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Tex. Transportation Code § 503.0615 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.0615
§ 503.0615. PERSONALIZED PRESTIGE DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish and issue personalized prestige dealer's license plates. The department may not issue identically lettered or numbered dealer's plates to more than one dealer.

(b) The department shall establish procedures for continuous application for and issuance of personalized prestige dealer's license plates. A dealer must make a new application and pay a new fee for each registration period for which the dealer seeks to obtain personalized prestige dealer's license plates. A dealer who obtains personalized prestige dealer's license plates has first priority on those plates for each subsequent registration period for which the dealer applies.

(c) The annual fee for personalized prestige dealer's license plates is $40, in addition to any fee otherwise prescribed by this chapter.

(d) The department may issue to an applicant only one set of personalized prestige dealer's license plates for a vehicle for a six-year period. The department may issue a new set of personalized prestige dealer's license plates within the six-year period if the applicant pays a fee of $50 in addition to the fees required by Subsection (c).

(e) On application and payment of the required fee for a registration period following the issuance of the plates, the department shall issue a registration insignia.

(f) Of each fee collected by the department under this section:

(1) $1.25 shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund to defray the cost of administering this section; and

(2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.253
§ 544.253. PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

An insurer writing insurance for a church may not cancel or decline to renew an insurance policy solely because of:

(1) an occurrence of arson against the church, if the religious organization that owns the church cooperated with police, fire, and other authorities in the investigation of the arson and in the prosecution of those responsible for the arson; or

(2) a verbal or written threat of arson against the church that was directed to the religious organization or an official of the religious organization and that the organization or official reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency within a reasonable amount of time.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98C.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 98C / Section 98C.001
§ 98C.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Online impersonation" means a person's use of an individual's name, voice, signature, or likeness in visual material on a social media platform without that individual's consent or, if the individual is a minor, the consent of that individual's parent, legal guardian, or managing conservator.

(2) "Social media platform" has the meaning assigned by Section 120.001, Business & Commerce Code.

(3) "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.26, Penal Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2201.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2201 / Section 2201.055
§ 2201.055. QUALIFICATIONS REGARDING MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) A risk retention group must be composed of members who are engaged in similar or related businesses or activities with respect to the liability to which those members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common product, trade, business, operations, premises, or services.

(b) A risk retention group must have:

(1) as members, only persons who are provided insurance by the group; or

(2) as the sole owner, an organization that has:

(A) as members, only persons who comprise the membership of the group; and

(B) as owners, only persons who comprise the membership of the group and are provided insurance by the group.

(c) A risk retention group may not exclude a person from membership in the group solely to provide a competitive advantage for group members over that person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8270.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8270 / Section 8270.156
§ 8270.156. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The board president or secretary may give notice of an election.
Tex. Education Code § 39.030 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.030
§ 39.030. CONFIDENTIALITY; PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
Status: repealed

(a) In adopting academic skills assessment instruments under this subchapter, the agency or a school district shall ensure the security of the instruments and tests in their preparation, administration, and grading. Meetings or portions of meetings held by the agency or a school district at which individual assessment instruments or assessment instrument items are discussed or adopted are not open to the public under Chapter 551, Government Code, and the assessment instruments or assessment instrument items are confidential.

(b) The results of individual student performance on academic skills assessment instruments administered under this subchapter are confidential and may be released only in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g). However, overall student performance data shall be aggregated by ethnicity, sex, grade level, subject area, campus, and district and made available to the public, with appropriate interpretations, at regularly scheduled meetings of the board of trustees of each school district. The information may not contain the names of individual students or teachers.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 767, Sec. 11, eff. June 13, 2001.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.065 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.065
§ 33.065. TEXAS COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATION NETWORK.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network is a cooperative project of Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, Lamar University, the Texas Water Development Board, and the land office.

(b) The network shall collect data on natural processes affecting the coast for the purpose of studying, planning for, and managing human uses of the coast as they are affected by those natural processes.

(c) The participating state entities shall coordinate the project with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate entities, including private entities.

(d) The participating state entities may contract and enter into agreements with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate entities, including private entities, as necessary to carry out their duties under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.095 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.095
§ 2054.095. AGENCY INFORMATION RESOURCES STRATEGIC PLANNING INSTRUCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare instructions for use by state agencies in preparing the strategic plan required by Section 2056.002.

