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Tex. Insurance Code § 1305.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.005
§ 1305.005. PARTICIPATION IN NETWORK; NOTICE OF NETWORK REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer that elects to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act may receive workers' compensation health care services for the employer's injured employees through a workers' compensation health care network.

(b) An insurance carrier may establish or contract with networks certified under this chapter to provide health care services under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. If an employer elects to contract with an insurance company for the provision of health care services through a network, or if a self-insured employer under Chapter 407, Labor Code, a group of employers certified to self-insure under Chapter 407A, Labor Code, or a public employer under Subtitle C, Title 5, Labor Code, elects to establish or contract with a network, the employer's employees who live within the network's service area are required to obtain medical treatment for a compensable injury within the network, except as provided by Sections 1305.006(1) and (3).

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the State Office of Risk Management shall have exclusive authority to establish or contract with networks certified under this chapter to provide health care services under Chapter 501, Labor Code.

(d) The insurance carrier shall provide to the employer, and the employer shall provide to the employer's employees, notice of network requirements, including all information required by Section 1305.451. The employer shall:

(1) obtain a signed acknowledgment from each employee, written in English, Spanish, and any other language common to the employer's employees, that the employee has received information concerning the network and the network's requirements; and

(2) post notice of the network requirements at each place of employment.

(e) The employer shall provide to each employee hired after the notice is given under Subsection (d) the notice and information required under that subsection not later than the third day after the date of hire.

(f) An injured employee who has received notice of network requirements but refuses to sign the acknowledgment form required under Subsection (d) remains subject to the network requirements established under this chapter.

(g) The employer shall notify an injured employee of the network requirements at the time the employer receives actual or constructive notice of an injury.

(h) An injured employee is not required to comply with the network requirements until the employee receives the notice under Subsection (d), (e), or (g). An insurance carrier that establishes or contracts with a network is liable for the payment of medical care under the requirements of Title 5, Labor Code, for an injured employee who does not receive notice until the employee receives notice of network requirements under this section.

(i) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.110 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.110
§ 111.110. TAX CREDIT FOR REAL PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED TO AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of Subchapter D, Chapter 55, Education Code, the comptroller shall issue a credit to be used by a taxpayer who qualifies for the credit under that subchapter against the payment of a tax imposed on the taxpayer:

(1) for the franchise tax under Chapter 171; or

(2) if the taxpayer holds a direct payment permit for the sales and use tax under Chapter 151, for that tax.

(b) The credit applies to a tax originally due on or after the date the credit is issued but not later than the end of the 20th calendar year following the calendar year in which the credit was issued.

(c) A taxpayer may not claim a credit issued under this section in a calendar year in an amount greater than five percent of the total credit issued to that taxpayer.

(d) A taxpayer shall include with a return or report showing an amount of tax due against which a taxpayer claims a credit under this section, a statement containing the following information:

(1) the original amount of the credit and its date of issue;

(2) the total amount of the credit previously claimed by the taxpayer;

(3) the amount of credit claimed on the attached return;

(4) the remaining unused credit amount; and

(5) the calendar year in which the credit expires.

(e) The comptroller may recover an amount erroneously claimed as a credit in a jeopardy or deficiency determination issued before the fourth anniversary of the date on which the erroneous claim is filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3821.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3821 / Section 3821.159
§ 3821.159. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Government Code § 29.059 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 29 / Section 29.059
§ 29.059. CONTEMPT.
Status: in_force

If a party files a motion to recuse or disqualify under this subchapter and it is determined by the judge hearing the motion, at the hearing and on motion of the opposing party, that the motion to recuse or disqualify is brought solely for the purpose of delay and without sufficient cause, the judge may in the interest of justice find the party filing the motion in contempt under Section 21.002(c).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.104 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.104
§ 361.104. PROHIBITION ON PERMIT FOR FACILITY IN UNSUITABLE AREA.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall prohibit the issuance of a permit for a new hazardous waste management facility or an areal expansion of an existing hazardous waste management facility if the facility is to be located in an area determined to be unsuitable under rules adopted by the commission under Section 361.103 unless the design, construction, and operational features of the facility will prevent adverse effects from unsuitable site characteristics.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.002
§ 1037.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The district is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. The district has the rights, powers, and duties conferred by this chapter and general laws relating to hospital districts.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.274 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.274
§ 623.274. SHIPPER'S CERTIFICATE OF WEIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prescribe a form to be used for a shipper's certificate of weight. The form must provide space for the maximum weight of the shipment being transported.

(b) On the written request of the person transporting the shipment, a shipper must:

(1) certify that the information contained on the certificate of weight is accurate; and

(2) deliver the certificate of weight to the person transporting the shipment.

