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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292B.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292B / Section 292B.054
§ 292B.054. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall require each institutional health care provider to submit to the county a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.

(b) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of Subsection (a).
Tex. Education Code § 107.68 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 107 / Section 107.68
§ 107.68. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The board may do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 3101.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3101 / Section 3101.007
§ 3101.007. STATE BIRD.
Status: in_force

The state bird is the mockingbird.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.203 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.203
§ 111.203. AGREEMENTS TO EXTEND PERIOD OF LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the expiration of the periods prescribed in Sections 111.104, 111.201, and 111.202 of this code for the filing of a refund claim or for the assessment and collection of any tax imposed by this title, the comptroller and a taxpayer may agree in writing to the filing of a refund claim or to an assessment and collection after that time. The agreement must contain the reasons the comptroller and the taxpayer wish to extend the period. At any time before the expiration of the period agreed on, the refund may be made, the tax may be assessed and collected, or an action may be commenced in any court to collect the amount delinquent.

(b) The extended period agreed on under Subsection (a) of this section may be extended by subsequent agreements made before the expiration of the extended period. All subsequent agreements must set forth the reasons for extending the period.

(c) No single extension agreement may be for a period of more than 24 months from the expiration date of the period being extended.

(d) The period for filing a refund claim or for assessment and collection of a tax may be extended if:

(1) without an extension, there might occur a revenue loss to the state;

(2) either the taxpayer or the comptroller, despite good faith efforts, requires more time to prepare for or complete the audit;

(3) without an extension, circumstances beyond the control of either the comptroller or the taxpayer would make an audit by the comptroller impractical or burdensome for either party; or

(4) an issue of law involved in the audit is awaiting determination in either litigation or an administrative proceeding.

(e) If, during an extended period agreed on under Subsection (a) of this section, the comptroller finds that an amount of tax, penalty, or interest has been unlawfully or erroneously collected, the comptroller shall credit the amount against any other amount then due and payable by the taxpayer from whom the amount was collected. The remainder of the amount if any may be refunded to the taxpayer.
Tex. Labor Code § 404.102 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 404 / Section 404.102
§ 404.102. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

The public counsel shall administer and enforce this chapter, including preparing and submitting to the legislature a budget for the office and approving expenditures for professional services, travel, per diem, and other actual and necessary expenses incurred in administering the office.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.110 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.110
§ 401.110. DETERMINATION ON LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In making a determination whether to grant, deny, amend, renew, revoke, suspend, or restrict a license or registration, the commission may consider an applicant's or license holder's technical competence, financial qualifications, and compliance history under the method for using compliance history developed by the commission under Section 5.754, Water Code.

(b) In making a determination whether to grant, deny, amend, renew, revoke, suspend, or restrict a license or registration, the department may consider the technical competence, financial qualifications, and compliance history of an applicant, license holder, or registration holder. After an opportunity for a hearing, the department shall deny an application for a license or registration, license or registration amendment, or license or registration renewal if the applicant's compliance history reveals a recurring pattern of conduct that demonstrates a consistent disregard for the regulatory process through significant violations of this chapter or the department's rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.711 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.711
§ 1301.711. RELEASE OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, the release of the bond.

(b) If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the amount of the penalty is reduced, the court shall order the release of the bond after the person pays the reduced amount.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.108
§ 1006.108. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3857.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3857 / Section 3857.151
§ 3857.151. 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 the district's money.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.304
§ 66.304. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Under the commissioner's supervision, the liquidating agent shall give notice to creditors and savings account holders directing them to present and prove their claims and requiring them to file a written proof of claim at the address designated in the notice.

(b) The notice shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the association maintained an office or branch to transact business on the date the association ceased unrestricted operations.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the notice is first published, the liquidating agent shall mail a similar notice to each depositor and creditor named in the books of the association at the address shown in those books.
Tex. Water Code § 7.063 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.063
§ 7.063. CONSENT TO AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

If the executive director receives a copy of an affidavit under Section 7.062(2), the executive director may file with the court, within five days after the date the copy is received, a contest to the affidavit. The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty or give the supersedeas bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7993A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7993A / Section 7993A.0303
§ 7993A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Transportation Code § 286.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.011
§ 286.011. WORD OR ACT OF OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

Nothing said or done by a county officer or employee or a member of the commissioners court affects this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 350.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 350 / Section 350.002
§ 350.002. PREVENTION OF EVASION.
Status: in_force

A person may not use any device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.121
§ 2054.121. COORDINATION WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution of higher education shall coordinate its use of information technologies with other such institutions to more effectively provide education, research, and community service.

