically necessary" means the standard for health care services as determined by physicians and health care providers in accordance with the prevailing practices and standards of the medical profession and community.

(2) "Enrollee" means an individual who is enrolled in a health care plan, including covered dependents.

(3) "Health care plan" means any plan whereby any person undertakes to provide, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any part of the cost of any health care services.

(4) "Health care provider" means a person or entity as defined in Section 74.001.

(5) "Health care treatment decision" means a determination made when medical services are actually provided by the health care plan and a decision which affects the quality of the diagnosis, care, or treatment provided to the plan's insureds or enrollees.

(6) "Health insurance carrier" means an authorized insurance company that issues policies of accident and health insurance under Chapter 1201, Insurance Code.

(7) "Health maintenance organization" means an organization licensed under Chapter 843, Insurance Code.

(8) "Managed care entity" means any entity which delivers, administers, or assumes risk for health care services with systems or techniques to control or influence the quality, accessibility, utilization, or costs and prices of such services to a defined enrollee population, but does not include an employer purchasing coverage or acting on behalf of its employees or the employees of one or more subsidiaries or affiliated corporations of the employer or a pharmacy licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy.

(9) "Physician" means:

(A) an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state;

(B) a professional association organized under the Texas Professional Association Act (Article 1528f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) or a nonprofit health corporation certified under Section 5.01, Medical Practice Act (Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or

(C) another person wholly owned by physicians.

(10) "Ordinary care" means, in the case of a health insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or managed care entity, that degree of care that a health insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or managed care entity of ordinary prudence would use under the same or similar circumstances. In the case of a person who is an employee, agent, ostensible agent, or representative of a health insurance carrier, health maintenance organization, or managed care entity, "ordinary care" means that degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence in the same profession, specialty, or area of practice as such person would use in the same or similar circumstances.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.041
§ 2051.041. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Governmental entity" means an institution, board, commission, or department of:

(A) the state or a subdivision of the state; or

(B) a political subdivision of the state, including a municipality, a county, or any kind of district.

(2) "Governmental representative" includes an officer, employee, or agent of a governmental entity.

(3) "Notice" means any matter, including a proclamation or advertisement, required or authorized by law to be published in a newspaper by a governmental entity or representative.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.103
§ 3878.103. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 251.062 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 251 / Section 251.062
§ 251.062. FEES AND RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, the corporation may not, for any reason, impose an assessment, fee, or other charge, including a charge for inputting data, against an operator.

(b) Before January 15 of each year, a Class A facility operator shall pay to the corporation a fee of $50 for services to be performed by the corporation during that calendar year. A fee for a part of a year may not be prorated.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0259 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0259
§ 532.0259. STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
Status: in_force

The commission shall create a stakeholder work group composed of representatives of affected health care providers, Medicaid managed care organizations, and recipients. The commission shall periodically solicit from the work group input regarding the ongoing operation of the electronic visit verification system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8237.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8237 / Section 8237.006
§ 8237.006. EFFECT OF CHAPTER ON BROOKSHIRE-KATY DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF WALLER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the powers of the Brookshire-Katy Drainage District of Waller County.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 24.010 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 24 / Section 24.010
§ 24.010. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a cause of action with respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation under this chapter is extinguished unless action is brought:

(1) under Section 24.005(a)(1) of this code, within four years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, within one year after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant;

(2) under Section 24.005(a)(2) or 24.006(a) of this code, within four years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; or

(3) under Section 24.006(b) of this code, within one year after the transfer was made.

(b) A cause of action on behalf of a spouse, minor, or ward with respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation under this chapter is extinguished unless the action is brought:

(1) under Section 24.005(a) or 24.006(a) of this code, within two years after the cause of action accrues, or if later, within one year after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant; or

(2) under Section 24.006(b) of this code within one year after the date the transfer was made.

(c) If a creditor entitled to bring an action under this chapter is under a legal disability when a time period prescribed by this section starts, the time of the disability is not included in the period. A disability that arises after the period starts does not suspend the running of the period. A creditor may not tack one legal disability to another to extend the period. For the purposes of this subsection, a creditor is under a legal disability if the creditor is:

(1) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person is married; or

(2) of unsound mind.
Tex. Government Code § 543.0054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 543 / Section 543.0054
§ 543.0054. ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

After conducting a preliminary review of a clinical initiative under Section 543.0053(2), the commission shall analyze the clinical initiative if the commission selects the initiative for analysis. The analysis must include a review of:

(1) any public comments and submitted research relating to the initiative;

(2) the available clinical research and historical utilization information relating to the initiative;

(3) published medical literature relating to the initiative;

(4) any adoption of the initiative by a medical society or other clinical group;

(5) whether the initiative has been implemented under:

(A) the Medicare program;

(B) another state medical assistance program; or

(C) a state-operated health care program, including the child health plan program;

(6) the results of reports, research, pilot programs, or clinical studies relating to the initiative conducted by:

(A) institutions of higher education, including related medical schools;

(B) governmental entities and agencies; and

(C) private and nonprofit think tanks and research groups;

(7) the impact the initiative would have on Medicaid if the initiative were implemented in this state, including:

(A) an estimate of the number of Medicaid recipients that would be impacted by implementing the initiative; and

(B) a description of any potential cost savings to the state that would result from implementing the initiative; and

(8) any statutory barriers to implementing the initiative.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 21.006 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 21 / Section 21.006
§ 21.006. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

The bonds of each issue mature, serially or otherwise, not more than 40 years from their date.
Tex. Transportation Code § 621.205 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 621 / Section 621.205
§ 621.205. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF VEHICLE COMBINATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, a combination of not more than three vehicles, including a truck and semitrailer, truck and trailer, truck-tractor and semitrailer and trailer, or a truck-tractor and two trailers, may be coupled together if the combination of vehicles, other than a truck-tractor combination, is not longer than 65 feet.

(b) A passenger car or another motor vehicle that has an unloaded weight of less than 2,500 pounds may not be coupled with more than one other vehicle or towing device at one time. This subsection does not apply to the towing of a disabled vehicle to the nearest intake place for repair.

(c) A motor vehicle, including a passenger car, that has an unloaded weight of 2,500 pounds or more may be coupled with a towing device and one other vehicle.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Passenger car" means a motor vehicle designed to transport 10 or fewer persons simultaneously.

(2) "Towing device" means a device used to tow a vehicle behind a motor vehicle by supporting one end of the towed vehicle above the surface of the road and permitting the wheels at the other end of the towed vehicle to remain in contact with the road.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.305
§ 1601.305. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

Annually, the members of a system's advisory committee shall elect a presiding officer and other necessary officers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8374.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8374 / Section 8374.101
§ 8374.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Election Code § 63.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 63 / Section 63.002
§ 63.002. SIGNATURE ROSTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A signature roster shall be maintained by an election officer at the polling place.

(b) A voter who is accepted for voting must sign the roster before the voter is permitted to vote.

(c) If the voter cannot sign the voter's name, an election officer shall enter the voter's name with a notation of the reason for the voter's inability to sign the roster.

(d) The signature roster may be in the form of an electronic device approved by the secretary of state that is capable of capturing a voter's signature next to the voter's name on the device. The secretary of state shall adopt rules governing the processing of electronic signatures captured under this subsection.
Tex. Family Code § 65.016 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.016
§ 65.016. RECORDING OF PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The proceedings in a truancy court that is not a court of record may not be recorded.

(b) The proceedings in a truancy court that is a court of record must be recorded by stenographic notes or by electronic, mechanical, or other appropriate means.