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Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.352 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.352
§ 1501.352. HEALTH STATUS AND CLAIMS EXPERIENCE; PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A small employer health benefit plan issuer or agent may not, because of the health status or claims experience of the eligible employees of a small employer and those employees' dependents, directly or indirectly encourage or direct the employer to:

(1) refrain from applying for coverage with the issuer;

(2) seek coverage from another issuer;

(3) apply for a particular small employer health benefit plan; or

(4) become or not become a member of a particular small employer health coalition.

(b) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may not directly or indirectly enter into an agreement or arrangement with an agent that provides for or results in compensation paid to the agent for the sale of small employer health benefit plans that varies because of health status or claims experience.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to an arrangement that provides compensation to an agent based on a percentage of premium, provided that:

(1) the percentage may not vary because of health status or claims experience; and

(2) the small employer health benefit plan issuer does not:

(A) exclude any additional premium charged to the small employer because of health status or claims experience from the premium amount to which the percentage is applied; or

(B) apply a smaller percentage to any additional premium charged to the small employer because of health status or claims experience than is applied to other premiums charged to the small employer.

(d) A small employer health benefit plan issuer or agent may not encourage a small employer to exclude an eligible employee from health coverage provided in connection with the employee's employment.

(e) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may not terminate, fail to renew, or limit its contract or agreement of representation with an agent for a reason related to the health status or claims experience of a small employer group placed by the agent with the issuer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0306
§ 3994.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.104
§ 3853.104. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including Galveston County or the City of Dickinson, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8066.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8066 / Section 8066.0403
§ 8066.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Property Code § 56.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 56 / Section 56.003
§ 56.003. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) The following property is subject to the lien:

(1) the material, machinery, and supplies furnished or hauled by the lien claimant;

(2) the land, leasehold, oil or gas well, water well, oil or gas pipeline and its right-of-way, and lease for oil and gas purposes for which the labor was performed or material, machinery, or supplies were furnished or hauled, and the buildings and appurtenances on this property;

(3) other material, machinery, and supplies used for mineral activities and owned by the owner of the property listed in Subdivision (2); and

(4) other wells and pipelines used in operations related to oil, gas, and minerals and located on property listed in Subdivision (2).

(b) A lien created by performing labor or furnishing or hauling material, machinery, or supplies for a leaseholder does not attach to the fee title to the property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8231.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8231 / Section 8231.003
§ 8231.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8231.022 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 Calhoun 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. Health and Safety Code § 374.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 374 / Section 374.051
§ 374.051. COMMISSION RULES AND STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, with the assistance of the advisory committee, shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. Rules adopted under this section must be reasonably necessary:

(1) to preserve, protect, and maintain the water and other natural resources of this state; and

(2) to provide for prompt and appropriate corrective action of releases from dry cleaning facilities.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules that establish:

(1) performance standards for dry cleaning facilities;

(2) requirements for the removal of chlorinated dry cleaning solvents and wastes from dry cleaning facilities that are to be closed by the owner to prevent future releases;

(3) criteria to be used in setting priorities for the expenditure of money from the fund after consideration of:

(A) the benefit to be derived from corrective action compared to the cost of implementing the corrective action;

(B) the degree to which human health and the environment are affected by exposure to contamination;

(C) the present and reasonably foreseeable future uses of affected surface water or groundwater;

(D) the effect that interim or immediate remedial measures may have on future costs;

(E) the amount of money available for corrective action in the fund; and

(F) any additional factors the commission considers relevant; and

(4) criteria under which the commission may determine the level at which corrective action is considered to be complete.
Tex. Transportation Code § 286.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.052
§ 286.052. CORRECTION OF ASSESSMENT; SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an assessment is held invalid or unenforceable, the commissioners court may:

(1) correct an error related to the assessment; and

(2) after a notice and hearing, impose a subsequent assessment in the same manner provided for an original assessment.

(b) A person who owns or claims an interest in property against which a subsequent assessment has been imposed has the same right of appeal from the date the commissioners court orders the subsequent assessment as an original assessment.

(c) Sections 286.049(c) and 286.050(b) relating to waiver of appeal and limitation of defenses apply to a subsequent assessment.
Tex. Government Code § 489.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.304
§ 489.304. MICRO-BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The bank shall establish and administer a micro-business disaster recovery loan guarantee program in which money in the micro-business disaster recovery fund is used to guarantee loans made by participating financial institutions to micro-businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of a declared disaster.

(b) The bank shall determine the eligibility of a financial institution to participate in the program and may set a limit on the number of eligible financial institutions that may participate in the program.

(c) To participate in the program, an eligible financial institution must enter into a participation agreement with the bank that sets out the terms and conditions under which loans made to micro-businesses recovering from a declared disaster will be guaranteed.

