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Tex. Government Code § 654.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 654 / Section 654.013
§ 654.013. DEFERRAL FROM POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN.
Status: in_force

Nonacademic employments in state institutions of higher education are deferred from the application of the position classification plan until the governor orders or the legislature directs otherwise.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8825.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8825 / Section 8825.055
§ 8825.055. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A director is not entitled to receive compensation for serving as a director.

(b) A director may be reimbursed for actual reasonable expenses incurred in discharging official duties.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 1.057 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 1 / Section 1.057
§ 1.057. LAWS GOVERNING FORMATION, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND GOVERNANCE OF DOMESTIC ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The plain meaning of the text of this code may not be supplanted, contravened, or modified by the laws or judicial decisions of any other state.

(b) The managerial officials of a domestic entity, in exercising their powers with respect to the domestic entity, may consider the laws and judicial decisions of other states and the practices observed by entities formed in those other states. The failure or refusal of a managerial official to consider, or to conform the exercise of the managerial official's powers to, the laws, judicial decisions, or practices of another state does not constitute or imply a breach of this code or of any duty existing under the laws of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8244.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8244 / Section 8244.103
§ 8244.103. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; LIMIT ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "recreational facilities" and "develop and maintain" have the meanings assigned by Section 49.462, Water Code.

(b) The district may develop and maintain recreational facilities.

(c) The district may not, for the development or maintenance of a recreational facility, acquire by condemnation land, an easement, or other property inside or outside the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.008
§ 1271.008. BALANCE BILLING PROHIBITION NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A health maintenance organization shall provide written notice in accordance with this section in an explanation of benefits provided to the enrollee and the physician or provider in connection with a health care service or supply provided by a non-network physician or provider. The notice must include:

(1) a statement of the billing prohibition under Section 1271.155, 1271.157, or 1271.158, as applicable;

(2) the total amount the physician or provider may bill the enrollee under the enrollee's health benefit plan and an itemization of copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other amounts included in that total; and

(3) for an explanation of benefits provided to the physician or provider, information required by commissioner rule advising the physician or provider of the availability of mediation or arbitration, as applicable, under Chapter 1467.

(b) A health maintenance organization shall provide the explanation of benefits with the notice required by this section to a physician or health care provider not later than the date the health maintenance organization makes a payment under Section 1271.155, 1271.157, or 1271.158, as applicable.
Tex. Government Code § 772.0078 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 772 / Section 772.0078
§ 772.0078. OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal justice division established under Section 772.006.

(2) "Opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law enforcement agency in this state that seeks to provide opioid antagonists to peace officers, evidence technicians, and related personnel who, in the course of performing their duties, are likely to come into contact with opioids or encounter persons suffering from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose.

(c) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under this section only if the agency first adopts a policy addressing the usage of an opioid antagonist for a person suffering from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose.

(d) In an application for a grant under this section, the law enforcement agency shall provide information to the criminal justice division about the frequency and nature of:

(1) interactions between peace officers and persons suffering from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose;

(2) calls for assistance based on an apparent opioid-related drug overdose; and

(3) any exposure of peace officers, evidence technicians, or related personnel to opioids or suspected opioids in the course of performing their duties and any reactions by those persons to those substances.

(e) A law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this section shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the grant, provide to the criminal justice division proof of purchase of the opioid antagonists.

(f) The criminal justice division may use any money available for purposes of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.201
§ 3926.201. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; PREREQUISITES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the district, including territory added to the district under Section 3926.110, may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district has no outstanding bonded debt. Territory previously added to the district under Section 3926.110 may be included in a new district.

(b) If the board adds territory inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city or any other municipality to the district under Section 3926.110, the district may be divided under Subsection (a) only with the consent by ordinance or resolution of the city and any other municipality whose extraterritorial jurisdiction is included in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 554.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 554 / Section 554.006
§ 554.006. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees so that the fees, in the aggregate, produce sufficient revenue to cover the cost of administering this subtitle.

(b) The board by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees so that the fees, in the aggregate, produce sufficient revenue to cover the cost of establishing and maintaining the program described by Sections 481.075, 481.076, and 481.0761, Health and Safety Code.

(c) The board may assess the fee described by Subsection (b) on individuals or entities authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, and to access the program described by Sections 481.075, 481.076, and 481.0761, Health and Safety Code.

(d) Each agency that licenses individuals or entities authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, and to access the program described by Sections 481.075, 481.076, and 481.0761, Health and Safety Code, shall increase the occupational license, permit, or registration fee of the license holders or use available excess revenue in an amount sufficient to operate that program as specified by the board.

(e) A fee collected by an agency under Subsection (d) shall be transferred to the board for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the program described by Sections 481.075, 481.076, and 481.0761, Health and Safety Code.

