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Tex. Government Code § 2054.391 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.391
§ 2054.391. USE OF STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY CENTERS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may not transfer services from a statewide technology center unless the executive director and the governor approve the transfer.

(b) If the department becomes aware that a state agency is not using a statewide technology center for operations or services in accordance with the interagency contract entered into under Section 2054.386 and as directed by the department, the department shall notify the comptroller, the Legislative Budget Board, the state auditor's office, and the affected state agency of the violation.

(c) After notification under Subsection (b), the state agency may not spend appropriated money for operations or services the agency was selected to receive through a statewide technology center without the prior approval of the executive director.
Tex. Government Code § 156.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 156 / Section 156.051
§ 156.051. ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Process Server Certification Advisory Board is established as an advisory board to the commission. The advisory board is composed of at least five members appointed by the supreme court.

(b) Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.

(c) The supreme court shall appoint a presiding officer of the advisory board from among the advisory board members to serve for two years.

(d) A majority of the advisory board constitutes a quorum.

(e) Advisory board members serve staggered six-year terms as ordered by the supreme court.

(f) If a vacancy occurs on the advisory board, the supreme court shall appoint a person to serve the remainder of the term.

(g) Advisory board members serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and other actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official advisory board duties, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Insurance Code § 822.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 822 / Section 822.056
§ 822.056. SHARES OF STOCK WITHOUT PAR VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance company organized under the laws of this state, on incorporation or by an amendment to its charter, may authorize the issuance of shares of stock without par value.

(b) Each share of stock without par value must be equal in all respects.

(c) An insurance company may issue and dispose of authorized shares without par value for money or for notes, bonds, mortgages, and stock in the form authorized by law for capital stock of insurance companies. Each share of stock without par value must be fully paid before issuance. After the company receives payment for a share of stock issued under this section, the share is not subject to additional call or assessment and the subscriber or holder of the share is not required to make an additional payment with respect to the share.

(d) The shareholders of an insurance company authorizing shares of stock without par value must pay a total amount of at least $250,000 for the shares before the company is granted a charter or has its charter amended to authorize the issuance of shares without par value.

(e) If all of the authorized shares of stock without par value are not subscribed and paid for when the charter is granted or the amendment is filed, respectively, the insurance company shall file with the department a certificate authenticated by a majority of the directors stating the number of shares without par value issued and the consideration received for those shares. An insurance company may issue and dispose of those remaining authorized shares for money or an instrument authorized for minimum capital under:

(1) a provision of Subchapter B, Chapter 424, other than Section 424.052, 424.072, or 424.073; and

(2) Section 822.204.

(f) The insurance company shall file the certificate required by Subsection (e) not later than the 90th day after the date of issuance of those remaining shares. The portion of the consideration received for shares without par value that is designated as capital by the company's directors, or by the company's shareholders if the charter or articles of incorporation reserve the right to make that determination to the shareholders, constitutes capital and the remainder, if any, constitutes surplus. The company is not required to file an amendment to its charter or take further action to effect the increase in the capital and surplus of the company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9040.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9040 / Section 9040.103
§ 9040.103. 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 42.042 or 42.0425, Local Government Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 63.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 63 / Section 63.001
§ 63.001. GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

A writ of garnishment is available if:

(1) an original attachment has been issued;

(2) a plaintiff sues for a debt and makes an affidavit stating that:

(A) the debt is just, due, and unpaid;

(B) within the plaintiff's knowledge, the defendant does not possess property in Texas subject to execution sufficient to satisfy the debt; and

(C) the garnishment is not sought to injure the defendant or the garnishee; or

(3) a plaintiff has a valid, subsisting judgment and makes an affidavit stating that, within the plaintiff's knowledge, the defendant does not possess property in Texas subject to execution sufficient to satisfy the judgment.
Tex. Education Code § 38.0095 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.0095
§ 38.0095. PARENTAL ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A parent or guardian of a student is entitled to access to the student's medical records maintained by a school district.

