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Tex. Local Government Code § 229.054 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 229 / Section 229.054
§ 229.054. REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance shall establish standards relating to proposed subdivisions to minimize the interference with observatory activities caused by outdoor lighting.

(b) The governing body may not approve a subdivision plat unless the plat provides that outdoor lighting will comply with standards adopted under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 372.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 372 / Section 372.013
§ 372.013. SERVICE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory body shall prepare an ongoing service plan and present the plan to the governing body of the municipality or county for review and approval. The governing body may approve the plan only by ordinance or order. The governing body may assign responsibility for the plan to another entity in the absence of an advisory body.

(b) The service plan must:

(1) cover a period of at least five years;

(2) define the annual indebtedness and the projected costs for improvements; and

(3) include a copy of the notice form required by Section 5.014, Property Code.

(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date the governing body of a municipality or county approves a service plan, the municipality or county shall file a copy of the plan with the county clerk of each county in which all or part of the public improvement district is located.

(d) The governing body of the municipality or county shall review and update the service plan annually for the purpose of determining the annual budget for improvements. Except for the service plan for a district described by Section 372.0035, the governing body may amend or update the plan only by ordinance or order.

(e) Not later than the seventh day after the date the governing body of a municipality or county amends or updates the service plan, including the notice form required by Section 5.014, Property Code, the municipality or county shall file a copy of the amended or updated plan with the county clerk of each county in which all or part of the public improvement district is located.

(f) Not later than the seventh day after the date the governing body of a municipality or county approves, amends, or updates a service plan, the municipality or county shall post a copy of the service plan, including a copy of the notice form required by Section 5.014, Property Code, on the Internet website maintained or used by the municipality or county for the purposes of Section 26.18, Tax Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 204.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 204 / Section 204.009
§ 204.009. MICROFILM OF PERMANENT RECORDS TO BE SUPPLIED.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government or elected county officer, at the request of the director and librarian, shall supply to the commission a copy of the microfilm of any permanent record to which access is not restricted by law.

(b) The commission shall reimburse the local government or elected county officer for the cost of the copy. If the film duplication is performed by the local government or elected county officer, the cost must be the same as that paid by state agencies to the Texas State Library for a similar microfilm copy. If the film duplication is done by a commercial microfilming service under contract with the local government or elected county officer, the cost of the copy may not exceed the cost paid by the local government or elected county officer for a copy under the contract.

(c) The director and librarian or an employee of the commission may not provide certified copies of a record on microfilm obtained under this section without the consent of the original local custodian of the record.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.055
§ 3839.055. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.5731 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.5731
§ 2210.5731. PAYMENT OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the association notifies a claimant under Section 2210.573(d)(1) or (2) that the association has accepted coverage for a claim in full or has accepted coverage for a claim in part, the association shall pay the accepted claim or accepted portion of the claim not later than the 10th day after the date notice is made.

(b) If payment of the accepted claim or accepted portion of the claim is conditioned on the performance of an act by the claimant, the association shall pay the claim not later than the 10th day after the date the act is performed.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 144 / Section 144.003
§ 144.003. AGE FOR MARKING OR BRANDING.
Status: in_force

(a) Cattle shall be marked with the earmark or branded with the brand of the owner on or before the date they are one year old.

(b) Hogs, sheep, and goats shall be marked with the earmark of the owner on or before the date they are six months old.
Tex. Transportation Code § 365.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 365 / Section 365.012
§ 365.012. TOLL ROAD DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

In exercising its authority under Section 365.011, a district has the powers of a county owning or operating a toll project under Chapter 284 regardless of whether the district is in a county to which that chapter applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8361.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8361 / Section 8361.105
§ 8361.105. 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. Agriculture Code § 92.032 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.032
§ 92.032. LICENSES.
Status: in_force

Department inspectors and a firm, corporation, or association that has executed a cooperative agreement shall obtain a license from the department.
Tex. Occupations Code § 107.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 107 / Section 107.151
§ 107.151. DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A physician is not subject to disciplinary action by the board for prescribing or administering a dangerous drug or controlled substance in the course of treatment of a person for intractable pain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1106.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.053
§ 1106.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must be:

(1) signed by not less than 15 registered voters; and

(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005, Election Code.
Tex. Government Code § 854.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.004
§ 854.004. WHEN ANNUITY IS PAYABLE; CHANGES BEFORE FIRST PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A retiree may change the retiree's choice of retirement annuity payment plans or the designation of beneficiary after the retiree's effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the board of trustees before the later of the date on which the retirement system makes the first payment or the date the first annuity payment becomes due. After the first payment has been made by the retirement system or has become due, a retiree may not change the annuity payment plan selected and may not change the designated beneficiary except under Section 854.006.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term "makes payment" includes the depositing in the mail of a payment or the crediting of an account with payment through electronic funds transfer.

