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Tex. Education Code § 39.0532 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.0532
§ 39.0532. REPORTING OF LOCAL INDICATORS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall collect for reporting purposes only information provided by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under Subsection (b) regarding local indicators of student engagement and workforce development.

(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may, but is not required to, provide to the agency information regarding the following indicators at a district or school campus that serves students in prekindergarten through eighth grade:

(1) an indicator that accounts for the percentage of students participating in school-sponsored extracurricular or cocurricular student activities consistent with the findings of the extracurricular and cocurricular student activity indicator study required under Section 39.0533, as that section existed immediately before September 1, 2023;

(2) for campuses that serve students in prekindergarten, an indicator that accounts for student participation in full-day prekindergarten programs;

(3) for campuses that serve students in kindergarten through fifth grade, an indicator that accounts for teacher completion rates of the literacy achievement academies and mathematics achievement academies established under Sections 21.4552 and 21.4553;

(4) an indicator that accounts for students in grades six, seven, and eight who successfully complete a career and technology course approved for purposes of the career and technology education allotment under Section 48.106; and

(5) an indicator that accounts for students who successfully complete and receive credit for a course designated for a grade higher than the grade in which the student is enrolled.

(c) The agency shall post the information collected under Subsection (a) on the Texas School Accountability Dashboard developed under Section 39.309.

(d) This section may not be construed to limit the authority to modify performance indicators under Section 39.053 to include indicators described by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1043.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1043 / Section 1043.112
§ 1043.112. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient is admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) The district without charge shall provide to a patient who resides in the district the care and treatment that the patient or a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay.

(c) If it is determined that the patient or those relatives are liable to pay for all or part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay to the district's treasurer a specified amount each week for the patient's support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person's financial ability and may not exceed the actual per capita cost of maintenance.

(d) The district may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district's designated agent, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue an appropriate order.

(f) Either party to the dispute may appeal the order to the district court.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.084 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.084
§ 843.084. DURATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A certificate of authority continues in effect:

(1) while the certificate holder meets the requirements of this chapter and:

(A) Section 1367.053;

(B) Subchapter A, Chapter 1452;

(C) Subchapter B, Chapter 1507;

(D) Chapters 222, 251, and 258, as applicable to a health maintenance organization; and

(E) Chapters 1271 and 1272; or

(2) until the commissioner suspends or revokes the certificate or the commissioner terminates the certificate at the request of the certificate holder.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.038 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.038
§ 116.038. STAGGERED RENEWAL OF LICENSES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule may adopt a system under which license and registration fees required by Section 116.032 of this code expire on various dates during the year. For the year in which the license and registration expiration dates are changed, license and registration fees payable on a specified date shall be prorated on a monthly basis so that each licensee shall pay only that portion of the license and registration fees that is allowable to the number of months during which the license and registration is valid. On renewal of the license and registration on the new expiration date, the total license and registration fees are payable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.302
§ 1062.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear on or before the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8313.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8313 / Section 8313.105
§ 8313.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 4007.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.057
§ 4007.057. COMPENSATION OF WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A witness required to attend a hearing before the commissioner shall receive for each day's attendance a fee in an amount set by board rule.

(b) A disbursement made in payment of a fee under this section shall be:

(1) made in accordance with board rule; and

(2) included in, and paid in the same manner that is provided for, the payment of other expenses incurred in the administration and enforcement of this title.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3844.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3844 / Section 3844.103
§ 3844.103. ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) District elections must be held in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.204
§ 1049.204. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Government Code § 571.142 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.142
§ 571.142. LIABILITY FOR RESPONDENT'S COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a sworn complaint if:

(1) the complaint was filed after the 30th day before the date of an election;

(2) the respondent is a candidate in the election; and

(3) the complaint alleges a violation other than a technical or clerical violation.

(b) If, in disposing of a sworn complaint to which this section applies, the commission determines that a violation within the commission's jurisdiction has not occurred, the complainant is liable for the respondent's reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and other costs incurred in defending against the complaint.

(c) This section does not apply to a sworn complaint regarding a reporting omission required by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9030.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9030 / Section 9030.004
§ 9030.004. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 9030.023 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Burnet County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.624 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.624
§ 201.624. MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN CAMPAIGN.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and implement a move over or slow down public awareness campaign designed to promote compliance with and improve public awareness of the requirements of Section 545.157 concerning the passing of certain vehicles.

(b) The department may consult and coordinate with the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles as the department considers necessary to develop or implement the campaign.