(d) To qualify for a loan guarantee under the program, a micro-business:

(1) must:

(A) be in good standing under the laws of this state; and

(B) not owe delinquent taxes to a taxing unit of this state before the date of the initial issuance of the disaster declaration; and

(2) may not:

(A) have total revenue that exceeds the amount for which no franchise tax is due under Section 171.002(d)(2), Tax Code; or

(B) be a franchise, a national chain with operations in this state, a lobbying firm, or a private equity firm or backed by a private equity firm.

(e) A micro-business that receives a loan guarantee shall apply the loan to working capital or to the purchase, construction, or lease of capital assets damaged, reduced, or lost as a result of the declared disaster.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.058 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.058
§ 21.058. PREVENTION OF COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

An employer, labor union, or employment agency commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor union, or employment agency wilfully obstructs or prevents a person from complying with this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 111.145 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.145
§ 111.145. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The board may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and grants from any public or private source for the purposes of the institute.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 27.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 27 / Section 27.002
§ 27.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and safeguard the constitutional rights of persons to petition, speak freely, associate freely, and otherwise participate in government to the maximum extent permitted by law and, at the same time, protect the rights of a person to file meritorious lawsuits for demonstrable injury.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.003
§ 172.003. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An arbitration or conciliation agreement is international if:

(1) the places of business of the parties to the agreement are located in different states when the agreement is concluded;

(2) any of the following places is located outside any state in which a party has a place of business:

(A) the place of arbitration or conciliation determined under the arbitration or conciliation agreement;

(B) a place where a substantial part of the obligations of the commercial relationship is to be performed; or

(C) the place with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely connected;

(3) each party has expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration or conciliation agreement relates to commercial interests in more than one state; or

(4) the arbitration or conciliation agreement arises out of a legal relationship that has another reasonable relation with more than one state.

(b) Subsection (a)(4) applies without regard to whether the legal relationship is contractual.

(c) For purposes of this section, the place of business of a party who has more than one place of business is the place that has the closest relationship to the arbitration or conciliation agreement. If a party does not have a place of business, the party's place of business is the party's habitual residence.

(d) For purposes of this section, the states of the United States and the District of Columbia are one state.
Tex. Government Code § 33.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.024
§ 33.024. OATHS AND SUBPOENAS.
Status: in_force

In conducting an investigation, formal proceedings, or proceedings before a special court of review, a commission member, special master, or member of a special court of review may:

(1) administer oaths;

(2) order and provide for inspection of books and records; and

(3) issue a subpoena for attendance of a witness or production of papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony relevant to the investigation or proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9006.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9006 / Section 9006.103
§ 9006.103. RESTRICTION ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The authority may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside authority boundaries.
Tex. Government Code § 571.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.023
§ 571.023. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The members of the commission shall elect annually the presiding officer of the commission.
Tex. Election Code § 221.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 221 / Section 221.003
§ 221.003. SCOPE OF INQUIRY.
Status: in_force

(a) The tribunal hearing an election contest shall attempt to ascertain whether the outcome of the contested election, as shown by the final canvass, is not the true outcome because:

(1) illegal votes were counted; or

(2) an election officer or other person officially involved in the administration of the election:

(A) prevented eligible voters from voting;

(B) failed to count legal votes; or

(C) engaged in other fraud or illegal conduct or made a mistake.

(b) In this title, "illegal vote" means a vote that is not legally countable.

(c) This section does not limit a provision of this code or another statute expanding the scope of inquiry in an election contest.
Tex. Election Code § 15.082 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 15 / Section 15.082
§ 15.082. AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRAR'S LIST.
Status: repealed

(a) The registrar shall furnish a copy of the suspense list to any person requesting it or shall furnish that portion of the list requested.

(b) The list shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 552, Government Code.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 99(1), eff. September 1, 2021.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 99(1), eff. September 1, 2021.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 109.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 109 / Section 109.001
§ 109.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "state agency" means any entity that constitutes the state government for purposes of Section 101.001.
Tex. Education Code § 56.037 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.037
§ 56.037. PRIORITIES IN AWARDING MATCHING FUNDS.
Status: in_force

In awarding matching funds to be used in conjunction with Texas Public Educational Grants, the coordinating board shall give first priority to those institutions and students showing the highest amount of financial need.
Tex. Government Code § 814.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.304
§ 814.304. ANNUITY FOR SURVIVOR OF ELECTED MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if a member who has at least eight years of service credit in the elected class of membership dies, a death benefit annuity is payable in an amount computed at the rate of one-half of the standard service retirement annuity to which the member would have been entitled at the member's age at the time of death or at the age of 60, whichever is later.

(b) The annuity provided by this section is payable only to the member's surviving spouse. If the member is not survived by a spouse, a benefit may not be paid under this section.