(c) An annuity under this subtitle is payable for a period beginning on the last day of the first month following the month in which retirement occurs and ending, except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, on the last day of the month in which death occurs.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.0085 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.0085
§ 142.0085. ALTERNATE DELIVERY SITE LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue an alternate delivery site license to a qualified hospice.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish standards required for the issuance of an alternate delivery site license.

(c) An alternate delivery site license expires on the same date as the license to provide hospice services held by the hospice.
Tex. Government Code § 54.854 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.854
§ 54.854. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each criminal law hearing officer is entitled to a salary in the amount set by the commissioners court.

(b) The salary may not be less than the salary authorized to be paid to a master for family law cases appointed under Subchapter A.

(c) The salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8186.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8186 / Section 8186.102
§ 8186.102. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by any municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located, including an ordinance or resolution adopted before September 1, 2001, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 8.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 8 / Section 8.026
§ 8.026. ORDER OF CHANGE.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast in an election under this subchapter are for the change, the mayor shall enter an order in the minutes of the municipality's governing body that the municipality is changed. The change is effective from the time the order is entered.
Tex. Finance Code § 155.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 155 / Section 155.004
§ 155.004. RECEIVER ON FAILURE OF CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a corporation that does business in this state as a bond investment company fails, a district court of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located shall appoint, on application of a shareholder of the corporation, a receiver.

(b) A receiver appointed under Subsection (a) shall:

(1) wind up the affairs of the corporation;

(2) liquidate the debts of the corporation; and

(3) distribute any remaining assets of the corporation, including, if ordered by the court, the deposit made under this chapter to secure the shareholders.

(c) The comptroller may refund a deposit made under this chapter on application of the receiver approved by the court.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.207 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.207
§ 41.207. ASSESSMENTS; APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment levied on grain producers shall be applied by the board to efforts relating to the indemnification of grain producers in this state, including administrative costs of conducting an assessment referendum.

(b) Assessments collected by the board are not state funds and are not required to be deposited in the state treasury.

(c) Sections 41.082 and 41.083 do not apply to an assessment collected under this subchapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 244.013 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 244 / Section 244.013
§ 244.013. NOTICE OF PENDING DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the department makes a decision to discharge a child or authorize the child's absence from the department's custody, the department shall give notice of the department's decision to the juvenile court and the office of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the adjudication that the child engaged in delinquent conduct was made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.062
§ 1010.062. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall maintain records and accounts in which full and proper entries are made of:

(1) all dealings, transactions, and business matters that in any way affect or relate to the district; and

(2) the allocation and application of all revenue relating to the dealings, transactions, and business matters.

(b) The district records, including the audit report, shall be available for public inspection at reasonable hours and under reasonable circumstances.
Tex. Government Code § 662.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.006
§ 662.006. OPTIONAL HOLIDAY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who is a state employee on the last workday before or the first workday after an optional holiday, or on both workdays, is entitled, except as provided by Section 662.010, to a paid day off from working for a state agency on the holiday if:

(1) the holiday does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday;

(2) the employee agrees to give up, during the same fiscal year, a state holiday that:

(A) does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; and

(B) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing; and

(3) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing the optional holiday.

(b) A state employee is entitled to a paid day off from working for a state agency on each day of an optional holiday that extends for more than one day if the employee:

(1) qualifies for the paid day off under Subsection (a); and

(2) agrees to give up during the same fiscal year an equivalent number of state holidays that:

(A) do not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; and

(B) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing.

(c) A state employee may not agree to give up the Friday after Thanksgiving Day or the 24th or 26th day of December.
Tex. Education Code § 56.524 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.524
§ 56.524. INITIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible initially for a grant under the program, a person must:

(1) be a resident of this state as determined by coordinating board rules;

(2) meet financial need requirements as defined by coordinating board rules, including a requirement that the person's expected family contribution for the academic year does not exceed the maximum expected family contribution established for this purpose by the coordinating board;

(3) be enrolled in a competency-based baccalaureate degree program at an eligible institution;

(4) not be receiving a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M, a tuition equalization grant under Subchapter F, Chapter 61, or any other state-funded student financial assistance for the same academic period; and

(5) comply with any additional nonacademic requirement adopted by the coordinating board under this subchapter.

(b) A person is not eligible to receive a grant under the program if the person has been granted a baccalaureate degree.

(c) A person's eligibility for a grant under the program ends on the earliest of the following dates:

(1) the fourth anniversary of the initial award of a grant under the program to the person, if at the time of the initial award the person had earned less than 60 semester credit hours or an equivalent number of competency units or credits toward the person's degree;

(2) the second anniversary of the initial award of a grant under the program to the person, if at the time of the initial award the person had earned 60 or more semester credit hours or an equivalent number of competency units or credits toward the person's degree; or

(3) the date the person receives a baccalaureate degree.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.069 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.069
§ 503.069. DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) A license plate, other than an in-transit license plate, issued under this chapter shall be displayed in accordance with commission rules.