(b) On request of a student's parent or guardian, the school district shall provide a copy of the student's medical records to the parent or guardian. The district may not impose a charge for providing the copy that exceeds the charge authorized by Section 552.261, Government Code, for providing a copy of public information.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.09112 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.09112
§ 501.09112. APPEARANCE OF NONREPAIRABLE VEHICLE TITLE OR SALVAGE VEHICLE TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department's printed nonrepairable vehicle title must clearly indicate that it is the negotiable ownership document for a nonrepairable motor vehicle.

(b) A nonrepairable vehicle title must clearly indicate that the motor vehicle:

(1) may not be:

(A) issued a regular title;

(B) registered in this state; or

(C) repaired, rebuilt, or reconstructed; and

(2) may be used only as a source for used parts or scrap metal.

(c) The department's printed salvage vehicle title must clearly show that it is the ownership document for a salvage motor vehicle.

(d) A salvage vehicle title or a salvage record of title for a vehicle that is a salvage motor vehicle because of damage caused exclusively by flood must bear a notation that the department considers appropriate. If the title for a motor vehicle reflects the notation required by this subsection, the owner may sell, transfer, or release the motor vehicle only as provided by this subchapter.

(d-1) The department and the Texas Division of Emergency Management shall coordinate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that the department has information, including a vehicle identification number, necessary to apply the notation under Subsection (d) to the title of a vehicle:

(1) to which that subsection applies; and

(2) that has been repaired or salvaged using financial assistance designated for that purpose and administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(e) An electronic application for a nonrepairable vehicle title, nonrepairable record of title, salvage vehicle title, or salvage record of title must clearly advise the applicant of the same provisions required on a printed title.

(f) A nonrepairable vehicle title, nonrepairable record of title, salvage vehicle title, or salvage record of title in the department's electronic database must include appropriate remarks so that the vehicle record clearly shows the status of the vehicle.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.132 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.132
§ 11.132. DONATED RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD OF PARTIALLY DISABLED VETERAN.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Charitable organization" means an organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code.

(2) "Disability rating" and "disabled veteran" have the meanings assigned by Section 11.22.

(3) "Residence homestead" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.13.

(4) "Surviving spouse" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.131.

(b) A disabled veteran who has a disability rating of less than 100 percent is entitled to an exemption from taxation of a percentage of the appraised value of the disabled veteran's residence homestead equal to the disabled veteran's disability rating if the residence homestead was donated to the disabled veteran by a charitable organization:

(1) at no cost to the disabled veteran; or

(2) at some cost to the disabled veteran in the form of a cash payment, a mortgage, or both in an aggregate amount that is not more than 50 percent of the good faith estimate of the market value of the residence homestead made by the charitable organization as of the date the donation is made.

(c) The surviving spouse of a disabled veteran who qualified for an exemption under Subsection (b) of a percentage of the appraised value of the disabled veteran's residence homestead when the disabled veteran died is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the same percentage of the appraised value of the same property to which the disabled veteran's exemption applied if:

(1) the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the disabled veteran; and

(2) the property:

(A) was the residence homestead of the surviving spouse when the disabled veteran died; and

(B) remains the residence homestead of the surviving spouse.

(d) If a surviving spouse who qualifies for an exemption under Subsection (c) subsequently qualifies a different property as the surviving spouse's residence homestead, the surviving spouse is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the subsequently qualified residence homestead in an amount equal to the dollar amount of the exemption from taxation of the former residence homestead under Subsection (c) in the last year in which the surviving spouse received an exemption under that subsection for that residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the disabled veteran. The surviving spouse is entitled to receive from the chief appraiser of the appraisal district in which the former residence homestead was located a written certificate providing the information necessary to determine the amount of the exemption to which the surviving spouse is entitled on the subsequently qualified residence homestead.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1056.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1056 / Section 1056.062
§ 1056.062. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board shall authorize the district administrator to employ any employees as considered advisable for the efficient operation of the hospital or hospital system.
Tex. Occupations Code § 167.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 167 / Section 167.006
§ 167.006. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board, with the advice of and in consultation with the governing board, committee, and Texas-based professional associations of physicians and physician assistants, shall:

(1) adopt rules and policies as necessary to implement the program, including:

(A) policies for assessments under the program and guidelines for the validity of a referral to the program;

