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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.058
§ 1016.058. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.252
§ 1501.252. HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A small employer health benefit plan issuer shall offer a standard health benefit plan as authorized by Chapter 1507.

(b) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may offer to a small employer additional benefit riders to the standard health benefit plan or may design and offer standard health benefit plans with additional mandatory benefits.

(c) Subject to this chapter, a small employer health benefit plan issuer shall also offer to a small employer at least one other health benefit plan authorized under this code that provides state-mandated health benefits. Section 1501.251 does not apply to a health benefit plan offered to a small employer under this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 24.60035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.60035
§ 24.60035.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.60035. 490TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). The 490th Judicial District is composed of Brazoria County.
Tex. Labor Code § 105.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 105 / Section 105.003
§ 105.003. SUIT TO APPEAL TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

An employee who was employed by an employer under an employment contract on the date of the employee's termination and who believes the employee was wrongfully terminated under Section 105.002 may bring suit against the employer in a district court in the county in which the termination occurred for appropriate relief, including rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's previous job, payment of back wages, and reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if the employee had not been terminated.
Tex. Election Code § 13.142 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.142
§ 13.142. INITIAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) After approval of a registration application, the registrar shall:

(1) prepare a voter registration certificate and issue the original certificate to the applicant; and

(2) enter the applicant's county election precinct number and registration number on the applicant's registration application.

(b) In this code, "initial certificate" means a registration certificate issued under this section.

(c) An initial certificate takes effect on the effective date of the registration and expires the following January 1 of an even-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7920.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7920 / Section 7920.101
§ 7920.101. 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. Government Code § 417.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 417 / Section 417.009
§ 417.009. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If for any reason the state fire marshal is unable to make a required investigation in person, the marshal may designate the fire marshal of the city or town where the investigation is to be made or another suitable person to act for the state fire marshal.

(b) The designated person has the same authority with respect to the investigation as is provided by this chapter for the state fire marshal. The designated person is entitled to compensation as provided by the commissioner.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.014
§ 382.014. EMISSION INVENTORY.
Status: in_force

The commission may require a person whose activities cause emissions of air contaminants to submit information to enable the commission to develop an inventory of emissions of air contaminants in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.001
§ 2156.001. CONTRACT PURCHASE PROCEDURE AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may use the contract purchase procedure to purchase goods and services.
Tex. Government Code § 442.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.151
§ 442.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "foundation" means the Washington-on-the-Brazos Historical Foundation.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0501
§ 544.0501. RECOVERY MONITORING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall use an automated recovery monitoring system to monitor the collections process for a settled case of fraud, abuse, or insufficient quality of care in Medicaid.

(b) The recovery monitoring system must:

(1) monitor the collection of funds resulting from settled cases, including by recording:

(A) monetary payments received from a provider who agreed to a monetary payment plan; and

(B) deductions taken through the recoupment program from subsequent Medicaid claims the provider filed; and

(2) provide immediate notice of a provider who:

(A) agreed to a monetary payment plan or to deductions through the recoupment program from subsequent Medicaid claims; and

(B) fails to comply with the settlement agreement, including by providing notice of a provider who:

(i) does not make a scheduled payment; or

(ii) pays less than a scheduled amount.
Tex. Water Code § 11.451 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.451
§ 11.451. COMMISSION AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

On petition of 25 or more holders of water rights in a river basin or segment of a river basin or on its own motion the commission may authorize the executive director to appoint a watermaster for a river basin or segment of a river basin if the commission finds that the rights of senior water rights holders in the basin or segment of the basin are threatened.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 403.0053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 403.0053
§ 403.0053. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REPRESENT COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall represent the commission under this chapter in all matters before the state courts and any court of the United States.
Tex. Labor Code § 502.064 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 502 / Section 502.064
§ 502.064. PREEMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL REQUIRED; EXAMINING PHYSICIANS; INSTITUTION RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution may obtain and record on a form prescribed by the institution the medical history of a person to be employed by the institution.

(b) The institution may require that an individual may not be certified as an employee of the institution under this chapter until the individual:

(1) submits to a physical examination as provided by this section; and

(2) is certified by the examining physician or chiropractor to be physically fit to perform the duties and services to which the individual is to be assigned.

(c) The institution may designate a convenient number of licensed practicing physicians and chiropractors to perform physical examinations under this section.

(d) A physician or chiropractor designated under Subsection (c) who conducts an examination shall file with the institution a complete transcript of the examination. The transcript must be sworn to on a form provided by the institution.