(b) A drive-a-way operator who has been issued a drive-a-way in-transit license shall display the operator's in-transit license plates on each transported motor vehicle from the vehicle's point of origin to its point of destination in this state in accordance with the laws relating to the operation of a vehicle on a public highway.
Tex. Government Code § 75.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 75 / Section 75.002
§ 75.002. ASSIGNMENT OF RETIREE AS JUDICIAL OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) A retiree who makes an election under Section 75.001 is, with the retiree's consent to each assignment, subject to assignment:

(1) by the chief justice of the supreme court to sit on any court of the state of the same or lesser dignity as that on which the person sat before retirement;

(2) by the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals to sit as a commissioner of that court; and

(3) if the retiree's last judicial office before retirement was judge of a district or statutory county court, by the presiding judge of an administrative judicial region to sit on a district or statutory county court in that administrative region or, on request of the presiding judge of another administrative judicial region, to that administrative region.

(b) In addition to an assignment under Section 74.003 and Subsection (a)(1), the chief justice of the supreme court may assign a retiree whose last judicial office before retirement was justice or judge of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals to the administrative judicial region in which the retiree resides for reassignment by the presiding judge of that region to a district or statutory county court in the region. The reassignment by a presiding judge is subject to the requirements of Section 74.055. The assignment by the chief justice of a retiree to the administrative region of the retiree's residence continues only during the period for which the retiree has certified a willingness to serve under Section 74.0551.

(c) A retiree assigned under this subchapter has all the powers of a judge of the court to which the retiree has been assigned.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.103
§ 1501.103. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS AS PREEXISTING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer may not treat genetic information as a preexisting condition described by Section 1501.102(b) in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to the information.

(b) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer may not treat pregnancy as a preexisting condition described by Section 1501.102(b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.027 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.027
§ 246.027. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a facility that files an application for a certificate of authority must pay to the commissioner a fee of $10,000.

(b) A facility that files an application for a certificate of authority issued under Section 246.023 must pay to the commissioner:

(1) a fee of $500; and

(2) a fee of $2 for each living unit in the facility, excluding a unit devoted to that portion of the facility that is a licensed nursing home.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.401 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.401
§ 143.401. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a municipality:

(1) with a population of 460,000 or more that operates under a city manager form of government; and

(2) that employs emergency medical services personnel in a municipal department other than the fire department.

(b) In this subchapter, "emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code. The term applies only to an individual certified under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.251
§ 1026.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) The board shall impose the tax to pay:

(1) indebtedness issued by the district; and

(2) the maintenance and operating expenses of the district.

(c) The district may not impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on revenue bonds issued under this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 6.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 6 / Section 6.001
§ 6.001. LOCATION OF MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings of the owners or members of a domestic entity may be held at locations in or outside the state as:

(1) provided by or fixed in accordance with the governing documents of the domestic entity; or

(2) agreed to by all persons entitled to notice of the meeting.

(b) If the location of meetings of the owners or members of the entity is not established under Subsection (a), the owners or members may hold meetings only at the registered office of the entity in this state or the principal office of the entity.

(c) The governing persons of a domestic entity, or a committee of the governing persons, may hold meetings in or outside the state as:

(1) provided by or fixed in accordance with:

(A) the governing documents of the domestic entity; or

(B) the person calling the meeting; or

(2) agreed to by all persons entitled to notice of the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.055
§ 3937.055. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.

(b) A director shall file a copy of the director's oath or affirmation with the clerk of the county.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 343.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 343 / Section 343.025
§ 343.025. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

A court of competent jurisdiction in the county may issue any order necessary to enforce this chapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.31 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.31
§ 11.31. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.
Status: in_force

All permits shall be applied for and obtained from the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8051.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8051 / Section 8051.0302
§ 8051.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.051
§ 301.051. BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Board of Nursing consists of 15 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) seven nurse members, including:

(A) two advanced practice registered nurses;

(B) two registered nurses who are not advanced practice registered nurses or members of a nurse faculty; and

(C) three vocational nurses who are not members of a nurse faculty;

(2) three members who are nurse faculty members of schools of nursing:

(A) one of whom is a nurse faculty member of a school of nursing offering a baccalaureate degree program in preparing registered nurses;

(B) one of whom is a nurse faculty member of a school of nursing offering an associate degree program in preparing registered nurses; and

(C) one of whom is a nurse faculty member of a school of nursing at an institution of higher education preparing vocational nurses; and

(3) five members who represent the public.

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