(b) Except as otherwise modified by the Legislative Budget Board or the governor, instructions under Subsection (a) must require each state agency's strategic plan to include:

(1) a description of the agency's information resources management organizations, policies, and practices, including the extent to which the agency uses its project management practices, as defined by Section 2054.152;

(2) a description of how the agency's information resources programs support and promote its mission, goals, and objectives and the goals and policies of the state strategic plan for information resources; and

(3) other planning components that the department may prescribe.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7994A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7994A / Section 7994A.0104
§ 7994A.0104. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3001.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3001 / Section 3001.205
§ 3001.205. ASSESSMENT TO FINANCE PROJECT OR SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines the total cost of an assessment to finance a project or service, the board shall impose the assessment against each parcel of land against which an assessment may be imposed in the district.

(b) The board may impose an annual assessment for a service. The amount of an annual service assessment may vary from year to year, but may not be higher than the initial assessment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.105
§ 3867.105. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2404 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2404
§ 54.2404. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A magistrate has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.105 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.105
§ 231.105. LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a county in which a majority of the voters voting on the question approve this subchapter's grant of authority to the county. The commissioners court shall order and hold an election if the court is petitioned to do so under Section 231.106. The commissioners court may not order and hold the election on its own motion.

(b) If an election is held, the ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Granting authority to the county to adopt zoning and building construction ordinances for the areas in the county around (name of the appropriate lake)." Each qualified voter of each affected precinct is entitled to vote in the election.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0214 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0214
§ 32.0214. DESIGNATIONS OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER BY CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission determines that it is cost-effective and feasible and subject to Subsection (b), the commission shall require each recipient of medical assistance to designate a primary care provider with whom the recipient will have a continuous, ongoing professional relationship and who will provide and coordinate the recipient's initial and primary care, maintain the continuity of care provided to the recipient, and initiate any referrals to other health care providers.

(b) A recipient who receives medical assistance through a Medicaid managed care model or arrangement under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable, that requires the designation of a primary care provider shall designate the recipient's primary care provider as required by that model or arrangement.
Tex. Election Code § 86.007 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 86 / Section 86.007
§ 86.007. DEADLINE FOR RETURNING MARKED BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a marked ballot voted by mail must arrive at the address on the carrier envelope:

(1) before the time the polls are required to close on election day; or

(2) not later than 5 p.m. on the day after election day, if the carrier envelope was placed for delivery by mail or common or contract carrier before election day and bears a cancellation mark of a common or contract carrier or a courier indicating a time not later than 7 p.m. at the location of the election on election day.

(b) If the early voting clerk cannot determine whether a ballot arrived before the deadline, the ballot is considered to have arrived at the time the place at which the carrier envelopes are deposited was last inspected for removal of returned ballots. The clerk shall check for returned ballots, at least once before the deadline, after the normal delivery time on the last day at the place at which the carrier envelopes are deposited.

(c) A marked ballot that is not timely returned may not be counted.

(d) A marked ballot voted by mail that arrives after the time prescribed by Subsection (a) shall be counted if:

(1) the ballot was cast from an address outside the United States;

(2) the carrier envelope was placed for delivery before the time the ballot is required to arrive under Subsection (a)(1); and

(3) the ballot arrives at the address on the carrier envelope not later than the fifth day after the date of the election.

(d-1) If the deadline for the arrival of a ballot voted by mail falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, then the deadline is extended to the next regular business day.

(e) A delivery under Subsection (a)(2) or (d) is timely, except as otherwise provided by this title, if the carrier envelope or, if applicable, the envelope containing the carrier envelope:

(1) is properly addressed with postage or handling charges prepaid; and

(2) bears a cancellation mark of a recognized postal service or a receipt mark of a common or contract carrier or a courier indicating a time before the deadline.

(f) The envelope must bear the cancellation mark or receipt mark as required by Subsection (e)(2) to be timely under this section.

(g) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures as necessary to implement Subsection (d).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.311 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.311
§ 1501.311. CHANGE IN STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall establish an application process for a small employer health benefit plan issuer that elects to change its status under this subchapter.

(b) A reinsured health benefit plan issuer that elects to change its status to operate as a risk-assuming health benefit plan issuer may not continue to reinsure a small employer health benefit plan with the system. The issuer shall pay a prorated assessment based on business issued as a reinsured health benefit plan issuer for the portion of the year the business was reinsured.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8232.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8232 / Section 8232.201
§ 8232.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8461.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8461 / Section 8461.001
§ 8461.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 505.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.123
§ 161.123. ADVERTISING FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A purchaser of advertising is liable for and shall remit to the comptroller a fee that is 10 percent of the gross sales price of any outdoor advertising of cigarettes and tobacco products in this state.

(b) The comptroller shall collect the fee as provided in this section.

(c) The liability for the payment of fees under this section may not be nullified by contract.