(e) The institution shall maintain all reports and medical histories filed with the institution under this section as part of the institution's permanent records.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551.402 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551 / Section 551.402
§ 551.402. REGISTRATION NOT AUTHORIZED; LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may not register a golf cart for operation on a highway regardless of whether any alteration has been made to the golf cart.

(b) A person may operate a golf cart on a highway in a manner authorized by this subchapter only if the vehicle displays a license plate issued under this section.

(c) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles:

(1) shall by rule establish a procedure to issue license plates for golf carts; and

(2) may charge a fee not to exceed $10 for the cost of the license plate, to be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.

(d) A golf cart license plate does not expire. A person who becomes the owner of a golf cart for which the previous owner obtained a license plate may not use the previous owner's license plate.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.046 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.046
§ 301.046. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be liberally construed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1460.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1460 / Section 1460.003
§ 1460.003. PHYSICIAN RANKING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer, including a subsidiary or affiliate, may not rank physicians or classify physicians into tiers based on performance unless:

(1) the standards used by the health benefit plan issuer to rank or classify are developed or prescribed by an organization designated by the commissioner through rules adopted under Section 1460.005;

(2) the ranking or classification and any methodology used to rank or classify:

(A) is disclosed to each affected physician at least 45 days before the date the ranking or classification is released, published, or distributed by the health benefit plan issuer; and

(B) identifies which products or networks offered by the health benefit plan issuer the ranking or classification will be used for; and

(3) each affected physician is given an easy-to-use process to identify:

(A) before the release, publication, or distribution of the ranking or classification, any discrepancy between the standards and the ranking or classification proposed by the health benefit plan issuer; and

(B) after the release, publication, or distribution of the ranking or classification, any objectively and verifiably false information contained in the ranking or classification.

(a-1) If a physician submits information under Subsection (a)(3) sufficient to establish a verifiable discrepancy or objectively and verifiably false information contained in the ranking or classification or a violation of this chapter, the health benefit plan issuer must remedy the discrepancy, false information, or violation by the later of:

(1) the release, publication, or distribution of the ranking or classification; or

(2) the 30th day after the date the health benefit plan issuer receives the information.

(b) This section does not apply to the publication of a list of network physicians and providers if ratings or comparisons are not made and the list is not a product of nor reflects the tiering or classification of physicians or providers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7977.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7977 / Section 7977.152
§ 7977.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7977.151, 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1040.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1040 / Section 1040.052
§ 1040.052. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not be appointed as a director unless the person is a district resident.

(b) A person may not be appointed as a director if the person is:

(1) a district employee; or

(2) an employee of Haskell County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300.0003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300 / Section 300.0003
§ 300.0003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies only to:

(1) a hospital district that is not participating in a health care provider participation program authorized by another chapter of this subtitle; and

(2) a county or municipality that:

(A) is not participating in a health care provider participation program authorized by another chapter of this subtitle; and

(B) is not served by a hospital district or a public hospital.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a municipality that is located in a county described by Section 292D.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6604.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6604 / Section 6604.001
§ 6604.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County.

(2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Drainage District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8060.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8060 / Section 8060.0102
§ 8060.0102. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.120 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.120
§ 143.120. APPEAL OF INDEFINITE SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 143.1015(g), if a suspended fire fighter or police officer appeals an indefinite suspension to the commission, the commission shall hold a hearing and render a decision in writing within 30 days after the date it receives notice of appeal.

(b) In a hearing conducted under this section, the department head is restricted to the department head's original written statement and charges, which may not be amended.

(c) In its decision, the commission shall state whether the suspended fire fighter or police officer is:

(1) permanently dismissed from the fire or police department;

(2) temporarily suspended from the department; or

(3) restored to the person's former position or status in the department's classified service.

(c-1) A temporary suspension of a firefighter under Subsection (c)(2) may not exceed 90 calendar days.

(d) If the suspended fire fighter or police officer is restored to the position or class of service from which the person was suspended, the department head shall immediately reinstate the person as ordered, and the person is entitled to full compensation at the rate of pay provided for the position or class of service from which the person was suspended for the actual time lost as a result of the suspension, as provided by Section 143.1215. If the department head fails to reinstate the fire fighter or police officer, the person is entitled to the person's salary as if the person had been regularly reinstated.

(e) The commission may suspend or dismiss a fire fighter or police officer only for violation of civil service rules and only after a finding by the commission of the truth of specific charges against the fire fighter or police officer.

(f) If the department head intentionally refuses, for at least 10 days, to obey an order to reinstate a fire fighter or police officer, the municipality's chief executive or governing body shall discharge the department head from employment with the municipality.