(b) The Information Technology Council for Higher Education consists of the chief information officer or equivalent employee of:

(1) The Texas A&M University System;

(2) The University of Texas System;

(3) The Texas State University System;

(4) The University of North Texas System;

(5) The University of Houston System;

(6) The Texas Tech University System; and

(7) one institution of higher education, other than a public junior college, not included in a university system listed in this subsection who is selected by a majority of the chief executive officers of all the institutions of higher education, other than public junior colleges, not included in a listed university system.

(c) Before adopting a proposed rule that applies to institutions of higher education, the department shall prepare, in consultation with the council established by Subsection (b), an analysis of the impact of the rule on institutions of higher education that includes consideration of:

(1) the impact of the rule on the mission of higher education, student populations, and federal grant requirements;

(2) alternate methods of implementation to achieve the purpose of the rule; and

(3) exempting institutions of higher education from all or part of the requirements of the rule.

(d) The department shall include its analysis as part of the notice of the proposed rule that the agency files with the secretary of state for publication in the Texas Register and shall provide copies to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives.

(e) Each department rule that applies to institutions of higher education and that is in effect on September 1, 2003, ceases to apply to institutions of higher education on September 1, 2004, unless readopted by the department on or after September 1, 2003, in a form that expressly applies to institutions of higher education.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 93.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 93 / Section 93.001
§ 93.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Customer" means a person who rents heavy equipment under a rental agreement.

(2) "Heavy equipment" has the meaning assigned by Section 23.1241, Tax Code.

(3) "Heavy equipment loss damage waiver" means a merchant's agreement to not hold a customer liable for loss from all or part of any damage to heavy equipment.

(4) "Merchant" means a person who, in the ordinary course of business, regularly rents, offers to rent, or arranges for the rental of heavy equipment under a rental agreement.

(5) "Rental agreement" means an agreement under which a customer pays a fee or other consideration to rent heavy equipment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.151
§ 463.151. MAKING AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall assess member insurers, separately for each account under Section 463.105, in the amounts and at the times the board determines necessary to provide money for the association to exercise the association's powers, perform the association's duties, and carry out the purposes of this chapter. The association may not authorize and call an assessment to meet the requirements of the association with respect to an impaired or insolvent insurer until the assessment is necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The board shall classify assessments under Section 463.152 and determine the amount of assessments with reasonable accuracy, recognizing that exact determinations may not always be possible.

(a-1) The association shall notify each member insurer of its anticipated pro rata share of an authorized assessment not yet called not later than the 180th day after the date the assessment is authorized.

(b) An assessment is due on the date the association specifies, which may not be earlier than the 30th day after the date the association gives written notice of the assessment to member insurers. Interest accrues on an unpaid amount at a rate of 10 percent beginning on the due date.

(c) An insurer whose certificate of authority to engage in business in this state is revoked or surrendered remains liable for any unpaid assessment made before the date of the revocation or surrender.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.064 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.064
§ 712.064. CONSTRUCTION; DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall start construction of the mausoleum or mausoleum section in which sales or reservations for sale of undeveloped mausoleum spaces are being made on or before a date that is 48 months after the date of the first of those sales or reservations and shall complete construction on or before a date that is 60 months after the date of the first of those sales or reservations. The commissioner may grant extensions for good cause shown.