(c) In implementing the campaign, the department may engage in online advocacy, issue public service announcements, distribute materials, and post signage on roadways relating to the campaign.

(d) The department may pay the costs of the campaign and its administration from:

(1) gifts, grants, or donations;

(2) matching funds; and

(3) other funds made available for that purpose, including available department revenue.
Tex. Occupations Code § 151.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 151 / Section 151.051
§ 151.051. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON TYPE OF ACADEMIC MEDICAL DEGREE OR CERTAIN RELIGIOUS TENETS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A hospital, institution, or program that is licensed by the state, is operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or directly or indirectly receives state financial assistance may not differentiate in regard to a person licensed under this subtitle solely on the basis of the academic medical degree held by the person. The hospital, institution, program, state agency, or political subdivision may adopt rules and requirements relating to qualifications for medical staff appointments, including reappointments and the termination of appointments, the delineation of clinical privileges, or the curtailment of clinical privileges of persons who are appointed to that medical staff or permitted to participate in educational programs if those rules and requirements do not differentiate solely on the basis of the academic medical degree held by the affected physician and are:

(1) determined on a reasonable basis, such as the professional and ethical qualifications of the physician;

(2) based on reasonable standards;

(3) applied without irrelevant considerations;

(4) supported by sufficient evidence; and

(5) not arbitrary or capricious.

(b) The limitations imposed under this section relating to discrimination based on the academic medical degree of a physician do not apply to practice limitations adopted by:

(1) a medical school or college, including a program of a medical school or college; or

(2) any office or offices of physicians, singularly or in groups, in the conduct of their profession.

(c) This subtitle may not be construed in a manner that:

(1) discriminates against a school or system of medical practice; or

(2) affects the use of the principles or teachings of any church in ministering to the sick or suffering by prayer or pastoral counseling without the use of a drug or other material substance represented as medically effective.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.34 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.34
§ 11.34. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a wholesaler's, class B wholesaler's, distiller's and rectifier's, or winery permit may consolidate in a single application the application for that permit and an application for any other permit the applicant is qualified to receive.

(b) An applicant who files a consolidated application must pay the fee required by commission rule for each permit included in the application.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.00011 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.00011
§ 152.00011. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "post-adjudication secure correctional facility" means a facility operated by or under contract with a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department under Section 152.0016.
Tex. Government Code § 411.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.122
§ 411.122.
Status: repealed

Sec. 411.122. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: LICENSING OR REGULATORY AGENCY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c)(2), an agency of this state listed in Subsection (d) or a political subdivision of this state covered by Chapter 53, Occupations Code, that licenses or regulates members of a particular trade, occupation, business, vocation, or profession is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who:

(1) is an applicant for a license from the agency;

(2) is the holder of a license from the agency; or

(3) requests a determination of eligibility for a license from the agency.

(b) A municipality or county that requires a sexually oriented business to obtain a license or other permit under Section 243.007, Local Government Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who:

(1) is an applicant for a license or other permit for a sexually oriented business issued by the municipality or county;

(2) is the holder of a license or other permit for a sexually oriented business issued by the municipality or county; or

(3) requests a determination of eligibility for a license or other permit for a sexually oriented business issued by the municipality or county.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 4123), Sec. 71(5), eff. June 13, 2023.

(d) The following state agencies are subject to this section:

(1) Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board;

(2) Texas Board of Architectural Examiners;

(3) Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners;

(4) State Board of Dental Examiners;

(5) Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors;

(6) Texas Funeral Service Commission;

(7) Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists;

(8) Health and Human Services Commission, except as provided by Section 411.110, and agencies attached to the commission;

(9) Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;

(10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(11) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners;

(12) Texas Optometry Board;

(13) Texas State Board of Pharmacy;

(14) Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners;

(15) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council;

(16) Texas Real Estate Commission;

(17) Texas Department of Transportation;

(18) State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners;

(19) Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs;

(20) secretary of state;

(21) state fire marshal;

(22) Texas Education Agency;

(23) Department of Agriculture; and

(24) Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 33.02 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.02
§ 33.02. FAILURE TO REGISTER.
Status: in_force

Failure to register to vote shall not disqualify any person from jury service.
Tex. Education Code § 45.308 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.308
§ 45.308. RULES.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner establishes a program under this subchapter, the commissioner shall adopt rules to administer the program.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.117 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.117
§ 2054.117. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING CENTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency, if practicable, shall use the electronic data processing center operated by the comptroller in performing any of the agency's accounting and data processing activities that can be practically adapted to the use of the center's equipment.