(d) The comptroller shall establish by rule the periods for collection of the fees and the methods of payment and shall adopt other rules necessary to administer and enforce this section.

(e) In this section, "gross sales price" means the sum of:

(1) production costs;

(2) media cost; and

(3) cost of sales or commissions paid to an agency or broker.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.307 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.307
§ 901.307. GRADING EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall:

(1) adopt a method for grading the examination; and

(2) establish the criteria for passing the examination.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must, to the extent possible, be uniform with those of other states.
Tex. Government Code § 844.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.003
§ 844.003. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RETIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the effective date of a member's service retirement is the date the member designates at the time the member applies for retirement under Section 844.101, but the date must be the last day of a calendar month and may not precede the date the member terminates employment with the subdivision from which the member seeks to retire.

(b) If a member who is an eligible member under Section 844.407 dies before retirement, the member is considered to have retired on the last day of the month before the month in which death occurred.

(b-1) A vested member who has not retired before the member's required beginning date determined under Section 841.010 is considered to have retired on the last day of the month preceding the member's required beginning date.

(c) The effective date of a member's disability retirement is the date the member designates at the time the member applies for retirement under Section 844.301, but the date must be the last day of a calendar month and may not precede the later of the date the member became disabled or the date the member terminated employment with all participating subdivisions.

(d) A member who is eligible for service retirement and who terminates employment with a participating subdivision may apply for and receive a service retirement annuity based on service for that subdivision despite the fact that the member is or becomes an employee of another participating subdivision.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), (b-1), (c), and (f), the effective retirement date of a member may not precede the first anniversary of the effective date of participation of the subdivision.

(f) The board of trustees by rule may authorize a retiring member to designate an effective service or disability retirement date that is not more than six months before the date the retirement system receives the retirement application. A rule adopted under this section may not suspend another requirement provided by this section for retirement.
Tex. Property Code § 5.083 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.083
§ 5.083. RIGHT TO CANCEL CONTRACT FOR IMPROPER PLATTING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in addition to other rights or remedies provided by law, the purchaser may cancel and rescind an executory contract at any time if the purchaser learns that the seller has not properly subdivided or platted the property that is covered by the contract in accordance with state and local law. A purchaser canceling and rescinding a contract under this subsection must:

(1) deliver a signed, written notice of the cancellation and rescission to the seller in person; or

(2) send a signed, written notice of the cancellation and rescission to the seller by telegram or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

(b) If the purchaser cancels the contract as provided under Subsection (a), the seller, not later than the 10th day after the date the seller receives the notice of cancellation and rescission, shall:

(1) deliver in person or send by telegram or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser a signed, written notice that the seller intends to subdivide or plat the property properly; or

(2) return to the purchaser all payments of any kind made to the seller under the contract and reimburse the purchaser for:

(A) any payments the purchaser made to a taxing authority for the property; and

(B) the value of any improvements made to the property by the purchaser.

(c) A purchaser may not exercise the purchaser's right to cancel and rescind an executory contract under this section if, on or before the 90th day after the date the purchaser receives the seller's notice under Subsection (b)(1), the seller:

(1) properly subdivides or plats the property; and

(2) delivers in person or sends by telegram or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser a signed, written notice evidencing that the property has been subdivided or platted in accordance with state and local law.

(d) The seller may not terminate the purchaser's possession of the property covered by the contract being canceled and rescinded before the seller pays the purchaser any money to which the purchaser is entitled under Subsection (b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.022
§ 287.022. CONTRACT TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county or hospital district that creates a district under this chapter shall contract with the district to provide, at a minimum, the health care services the county or hospital district is required to provide by law or under the constitution. A contract with a county or hospital district that created the health services district under this chapter must:

(1) state the term of the contract, not to exceed six years;

(2) specify the purpose, terms, rights, and duties of the district, as authorized by this chapter;

(3) specify the financial contributions to be made by each party to the contract to fund the district, as described by Section 287.024; and

(4) specify the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets owned by a party to the contract that the district will be required to manage and operate.

(b) Chapter 791, Government Code, does not apply to a contract made under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3934.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3934 / Section 3934.104
§ 3934.104. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.707 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.707
§ 91.707. FEE FOR REISSUED CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a certificate of compliance for a well has been canceled for one or more violations of provisions of this title, Section 26.131, Water Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, rules adopted or orders issued under that title, section, or subchapter, as applicable, or licenses, permits, or certificates issued to the owner or operator of the well under that title, section, or subchapter, as applicable, the commission may not issue a new certificate of compliance until the owner or operator submits to the commission a nonrefundable fee of $300 for each severance or seal order issued for the well.

(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.