(b) If construction of a mausoleum or mausoleum section related to an undeveloped mausoleum space has not begun or been completely constructed by the applicable time specified by Subsection (a), on the written request of the buyer, the corporation and the preconstruction trustee shall, on or before the 30th day after the date of the buyer's request, refund the entire amount paid for the undeveloped mausoleum space plus, if the corporation established a preconstruction trust, net income earned on that portion of the money deposited in the preconstruction trust. The corporation is liable to a buyer for any portion of the purchase price paid for undeveloped mausoleum spaces that was not deposited in the preconstruction trust.
Tex. Water Code § 60.036 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.036
§ 60.036. SECURITY FOR BID ON OIL, GAS, OR MINERAL LEASES.
Status: in_force

Each bid submitted shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or bidder's bond with a responsible corporate surety authorized to do business in Texas. The check or bond shall be in an amount equal to the first rental payment and bonus offered for the lease over and above the royalty and shall guarantee that the bidder will perform the terms of his bid if it is accepted by the commission.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.002 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.002
§ 46B.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a defendant charged with a felony or with a misdemeanor punishable by confinement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.057
§ 401.057. USE OF AUDIT AND WORK PAPERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "work papers" has the meaning assigned by Section 401.020(a).

(b) In conducting an examination under this subchapter, the department shall use audits and work papers that the carrier makes available to the department and that are prepared by an accountant or accounting firm meeting the qualifications of Section 401.011. The department may conduct a separate audit of the carrier if necessary. Work papers developed in the audit shall be maintained in the manner provided by Sections 401.020(b) and (c).

(c) The carrier shall provide the department with:

(1) the work papers of an accountant or accounting firm or the carrier; and

(2) a record of any communications between the accountant or accounting firm and the carrier that relate to an audit.

(d) The accountant or accounting firm shall deliver the information described by Subsection (c) to the examiner. The examiner shall retain the information during the department's examination of the carrier.

(e) Information obtained under this section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public except when introduced as evidence in a hearing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.152
§ 3853.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.151
§ 305.151. GENERAL STANDARD REGARDING AMOUNT OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The judge shall set the amount of a bond, in an amount considered sufficient to protect the estate and the estate's creditors, as provided by this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or other provisions generally applicable to bonds of personal representatives, if the person to whom letters testamentary or of administration are granted is entitled to all of the decedent's estate after payment of debts, a bond shall be in an amount sufficient to protect creditors only.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4205.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4205 / Section 4205.0308
§ 4205.0308. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND.
Status: in_force

The district may add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 101.0021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0021
§ 101.0021. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be a member of the council if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of medicine; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of medicine.

(c) A person may not be a member of the council if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the council.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 62.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 62 / Section 62.001
§ 62.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the State Seed and Plant Board.

(2) The term "certified seed" or "certified plant" means a seed or plant that has been determined by a seed or plant certifying agency to meet agency rules and standards as to genetic purity and identity.

(3) "Plant" includes plant parts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.301
§ 3902.301. AUTOMATIC DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district dissolves and this chapter expires on September 1, 2018, if:

(1) the district does not have outstanding debt or other obligations; and

(2) a developer does not begin, on or before September 1, 2018, to construct a road or other improvement project in the district that is to be financed with district bonds or other obligations in accordance with a capital improvement plan or financial plan approved by the city.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.114 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.114
§ 21.114. PLAN TO END DISCRIMINATORY SCHOOL PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

A public school official does not commit an unlawful employment practice by adopting or implementing a plan reasonably designed to end discriminatory school practices.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8346.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8346 / Section 8346.152
§ 8346.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8346.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 75C.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 75C / Section 75C.002
§ 75C.002. LIMITED LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a cavern entity is not liable to any person for a cavern activity participant injury or damages arising out of a cavern activity participant injury if, at the time of the cavern activity participant injury, the warning prescribed by Section 75C.003 was posted in accordance with that section.

(b) This section does not limit liability for an injury:

(1) proximately caused by:

(A) the cavern entity's negligence with regard to the safety of the cavern area or cavern activity participant;

(B) a potentially dangerous condition at the cavern area, including inside the cavern at the cavern area, of which the cavern entity knew or reasonably should have known; or

(C) the cavern entity's failure to train or improper training of an employee of the cavern entity actively involved in the cavern area or a cavern activity; or

(2) intentionally caused by the cavern entity.

(c) A limitation on liability provided by this section to a cavern entity is in addition to other limitations of liability.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2023.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2023 / Section 2023.057
§ 2023.057. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The commission may obtain criminal history record information that relates to each applicant for employment by the commission and to each applicant for a license issued by the commission and that is maintained by the Department of Public Safety or the Federal Bureau of Investigation Identification Division. The commission may refuse to recommend an applicant who fails to provide a complete set of fingerprints.