(g) If a department head intentionally refuses to obey a lawful commission order of reinstatement, the commission may punish the department head for contempt. The commission has the same authority to punish for contempt as has a justice of the peace.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.112 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.112
§ 462.112. BOARD ACCESS TO RECORDS OF IMPAIRED INSURER.
Status: in_force

The receiver or statutory successor of an impaired insurer covered by this chapter shall give the board or the board's representative:

(1) access to the insurer's records as necessary for the board to perform the board's functions under this chapter relating to covered claims; and

(2) copies of those records on the board's request and at the board's expense.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.026 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.026
§ 56.026. PROMPT AND EFFICIENT DISBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall make each disbursement from the universal service fund promptly and efficiently so that a telecommunications provider does not experience an unnecessary cash-flow change as a result of a change in governmental policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8361.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8361 / Section 8361.101
§ 8361.101. 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. Health and Safety Code § 773.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.025
§ 773.025. ACCESSIBILITY OF TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall identify all individuals and public or private agencies and institutions that are or may be engaged in emergency medical services training in each delivery area.

(b) A delivery area plan must include provisions for encouraging emergency medical services training so as to reduce the cost of training to emergency medical services providers and to make training more accessible to low population or remote areas.

(c) A governmental entity that sponsors or wishes to sponsor an emergency medical services provider may request the department to provide emergency medical services training for emergency care attendants at times and places that are convenient for the provider's personnel, if the training is not available locally.

(d) A governmental entity or nongovernmental organization that sponsors or wishes to sponsor an emergency medical services provider or first responder organization in a rural or underserved area may request the department to provide or facilitate the provision of initial training for emergency care attendants, if the training is not available locally. The department shall ensure that the training is provided. The department shall provide the training without charge, or contract with qualified instructors to provide the training without charge, to students who agree to perform emergency care attendant services for at least one year with the local emergency medical services provider or first responder organization. The training must be provided at times and places that are convenient to the students. The department shall require that at least three students are scheduled to take any class offered under this subsection.

(e) To facilitate all levels of emergency medical services training, the department shall consult with and solicit comment from emergency medical services providers, first responder organizations, persons who provide emergency medical services training, and other entities interested in emergency medical services training programs.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.25 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 38.25
§ 38.25. WRITTEN PART OF INSTRUMENT CONTROLS.
Status: in_force

When an instrument is partly written and partly printed, the written shall control the printed portion when the two are inconsistent.
Tex. Family Code § 264.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.006
§ 264.006. COUNTY FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may appropriate funds from its general fund or any other fund for the administration of its county child welfare board. The court may provide for services to and support of children in need of protection and care without regard to the immigration status of the child or the child's family.
Tex. Government Code § 26.328 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.328
§ 26.328. TRINITY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of the County Court of Trinity County begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October and may continue for three weeks.

(b) The commissioners court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8176.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8176 / Section 8176.052
§ 8176.052. 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 city council of the City of Fulshear, including an ordinance or resolution adopted before September 1, 2007, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.155
§ 801.155. PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Status: in_force

Costs incurred by the board in administrating this chapter, including the compensation and expenses of board members and employees, may be paid only from fees collected under this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 6.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.007
§ 6.007. CONFINEMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if at the time the suit is filed:

(1) the other spouse has been confined in a state mental hospital or private mental hospital, as defined in Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code, in this state or another state for at least three years; and

(2) it appears that the hospitalized spouse's mental disorder is of such a degree and nature that adjustment is unlikely or that, if adjustment occurs, a relapse is probable.
Tex. Estates Code § 1353.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1353 / Section 1353.054
§ 1353.054. DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY BY GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE TO COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

A guardian of the estate of an incapacitated married person who, as guardian, is administering community property as part of the ward's estate, shall deliver on demand the community property to the spouse who is not incapacitated if the spouse becomes community administrator under Section 1353.002(a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.151
§ 487.151. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who is a director, owner, manager, member, or employee of a dispensing organization must apply for and obtain a registration under this section.

(b) An applicant for a registration under this section must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age;

(2) submit a complete set of fingerprints to the department in the manner required by department rule; and

(3) pass a fingerprint-based criminal history background check as required by Section 487.105.

(c) A registration expires on the second anniversary of the date of the registration's issuance, unless suspended or revoked under rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 156.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 156 / Section 156.003
§ 156.003. 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 research coordinating board if:

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

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

(3) the person is a member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(c) A person may not be a member of the research coordinating board 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 board.
Tex. Education Code § 61.230 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.230
§ 61.230. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board shall include in its annual report to the legislature on financial aid in this state a breakdown of tuition equalization grant recipients by ethnicity indicating the percentage of each ethnic group that received tuition equalization grant money at each institution.