(f) Grants received by the board to implement or operate the program described by Sections 481.075, 481.076, and 481.0761, Health and Safety Code, may be used by the board to offset or reduce the amount of fees paid by each agency that licenses individuals or entities who are or may be authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1357.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1357 / Section 1357.053
§ 1357.053. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(B) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or

(C) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1357.052.
Tex. Tax Code § 181.151 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 181 / Section 181.151
§ 181.151. RESTRICTION ON TAXING AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

A municipal corporation may not impose an occupation tax similar to the tax imposed by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.157
§ 1039.157. INSPECTION OF ANNUAL AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.163 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.163
§ 501.163. USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR JOB-RELATED SKILLS TRAINING BY CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a corporation the creation of which was authorized by a municipality that:

(1) has a population of 10,000 or more;

(2) is located in a county that borders:

(A) the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; or

(B) the United Mexican States and in which four municipalities with a population of 70,000 or more are located; and

(3) has, or is included in a metropolitan statistical area of this state that has, an unemployment rate that averaged at least two percent above the state average for the most recent two consecutive years for which statistics are available.

(b) A corporation may spend tax revenue received under this subtitle for job training that consists of:

(1) providing job-related life skills sufficient to enable an unemployed individual to obtain employment; and

(2) providing job training skills sufficient to enable an unemployed individual to obtain employment.

(c) A corporation to which this section applies may contract with any person to provide the job training authorized under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.074 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.074
§ 551A.074. CARRYING PASSENGERS.
Status: in_force

A person may not carry a passenger on an off-highway vehicle operated on public off-highway vehicle land, a beach, or a highway unless the vehicle is designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger.
Tex. Local Government Code § 108.054 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 108 / Section 108.054
§ 108.054. CHOICE OF LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may exercise powers under Section 108.051 or 108.052, but may not exercise powers under both sections for the same defined area.

(b) A municipality that exercises powers under Section 108.051 or 108.052 to reimburse a developer's infrastructure costs in a defined area shall not be required to provide payment to the developer under Section 43.0715.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.053
§ 263.053. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of managers shall keep a proper record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose. The record must be open for inspection at all times to the board, the commissioners court, and any resident of the county.

(b) The board of managers shall certify all bills and accounts, including salaries and wages, and transmit them to the commissioners court, which shall provide for their payment in the same manner that other charges against the county are paid.

(c) The board of managers shall report to the commissioners court annually, and at other times as directed by the court, on the details of the operation during the year of the hospital dispensaries and school for children suffering from tuberculosis. The report must contain:

(1) the number of patients admitted and the methods and result of their treatment, together with suitable recommendations and other material required by the court; and

(2) full and detailed estimates of the appropriations required during the following year for all purposes, including maintenance, building construction, repairs, renewals, extensions, and improvements.

(d) The board of managers shall incorporate into its report to the commissioners court the accounts and records prepared by the superintendent of the hospital under Section 263.077.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.152
§ 4002.152. RULES REGARDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not adopt rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by a person registered under this title except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by the person.

(b) The board may not include in the board's rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the board a rule that:

(1) restricts the person's use of any advertising medium;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person; or

(4) restricts the person's advertisement under a trade name.

(c) This section does not affect limitations on advertising in Section 4005.012, 4005.013, or 4005.021 or in rules adopted by the board under Section 4005.024.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.0261 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0261
§ 12.0261. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

The department is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.020 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.020
§ 146.020. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a person has violated or is violating this chapter or an order issued or a rule adopted under this chapter, the commissioner may request the attorney general or the district attorney, county attorney, or municipal attorney in the jurisdiction where the violation is alleged to have occurred, is occurring, or may occur to institute a civil suit for:

(1) an order enjoining the violation;

(2) a permanent or temporary injunction, a temporary restraining order, or other appropriate remedy, if the department shows that the person has engaged in or is engaging in a violation;

(3) the assessment and recovery of a civil penalty; or

(4) both injunctive relief and a civil penalty.

(b) A civil penalty may not exceed $5,000 a day for each violation. Each day the violation occurs constitutes a separate violation for the purposes of the assessment of a civil penalty.

(c) In determining the amount of the civil penalty, the court hearing the matter shall consider:

(1) the person's history of previous violations;

(2) the seriousness of the violation;

(3) the hazard to the health and safety of the public;

(4) the demonstrated good faith of the person charged; and

(5) any other matter as justice may require.

(d) Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the violation occurred or in Travis County.

(e) A civil penalty recovered in a suit instituted by a local government under this chapter shall be paid to the local government.

(f) The commissioner or the attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief or a civil penalty under this section, including investigation and court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, witness fees, and other expenses. The expenses recovered by the commissioner under this section may be used for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The expenses recovered by the attorney general may be used by the attorney general for any purpose.
Tex. Property Code § 94.101 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.101
§ 94.101. SECURITY DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "security deposit" means any advance of money, other than a rental application deposit or an advance payment of rent, that is intended primarily to secure performance under a lease of a lot in a manufactured home community that has been entered into by a landlord and a tenant.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.67171 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.67171
§ 2306.67171. ELECTRONIC MAIL NOTIFICATION SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain an electronic mail notification service to which any person in this state may electronically subscribe to receive information concerning the status of pre-applications and applications under this subchapter.