(c) A person transporting a shipment must provide the department with a copy of the certificate of weight before the issuance of an overweight permit under this chapter if the combined weight of the vehicle or vehicles and load is more than 200,000 pounds.
Tex. Government Code § 614.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 614 / Section 614.106
§ 614.106. RULES; APPLICABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt rules for the administration of the program authorized by this chapter in accordance with Chapter 2001. The rules must ensure public participation, transparency, and accountability in administration of the program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.005
§ 3879.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake 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 the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.552 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.552
§ 56B.552. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $2,500 or more than $25,000 for each application for compensation that:

(1) is filed under this chapter by the person or as a result of the person's conduct; and

(2) contains a material statement or representation that the person knows is false.

(b) The attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit to collect on behalf of the state the civil penalty authorized by this article.

(c) A civil penalty recovered under this article shall be deposited to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund.

(d) The civil penalty authorized by this article is in addition to any other civil, administrative, or criminal penalty provided by law.

(e) In addition to the civil penalty authorized by this article, the attorney general may recover expenses incurred by the attorney general in the investigation, institution, and prosecution of the suit, including investigative costs, witness fees, attorney's fees, and deposition expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8243.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8243 / Section 8243.001
§ 8243.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Lannius Municipal Utility District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6608.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6608 / Section 6608.0303
§ 6608.0303. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Local Government Code § 507.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 507 / Section 507.201
§ 507.201. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) The property, income, and operations of a spaceport development corporation are exempt from taxes imposed by this state or a political subdivision of this state.

(b) Tangible personal property located in the spaceport, such as a spacecraft or other property necessary to launch the spacecraft, is exempt from ad valorem taxation.

(c) Chapter 151, Tax Code, does not apply to tangible personal property purchased by a person for use in a spaceport.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.001
§ 1098.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Stonewall County Hospital District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 183.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 183 / Section 183.006
§ 183.006. ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD OF MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "minor" means an individual 17 years of age or younger who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes.

(b) A covered entity shall ensure each electronic health record system the entity uses to store electronic health records of minors allows a minor's parent or, if applicable, the minor's managing conservator or guardian to obtain complete and unrestricted access to the minor's electronic health record immediately, unless access to all or part of the record is restricted under state or federal law or by a court order.
Tex. Education Code § 111.87 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.87
§ 111.87. JUNIOR COLLEGE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The university may establish and coordinate a cooperative program with one or more junior college districts under which junior college students enrolled in those districts may be employed by the university to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center on a part-time or full-time basis.

(b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall:

(1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who participates in the cooperative program; and

(2) ensure that the student performs work related to the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage students to study those disciplines at an institution of higher education.

(c) The junior college in which a student who participates in the cooperative program is enrolled shall, in cooperation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, determine the number, if any, and type of credits toward a certificate or an associate degree the student may be given for participation in the program. If it is determined that the student is to be given credit toward academic course requirements for a certificate or an associate degree, the number and type of credits must be based on the type of work and the number of hours of work in which the student participates.

(d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative program, the university may use state funds appropriated for that purpose and gifts, grants, and donations solicited for that purpose. The university shall use money it receives in accordance with this subsection to pay the costs associated with the cooperative program, including the wages of students who participate in the cooperative program.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.097 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.097
§ 68.097. FEE COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The association is delegated the authority to collect in its name on behalf of each branch pilot fees earned by the pilot for pilot services.

(b) The association shall issue appropriate receipts for the fees and make a full accounting for the fees in the manner provided by association bylaws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.103
§ 1016.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 100A.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 100A / Section 100A.005
§ 100A.005. RECOGNITION OF RECIPROCAL WAIVER OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

A reciprocal waiver of claims between parties engaged in space flight activities under the Federal Aviation Regulations in 14 C.F.R. Section 440.17 is effective and enforceable in this state, including a waiver by a contractor, subcontractor, or customer of any party participating in a space flight activity.
Tex. Water Code § 56.140 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.140
§ 56.140. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Canals, drains, ditches, and levees which are constructed by a district and watercourses which are cleaned or constructed by a district are the public property of the district.

(b) A person who owns land in the district may drain into one or more of the public drains, and at his own expense, the landowner may make drains according to the natural slope of the land through other lands intervening between his land and the nearest public drain or watercourse or along any public highway.

(c) Before constructing any drains, the landowner shall notify the board of his intention to construct a drain through another person's land or along a public highway, and the directors shall go on the premises and acting as a jury of view shall determine the place for constructing the drain.
Tex. Education Code § 88.606 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.606
§ 88.606. STEERING COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The steering committee is appointed by the Director of the Texas Transportation Institute and shall include a representative of each member of the consortium and others. The president or the director of each consortium member shall recommend an individual to serve as a member of the steering committee.