(B) policies and guidelines for initial contacts used to determine if there is a need for a physician or physician assistant to complete a clinically appropriate evaluation or to enter treatment, including policies and guidelines for arrangements for that evaluation or treatment; and

(C) policies and guidelines for interventions conducted under the program; and

(2) define applicable guidelines for the management of substance abuse disorders, psychiatric disorders, and physical illnesses and impairments.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.123 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.123
§ 348.123. REFINANCING OF LARGE INSTALLMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a scheduled installment of a retail installment contract is more than an amount equal to twice the average of all installments scheduled before that installment, other than the down payment, the retail buyer is entitled to refinance that installment:

(1) when the installment is due;

(2) without an acquisition cost;

(3) in installments that are not greater or more frequent than the average amount and frequency of installments preceding that installment; and

(4) at a rate of time price differential that does not exceed the rate applicable to the original contract.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a lease;

(2) a retail installment transaction for a vehicle that is to be used primarily for a purpose other than personal, family, or household use;

(3) a transaction for which the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income or scheduled payments or obligations of the buyer;

(4) a transaction of a type that the commissioner determines does not require the protection for the buyer provided by this section; or

(5) a retail installment transaction in which:

(A) the seller is a franchised dealer licensed under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code; and

(B) the buyer is entitled, at the end of the term of the retail installment contract, to choose one of the following:

(i) sell the vehicle back to the holder according to a written agreement:

(a) entered into between the buyer and holder concurrently with or as a part of the transaction; and

(b) under which the buyer will be released from liability or obligation for the final scheduled payment under the contract on compliance with the agreement;

(ii) pay the final scheduled payment under the contract; or

(iii) if the buyer is not in default under the contract, refinance the final scheduled payment with the holder for repayment in not fewer than 24 equal monthly installments or on other terms agreed to by the buyer and holder at the time of refinancing and at a rate of time price differential not to exceed the lesser of:

(a) a rate equal to the maximum rate authorized under this subchapter; or

(b) an annual percentage rate of five percent a year more than the annual percentage rate of the original contract.

(c) A retail installment contract under Subsection (b)(5) must disclose that any refinancing may be for any period and payment schedule to which the buyer and holder agree.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.060 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.060
§ 1131.060. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A group life insurance policy may be issued to a nonprofit service, civic, fraternal, or community organization or association to insure the organization's or association's members and employees for the benefit of persons other than the organization or association or an officer of the organization or association.

(b) To be eligible to obtain a group life insurance policy under this section, an organization or association must:

(1) have a constitution or bylaws;

(2) have actively existed for at least two years; and

(3) have been formed for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance.

(c) The organization or association is the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.

(d) A policy to which this section applies is subject to Subchapter K.
Tex. Government Code § 441.192 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.192
§ 441.192. RIGHT OF RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a state agency may demand the return of any state record in the private possession of a person if the removal of the state record from the state agency or the agency's predecessor was not authorized by law.

(b) The director and librarian may demand the return of any state record or archival state record in the private possession of any person.

(c) If the person in possession of the state record or archival state record refuses to deliver the record on demand, the director and librarian or the governing body of a state agency may ask the attorney general to petition a district court in Travis County for the recovery of the record as provided by this section. If the court finds that the record is a state record or archival state record, the court shall order the return of the record to the custody of the state. As part of the petition or at any time after its filing, the attorney general may petition to have the record seized pending the determination of the court if the director and librarian or governing body finds the record is in danger of being destroyed, mutilated, altered, secreted, or removed from the state.

(d) A state government record recovered under Subsection (c) shall be transferred to the custody of the commission or the state agency that originally demanded the return of the record.

