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Tex. Government Code § 52.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 52 / Section 52.044
§ 52.044. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT REPORTERS IN BEXAR COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The judges of the district courts in Bexar County may employ additional official court reporters to serve the district courts in Bexar County if a majority of the district court judges believe more official court reporters are necessary.

(b) The district court judges shall, by majority vote, determine the method of hiring the additional official court reporters.

(c) The additional official court reporters receive the same compensation for services performed as the regular official court reporter receives.

(d) The presiding civil judge shall determine the assignments of the additional official court reporters.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 142.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.001
§ 142.001. RATIFICATION.
Status: in_force

The compact set out in Section 142.005 of this code is ratified by this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9019.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9019 / Section 9019.104
§ 9019.104. POWERS RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may:

(1) purchase or otherwise acquire, maintain, and operate a firefighting facility and equipment to protect property belonging to the district and other property in the district;

(2) maintain and operate a fire department;

(3) employ a fire marshal; and

(4) pay a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person on a charge of arson in connection with the burning or attempted burning of property in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.202
§ 214.202. CATEGORIES OF ALARM SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

The category of alarm system to be regulated is burglary.
Tex. Transportation Code § 174.207 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 174 / Section 174.207
§ 174.207. COMPENSATION FOR USE OF SYSTEM FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall establish and maintain reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates or other compensation for the use of the facilities of the system acquired, constructed, operated, regulated, or maintained by the district.

(b) Together with grants received by the district, the rates or other compensation must be sufficient to produce revenue adequate to:

(1) pay all expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the district's property and facilities;

(2) pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the district payable wholly or partly from the revenue, as they become due and payable; and

(3) fulfill the terms of agreements made with the holders of bonds or with any person on their behalf.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7948A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7948A / Section 7948A.0304
§ 7948A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1019.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1019 / Section 1019.252
§ 1019.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 305.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 305 / Section 305.002
§ 305.002. ADDITIONAL LIABILITY FOR MORE THAN TWICE AUTHORIZED RATE OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the amount determined under Section 305.001, a creditor who charges and receives interest that is greater than twice the amount authorized by this subtitle is liable to the obligor for:

(1) the principal amount on which the interest is charged and received; and

(2) the interest and all other amounts charged and received.

(b) This section applies only to a contract or transaction for personal, family, or household use subject to this subtitle.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.07 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 38.07
§ 38.07. TESTIMONY IN CORROBORATION OF VICTIM OF SEXUAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A conviction under Chapter 21, Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8), Section 22.011, or Section 22.021, Penal Code, is supportable on the uncorroborated testimony of the victim of the sexual offense if the victim informed any person, other than the defendant, of the alleged offense within one year after the date on which the offense is alleged to have occurred.

(b) The requirement that the victim inform another person of an alleged offense does not apply if at the time of the alleged offense the victim was a person:

(1) 17 years of age or younger;

(2) 65 years of age or older; or

(3) 18 years of age or older who by reason of age or physical or mental disease, defect, or injury was substantially unable to satisfy the person's need for food, shelter, medical care, or protection from harm.
Tex. Education Code § 54.6252 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.6252
§ 54.6252. CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT HOURS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may permit the purchaser of a prepaid tuition contract for a senior college plan or a private college plan at any time during which the contract is in effect and before the beneficiary graduates from high school to enter into a supplemental contract to prepay the tuition and required fees of the beneficiary for a number of undergraduate credit hours, in addition to the undergraduate credit hours included in the primary contract, equal to the number of credit hours purchased for one year under the primary contract. The additional credit hours must be for the same type of institution as the credit hours purchased under the primary contract.

(b) The contract is subject to Section 54.620.
Tex. Insurance Code § 826.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 826 / Section 826.206
§ 826.206. CONVERSION OF FOREIGN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) On the approval of the commissioner, a foreign mutual insurance company may reorganize in compliance with the requirements of any law or regulation applicable to the foreign mutual insurance company by:

(1) transferring its members' membership interests into a mutual holding company formed under a procedure analogous to that described by this subchapter; and

(2) continuing the corporate existence of the reorganizing foreign mutual insurance company as a foreign stock insurance company subsidiary of the mutual holding company.