(b) The steering committee is established to advise and make recommendations to the director on the operations and activities of the center.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8203.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8203 / Section 8203.101
§ 8203.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 461A.202 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.202
§ 461A.202. SERVICES FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system of funding the provision of chemical dependency services that includes competitive and noncompetitive procedures to:

(1) maximize the range of treatment services available in each service region;

(2) provide reasonable access in each region to available services; and

(3) include local public participation in making regional funding decisions and formal funding recommendations.

(b) The system must require that the department award each proposed chemical dependency services contract to the applicant that the department determines has made the bid that provides the best value.

(c) In determining the best value bid for a contract under this section, the department shall consider:

(1) the quality of the proposed service;

(2) cost;

(3) the applicant's ability to:

(A) perform the contract;

(B) provide the required services; and

(C) provide continuity of service;

(4) whether the applicant can perform the contract or provide the services within the period required, without delay or interference;

(5) the applicant's history of:

(A) contract performance; and

(B) compliance with the laws relating to the applicant's business operations and the affected services;

(6) whether the applicant's financial resources are sufficient to perform the contract and to provide the services;

(7) whether necessary or desirable support and ancillary services are available to the applicant;

(8) the degree of community support for the applicant;

(9) the quality of the facilities and equipment available to or proposed by the applicant;

(10) the ability of the applicant to meet all applicable written department policies, principles, and rules;

(11) state investment in the applicant; and

(12) other factors the department determines relevant.

(d) Rules adopted under this section must set out the department's provider selection processes, including:

(1) service purchase methods;

(2) eligibility criteria;

(3) provider selection criteria; and

(4) selection determination procedures.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.6011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.6011
§ 1101.6011. APPLICABILITY TO BUSINESS ENTITY.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subchapter, a claim against a business entity license holder is also a claim against the broker who is the business entity's designated broker.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.088 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.088
§ 2001.088. WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

A state agency may swear witnesses and take their testimony under oath in connection with a contested case held under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.033
§ 1372.033. PRIORITIES FOR RESERVATIONS AMONG CERTAIN ISSUERS OF QUALIFIED STUDENT LOAN BONDS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "qualified nonprofit corporation" has the meaning assigned by Section 53B.02(11), Education Code.

(b) Only a qualified nonprofit corporation may apply for a student loan bond allocation.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1304, Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.

(d) Each qualified nonprofit corporation that applies for a student loan bond allocation in compliance with all applicable application requirements for a program year is entitled to receive a student loan bond allocation prioritized in the order that the application was received by the board for that year.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1304, Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1304, Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.

(g) A qualified nonprofit corporation that receives a student loan bond allocation may not:

(1) transfer the allocation to another entity; or

(2) loan to another entity, other than a qualified borrower, proceeds of bonds issued under the allocation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8145.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8145 / Section 8145.201
§ 8145.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation, or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.

(c) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8145.104 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(d) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8145.104 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

(e) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to a project undertaken by the district under Section 8145.104 or to bonds issued by the district to finance the project.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 43.16 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.16
§ 43.16. TAKEN TO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
Status: in_force

Immediately upon the receipt of such warrant, the sheriff shall transport such condemned person to the Director of the Department of Corrections, if he has not already been so delivered, and shall deliver him and the warrant aforesaid into the hands of the Director of the Department of Corrections and shall take from the Director of the Department of Corrections his receipt for such person and such warrant, which receipt the sheriff shall return to the office of the clerk of the court where the judgment of death was rendered. For his services, the sheriff shall be entitled to the same compensation as is now allowed by law to sheriffs for removing or conveying prisoners under the provisions of Section 4 of Article 1029 or 1030 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1925, as amended.
Tex. Education Code § 12.0521 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0521
§ 12.0521. ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.052, in accordance with this subchapter and in the manner provided by this section, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district may grant a charter for:

(1) a new district campus; or

(2) a program that is operated:

(A) by an entity that has entered into a contract with the district under Section 11.157 to provide educational services to the district through the campus or program; and

(B) at a facility located in the boundaries of the district.

(b) A student's parent or guardian may choose to enroll the student at a campus or in a program under this section. A school district may not assign a student to a campus or program under this section unless the student's parent or guardian has voluntarily enrolled the student at the campus or in the program. A student's parent or guardian may, at any time, remove the student from a campus or program under this section and enroll the student at the campus to which the student would ordinarily be assigned.

(c) A school district may not assign to a campus or program under this section a teacher who has signed a written statement that the teacher does not agree to that assignment.