(b) The comptroller shall permit the use of the center's computer and other data processing equipment by state agencies with or without charge under rules that ensure the proper use of the equipment for the efficient and economical management of state government.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.181 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.181
§ 361.181.
Status: in_force

Sec. 361.181. STATE REGISTRY: ANNUAL PUBLICATION. (a) The commission shall annually publish an updated state registry identifying, to the extent feasible, each facility that may constitute an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health and safety or the environment due to a release or threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment.

(b) The registry shall identify the relative priority for action at each listed facility. The relative priority for action at facilities listed on the registry shall be periodically reviewed and revised by the commission as necessary to accurately reflect the need for action at the facilities.

(c) In this subchapter:

(1) "Facility" means any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe, or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment works, well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft), or any site or area where a hazardous substance has been deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed or otherwise come to be located. The term does not include any consumer product in consumer use or any vessel.

(2) "Homestead" has the meaning designated by Section 51, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Property Code § 12.0071 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0071
§ 12.0071. MOTION TO EXPUNGE LIS PENDENS.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to an action in connection with which a notice of lis pendens has been filed may:

(1) apply to the court to expunge the notice; and

(2) file evidence, including declarations, with the motion to expunge the notice.

(b) The court may:

(1) permit evidence on the motion to be received in the form of oral testimony; and

(2) make any orders the court considers just to provide for discovery by a party affected by the motion.

(c) The court shall order the notice of lis pendens expunged if the court determines that:

(1) the pleading on which the notice is based does not contain a real property claim;

(2) the claimant fails to establish by a preponderance of the evidence the probable validity of the real property claim; or

(3) the person who filed the notice for record did not serve a copy of the notice on each party entitled to a copy under Section 12.007(d).

(d) Notice of a motion to expunge under Subsection (a) must be served on each affected party on or before the 20th day before the date of the hearing on the motion.

(e) The court shall rule on the motion for expunction based on the affidavits and counteraffidavits on file and on any other proof the court allows.

(f) After a certified copy of an order expunging a notice of lis pendens has been recorded:

(1) the notice of lis pendens and any information derived or that could be derived from the notice:

(A) does not:

(i) constitute constructive or actual notice of any matter contained in the notice or of any matter relating to the action in connection with which the notice was filed;

(ii) create any duty of inquiry in a person with respect to the property described in the notice; or

(iii) affect the validity of a conveyance to a purchaser for value or of a mortgage to a lender for value; and

(B) is not enforceable against a purchaser or lender described by Paragraph (A)(iii), regardless of whether the purchaser or lender knew of the lis pendens action; and

(2) an interest in the real property may be transferred or encumbered free of all matters asserted or disclosed in the notice and all claims or other matters asserted or disclosed in the action in connection with which the notice was filed.

(g) The court in its discretion may require that the party prevailing in the expunction hearing submit an undertaking to the court in an amount determined by the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.201
§ 3917.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3917.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.059
§ 1037.059. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 258.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 258 / Section 258.204
§ 258.204. TERMS; VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

The board by rule shall establish:

(1) the length of a term of a member of the advisory committee and the staggering of the terms of the members; and

(2) the manner in which a vacancy occurring during a member's term is filled.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.253 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.253
§ 18B.253.
Status: in_force

Art. 18B.253. LIMITATION: PEN REGISTERS. To prevent inclusion of the contents of a wire or electronic communication, a governmental agency authorized to install and use a pen register under this chapter or other law must use reasonably available technology to only record and decode electronic or other impulses used to identify the numbers dialed, routed, addressed, or otherwise processed or transmitted by the communication.
Tex. Family Code § 9.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 9 / Section 9.004
§ 9.004. APPLICABILITY TO UNDIVIDED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The procedures and limitations of this subchapter do not apply to existing property not divided on divorce, which are governed by Subchapter C and by the rules applicable to civil cases generally.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.052
§ 142.052. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Police officer" means a person who is a peace officer under Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law, and who is employed by a municipality.

(2) "Police officers association" means an employee organization in which police officers employed by a municipality participate that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with the municipality or public employer concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of work, or conditions of work affecting police officers.

(3) "Public employer" means a municipality or a law enforcement agency of the municipality that is required to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of police officers employed by the municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 2304.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.005
§ 2304.005. AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT MINIMUM HOUSING CODE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt the minimum housing, building, fire, and related code standards that apply in designated areas for which a housing rehabilitation plan is approved by the department and for which local government standards are not in effect.