(b) The reorganizing foreign mutual insurance company may remain a foreign company and may be admitted to do business in this state. A foreign mutual insurance company may also redomesticate in this state by complying with the applicable requirements of Chapter 983.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577A / Section 577A.052
§ 577A.052. CERTIFICATE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To obtain a certificate under this chapter, an applicant must submit to the commission an application in the form and manner prescribed by the commission.

(b) Each application must be accompanied by a fee established by the executive commissioner under Section 577A.053.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0211 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0211
§ 42.0211. SAFETY SPECIALISTS, RISK ANALYSTS, AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall employ at least one specially trained investigation safety specialist, whose duties include the duty to:

(1) review and evaluate the intake of reports that include allegations associated with a higher risk of harm to the child; and

(2) consult with the assigned investigator to provide specialized guidance and resources to assist the investigation.

(b) The division shall employ at least one risk analyst, whose duties include the duty to:

(1) identify facilities, including child-placing agencies, whose compliance histories indicate the potential for a higher risk of harm to children in the care of the facility;

(2) review the monitoring and inspection reports for any facilities described by Subdivision (1) to assess the quality of the investigation or monitoring; and

(3) identify any additional monitoring or enforcement action that may be appropriate to ensure the safety of a child in the care of the facility.

(c) The division must include a performance management unit with duties that include:

(1) conducting quality assurance reviews of randomly selected monitoring and investigative reports to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, rules, and agency policies; and

(2) making recommendations to improve the quality and consistency of monitoring and investigations.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.105 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.105
§ 4151.105. PAYMENTS TO ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If an insurer, plan, or plan sponsor uses the services of an administrator:

(1) a payment of a premium or contribution to the administrator by or on behalf of an insured or plan participant is considered to have been received by the insurer, plan, or plan sponsor; and

(2) a payment of a return premium, contribution, or claim to the administrator by the insurer, plan, or plan sponsor is not considered payment to the insured, plan participant, or claimant until the insured, plan participant, or claimant receives the payment.

(b) This section does not limit a right of an insurer, plan, or plan sponsor against the administrator resulting from the administrator's failure to make a payment to an insured, plan participant, or claimant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997A / Section 7997A.0106
§ 7997A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8353.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8353 / Section 8353.001
§ 8353.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Clearwater Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.202 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.202
§ 772.202. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the number 9-1-1 as the primary emergency telephone number for use by certain local governments in this state and to encourage units of local government and combinations of those units to develop and improve emergency communication procedures and facilities in a manner that will make possible the quick response to any person calling the telephone number 9-1-1 seeking police, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services. To this purpose the legislature finds that:

(1) it is in the public interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid;

(2) there exist thousands of different emergency telephone numbers throughout the state, and telephone exchange boundaries and central office service areas do not necessarily correspond to public safety and political boundaries;

(3) a dominant part of the state's population is located in rapidly expanding metropolitan areas that generally cross the boundary lines of local jurisdictions and often extend into two or more counties; and

(4) provision of a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained would provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public safety efforts by making it less difficult to notify public safety personnel quickly.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 94.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 94 / Section 94.002
§ 94.002. LIABILITY OF SPORTS OFFICIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A sports official who is engaged in an athletic competition is not liable for civil damages, including personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss related to any act, error, or omission that results from a risk inherent in the nature of the competitive activity in which the claimant chose to participate unless the act, error, or omission constitutes:

(1) gross negligence; or

(2) wanton, wilful, or intentional misconduct.

(b) Whether a risk is inherent in the nature of a competitive activity is dependent upon:

(1) the nature of the sport in question;

(2) the conduct that is generally accepted in the sport; and

(3) whether the harm occurred during the pursuit of the purposes of the competition.

(c) A mere violation of the rules of play of an athletic competition or failing to call a penalty, missing a call, or failing to enforce competition rules cannot in itself form the basis for liability under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5007.213 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5007 / Section 5007.213
§ 5007.213. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT; ETHICS POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) A port commissioner or an authority employee should not:

(1) accept or solicit any gift, favor, or service that might reasonably tend to influence the port commissioner or employee in the discharge of official duties or that the port commissioner or employee knows or should know is being offered with the intent to influence the port commissioner's or employee's official conduct;

(2) accept other employment or engage in a business or professional activity that the port commissioner or employee might reasonably expect would require or induce the port commissioner or employee to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of the official position;

(3) accept other employment or compensation that could reasonably be expected to impair the port commissioner's or employee's independence of judgment in the performance of the port commissioner's or employee's official duties;

(4) make personal investments that could reasonably be expected to create a substantial conflict between the port commissioner's or employee's private interest and the public interest; or

(5) intentionally or knowingly solicit, accept, or agree to accept any benefit for having exercised the port commissioner's or employee's official powers or performed the port commissioner's or employee's official duties in favor of another.