(e) If the attorney general recovers a record under Subsection (c), the court shall award attorney's fees and court costs to the attorney general.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 93.010 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 93 / Section 93.010
§ 93.010. SUIT FOR CIVIL PENALTY OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

The attorney general or a county or district attorney may bring an action in the name of the state for a civil penalty under Section 93.008, injunctive relief under Section 93.009, or both.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.053
§ 1951.053. PERSON PERFORMING PEST CONTROL WORK OTHERWISE REGULATED BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 1951.212 and 1951.457(c), this chapter does not apply to:

(1) a person who performs pest control work on growing plants, trees, shrubs, grass, or other horticultural plants if the person holds a commercial or noncommercial applicator license from the department and issued under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that covers the pest control work or is under the direct supervision of a person who holds a commercial or noncommercial applicator license from the department and issued under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that covers pest control work; or

(2) a person who performs pest control work on growing plants, trees, shrubs, grass, or other horticultural plants or rights-of-way if the person:

(A) is employed by a political subdivision or a cemetery;

(B) is engaged in pest control work or vegetation management for the political subdivision or cemetery;

(C) holds a commercial or noncommercial applicator license from the department and issued under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that covers pest control work or is under the direct supervision of a person who holds a commercial or noncommercial applicator license from the department and issued under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that covers pest control work; and

(D) complies with annual continuing education required by the department.

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) is not considered to be engaged in the business of structural pest control.

(c) Neither this section nor any other law shall prohibit a political subdivision from reducing the number of hours of training or other requirements for an employee conducting larval mosquito control on property owned or controlled by the political subdivision using biological pesticides approved for general use by the Department of State Health Services, provided the employee is given instructions adequate to ensure the safe and effective use of such pesticides.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.207 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.207
§ 121.207.
Status: in_force

Sec. 121.207. PIPELINE SAFETY ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY: ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE. (a) An administrative penalty may be assessed only after a person charged under Section 121.206 has been given an opportunity for a public hearing.

(b) If a public hearing is held, the railroad commission shall make findings of fact and shall issue a written decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the penalty amount warranted by the violation, incorporating, if appropriate, an order requiring that the penalty be paid.

(c) If appropriate, the railroad commission shall consolidate the hearings with other proceedings under Section 121.206.

(d) If a person charged under Section 121.206 fails to take advantage of the opportunity for a public hearing, an administrative penalty may be assessed by the railroad commission after it has determined:

(1) that a violation occurred; and

(2) the penalty amount warranted by the violation.

(e) After assessing an administrative penalty, the railroad commission shall issue an order requiring the penalty to be paid.

(f) Not later than the 30th day after the date an order is issued finding that a violation described under Section 121.206 occurred, the railroad commission shall inform the person found in violation of the amount of the penalty.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.010 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.010
§ 31.010. SUPPORT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the Texas Workforce Commission shall provide a recipient or a nonrecipient parent with support services designed to assist the recipient or nonrecipient parent and the person's family to attain and retain the capability of independence and self-care.

(b) The Texas Workforce Commission shall consider the needs assessment and employability plan developed under Section 31.0095 in determining the support services needed.

(c) Support services include:

(1) education, using public or private schools as necessary;

(2) child care;

(3) transportation assistance;

(4) work skills and job readiness training;

(5) instruction in job search techniques;

(6) job placement; and

(7) job retention assistance.

(d) The Texas Workforce Commission by rule shall provide for implementation of the support services.

(e) The Texas Workforce Commission may contract with other state agencies, community colleges, technical schools, residence training facilities, or public or private entities to provide support services under this section.

(f) In providing work skills and job readiness training, the Texas Workforce Commission shall:

(1) emphasize training for sustainable wage jobs;

(2) promote understanding of nontraditional work opportunities for recipients and nonrecipient parents; and

(3) offer micro-enterprise development and self-employment assistance in rural areas and other areas in which jobs are scarce.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.305 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.305
§ 54.305. COMMISSION PARTICIPATION IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, on written notice that a certificated telecommunications utility has filed a petition in bankruptcy or is the subject of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy, may inform the appropriate court and parties of the commission's interest in obtaining notice of proceedings.

(b) Within the time prescribed by the applicable statutes, rules, and court orders, the commission may intervene and participate in any bankruptcy proceedings that affect customers or providers of telecommunications services in this state.

(c) The office may inform the appropriate court and parties of the office's interest in obtaining notice of the proceedings. Within the time prescribed by the applicable statutes, rules, and court orders, the office may intervene and participate in any bankruptcy proceeding on behalf of residential and small commercial customers.