(c) An annuity may not be paid under this section if, at the time of death, the member was eligible to select a death benefit annuity under Section 814.301.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.122 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.122
§ 60.122. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to determine rates and terms for interconnection for a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority.
Tex. Water Code § 7.072 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.072
§ 7.072. RECOVERY OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An administrative penalty owed under this subchapter may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general at the request of the commission.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.183 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.183
§ 76.183. APPEAL OF STOP USE, STOP DISTRIBUTION, OR REMOVAL ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner or custodian of a pesticide to which a stop use, stop distribution, or removal order is imposed under Section 76.153 may appeal the order to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the pesticide is found.

(b) Appeal under this section is by trial de novo.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.061 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.061
§ 70.061. PILOTAGE RATE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not change pilotage rates before the first anniversary of the preceding rate change.
Tex. Government Code § 2304.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.008
§ 2304.008. ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE LOAN FUNDS.
Status: in_force

If the amount of housing rehabilitation loans anticipated to be made in a fiscal year exceeds the estimated available funds for that year, the department shall allocate the estimated available funds for that year among the local governments that have filed housing rehabilitation area plans with the department. In allocating the available funds, the department shall take into account the probable amount of housing rehabilitation loans to be made by each local government.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 122.0022 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 122 / Section 122.0022
§ 122.0022. CONTEMPT.
Status: in_force

In addition to and without limiting any other sanction or remedy available under this chapter or other law, a court may punish by contempt an employer who terminates, threatens to terminate, penalizes, or threatens to penalize an employee because the employee performs jury or grand jury duty.
Tex. Government Code § 325.018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.018
§ 325.018. SUBPOENA POWER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and other objects necessary or proper for the purposes of the commission proceedings. The process may be served on a witness at any place in this state.

(b) If a majority of the commission directs the issuance of a subpoena, the chairman shall issue the subpoena in the name of the commission.

(c) If the chairman is absent, the chairman's designee may issue a subpoena or other process in the same manner as the chairman.

(d) If necessary to obtain compliance with a subpoena or other process, the commission may issue attachments. The attachments may be addressed to and served by any peace officer in this state.

(e) Testimony taken under subpoena must be reduced to writing and given under oath subject to the penalties of perjury.

(f) A witness who attends a commission proceeding under process is entitled to the same mileage and per diem as a witness who appears before a grand jury in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0055
§ 544.0055. RECORD AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMAL RESOLUTION MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the written request of a provider who requests an informal resolution meeting held under Section 544.0304 or 544.0506(b), the commission shall, at no expense to the provider, provide for the meeting to be recorded and for the recording to be made available to the provider. The commission may not record an informal resolution meeting unless the commission receives a written request from a provider.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 544.0259(e) and except as provided by this section:

(1) an informal resolution meeting held under Section 544.0304 or 544.0506(b) is confidential; and

(2) any information or materials the office of inspector general, including the office's employees or agents, obtains during or in connection with an informal resolution meeting, including a recording made under Subsection (a), are privileged, confidential, and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 or any other means of legal compulsion for release, including disclosure, discovery, or subpoena.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.074 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.074
§ 22.074. JOINT BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Public agencies acting jointly under this subchapter shall create a joint board consisting of members appointed by the governing authority of each participating public agency. Subject to Section 22.0745, the joint agreement shall provide for the number to be appointed and the members' terms and compensation, if any. The joint board shall organize, select officers for terms to be provided by the agreement, and adopt rules for its own procedures.

(b) A joint board may exercise on behalf of its constituent agencies all the powers of each with respect to an airport, air navigation facility, or airport hazard area, subject to the limitations of Sections 22.079-22.082.

(c) A joint board may plan, acquire, establish, construct, improve, equip, maintain, operate, regulate, protect, and police an airport, air navigation facility, or airport hazard area jointly acquired, controlled, and operated. The joint board may also realign, alter, acquire, abandon, or close a portion of a roadway or alleyway without a showing of paramount importance if the portions to be realigned, altered, acquired, abandoned, or closed are in the geographic boundaries of the airport at the time of or after the realignment, alteration, acquisition, abandonment, or closing. A taking of a right-of-way that occurs in the exercise of this power shall be compensated at fair market value.

(d) If the constituent agencies of a joint board are populous home-rule municipalities, a power described by Subsection (c) is exclusively the power of the board regardless of whether all or part of the airport, air navigation facility, or airport hazard area is located in or outside the territory of any of the constituent agencies. Another local government or other political subdivision may not enact or enforce a zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, construction code, or other ordinance purporting to regulate the use or development of property applicable in the geographic boundaries of the airport as it may be expanded.

(e) The powers exclusively given to a joint board under Subsection (d) do not affect the jurisdiction of a municipal court under Section 29.003, Government Code. The jurisdiction of a municipal court under that section does not authorize the officers or employees of a municipality that is not a constituent agency of the joint board to enter airport property to regulate, protect, or police the airport except as permitted by a valid interlocal agreement.