(b) The port commission shall adopt a written ethics policy for the port commissioners and authority employees consistent with the standards prescribed by Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3795.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3795 / Section 3795.204
§ 3795.204. SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose. Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.

(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district.

(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of a sales and use tax at an election held on the same election date on which another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under this chapter has no effect.

(d) Chapter 321, Tax Code, applies to the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax imposed by this section except to the extent it is inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 103.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 103 / Section 103.004
§ 103.004. DUTY OF CERTAIN PRIVATE ENTITIES TO MAKE FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
Status: in_force

A private hospital or private health care facility is not required to make its facilities available for the performance of an abortion unless a physician determines that the life of the mother is immediately endangered.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.259 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.259
§ 2210.259. SURCHARGE FOR CERTAIN NONCOMPLIANT STRUCTURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an insurance policy insuring a noncompliant residential structure under Section 2210.251(f) is subject to an annual premium surcharge in an amount equal to 15 percent of the premium for insurance coverage obtained through the association. The surcharge under this subsection applies to each policy issued or renewed by the association on or after the effective date of Sections 5 through 49, H.B. No. 4409, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and is due on the issuance or renewal of the policy.

(a-1) For a policy insuring a noncompliant residential structure eligible for coverage under Section 2210.258(c), the association shall charge:

(1) a premium based on the rate charged in the voluntary market for the portion of the canceled or nonrenewed policy that provides windstorm and hail insurance coverage for the applicable risk; and

(2) an annual premium surcharge in an amount equal to 10 percent of that premium.

(b) A premium surcharge collected under this section shall be deposited in the catastrophe reserve trust fund. A premium surcharge under this section is a separate nonrefundable charge in addition to the premiums collected and is not subject to premium tax or commissions. Failure to pay the surcharge by a policyholder constitutes failure to pay premium for purposes of policy cancellation.

(c) The commissioner by rule may provide for a discount of, or a credit against, a surcharge assessed under Subsection (a) in instances in which a policyholder demonstrates that the noncompliant structure was constructed with at least one structural building component that complies with the building code standards set forth in the plan of operation.
Tex. Education Code § 31.105 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.105
§ 31.105. SALE OR DISPOSAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may sell printed instructional materials on the date the instructional material is discontinued for use in the public schools by the State Board of Education or the commissioner. The board of trustees or governing body may also sell electronic instructional materials and technological equipment owned by the district or school. Any funds received by a district or school from a sale authorized by this subsection must be used to purchase instructional materials and technological equipment allowed under Section 31.0211.

(b) The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall determine how the district or school will dispose of discontinued printed instructional materials, electronic instructional materials, and technological equipment.

(c) The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may dispose of printed instructional material before the date the instructional material is discontinued for use in the public schools by the State Board of Education if the board of trustees or governing body determines that the instructional material is not needed by the district or school and the board of trustees or governing body does not reasonably expect that the instructional material will be needed. A district or school must notify the commissioner of any instructional material the district or school disposes of under this subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7201.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7201 / Section 7201.204
§ 7201.204. NEWSLETTER, WEBSITE, AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall maintain and update monthly an Internet website with current information concerning policies, monthly financial information concerning revenues and expenses, and monthly summaries.

(b) Not later than 72 hours before a meeting held by the district, the district shall publish on the district's Internet website the agenda for the meeting.

(c) Not later than 72 hours after the date the district adopts the minutes of a meeting held by the district, the district shall publish on the district's Internet website the minutes adopted by the district.

(d) The district shall provide information, including summary financial information based on the preceding year's annual audit, to district customers at an annual meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3890.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3890 / Section 3890.207
§ 3890.207. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3890.210, the district may impose an annual operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.

(c) Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the district.