(b) The electronic mail notification service maintained under Subsection (a) must:

(1) allow a subscriber to request for a zip code notification of:

(A) the filing of any pre-application or application concerning a development that is or will be located in the zip code;

(B) the posting of the board materials for board approval of a list of approved applications or the issuance of final allocation commitments for applications described by Paragraph (A); and

(C) any public hearing to be held concerning an application or pre-application described by Paragraph (A); and

(2) respond to a subscriber via electronic mail not later than the later of:

(A) the 14th day after the date the department receives notice of an event described by Subdivision (1); or

(B) if applicable, the date or dates specified by Section 2306.6717(a).

(c) The department may include in an electronic mail notification sent to a subscriber any applicable information described by Section 2306.6717.
Tex. Government Code § 45.340 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 45 / Section 45.340
§ 45.340. WEBB COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The county attorney handles or prosecutes all juvenile, child welfare, and mental health cases in Webb County, the other civil cases in Webb County where the state is a party, and the other duties imposed by law on the office of county attorney.
Tex. Education Code § 48.2721 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.2721
§ 48.2721. RECOVERY OF FUNDS FROM EXCESSIVE TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall reduce state aid or adjust the limit on local revenue under Section 48.257 in an amount equal to the amount of revenue generated by a school district's tax effort that is not in compliance with Section 45.003 or this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.041
§ 433.041. LABELING PASSED PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

(a) When meat or a meat food product prepared for intrastate commerce that has been inspected as provided by this chapter and marked "Texas inspected and passed" is placed or packed in a container or covering in an establishment in which inspection is performed under this chapter, the person preparing the product shall attach a label to the container or covering stating that the contents have been "Texas inspected and passed" under this chapter. The inspector shall supervise the attachment of the label and the sealing or enclosing of the meat or meat food product in the container or covering.

(b) When an inspected carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or a meat food product is found to be unadulterated and leaves the establishment, it must bear legible information on itself or its container, as required by department rule, to prevent it from being misbranded.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0114
§ 8508.0114. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land inside or outside the authority to carry out a power, right, privilege, or function authorized by this chapter if the board, after notice and hearing, determines that the action is necessary.

(b) The authority must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except that the authority is not required to:

(1) give bond for appeal or bond for costs in a condemnation suit or other suit to which it is a party; or

(2) deposit double the amount of any award in any suit.

(c) The authority's authority under this section to exercise the power of eminent domain expired on September 1, 2013, unless the authority submitted a letter to the comptroller in accordance with Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, not later than December 31, 2012.
Tex. Family Code § 201.209 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.209
§ 201.209. LIMITATION ON LAW PRACTICE BY ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

An associate judge appointed under this subchapter may not engage in the private practice of law.
Tex. Education Code § 54.636 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.636
§ 54.636. INVESTMENT OF FUND ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall invest the assets of the fund.

(b) The board may contract with private professional investment managers to assist the board in investing the assets of the fund.

(c) The board shall develop written investment objectives concerning the investment of the assets of the fund. The objectives may address desired rates of return, risks involved, investment time frames, and any other relevant considerations.

(d) The comptroller shall develop a comprehensive plan for the investment of the assets of the fund consistent with the objectives developed by the board under Subsection (c). The plan shall specify the policies under which the board shall invest the assets of the fund. The board must approve the plan.

(e) In making investments of the assets of the fund, the board shall exercise the judgment and care, under the circumstances at the time of the investment, that a person of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence would exercise in the management of the person's own affairs, not for speculation but for making a permanent disposition of funds, considering the probable income from the disposition and the probable safety of capital.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.103
§ 775.103. BOND.
Status: in_force

The fire marshal shall post a bond in the amount required by the district and conditioned on the faithful and strict performance of the fire marshal's duties under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1373.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1373 / Section 1373.001
§ 1373.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Gender transition" means a medical process by which an individual's anatomy, physiology, or mental state is treated or altered, including by the removal of otherwise healthy organs or tissue, the introduction of implants or performance of other plastic surgery, hormone treatment, or the use of drugs, counseling, or therapy, for the purpose of furthering or assisting the individual's identification as a member of the opposite biological sex or group or demographic category that does not correspond to the individual's biological sex.

(2) "Gender transition procedure or treatment" means a medical procedure or treatment performed or provided for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.005
§ 541.005. APPLICABILITY TO RISK RETENTION OR PURCHASING GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) A risk retention group or purchasing group described by Subchapter B, Chapter 2201, or Section 2201.251 that is not chartered in this state may not engage in a trade practice in this state that is defined as unlawful under this chapter.

(b) A risk retention group or purchasing group is subject to this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.