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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.104
§ 8376.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8376.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Government Code § 81.0885 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0885
§ 81.0885. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) All types of information, proceedings, hearing transcripts, and statements presented to the ombudsman are confidential and may not be disclosed to any person other than the chief disciplinary counsel unless disclosure is ordered by a court.

(b) The ombudsman may not access privileged communications and information shared between the chief disciplinary counsel and the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 814.602 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.602
§ 814.602. ADJUSTMENT TO ANNUITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board of trustees may adopt rules that adjust or modify annuities to the extent necessary to be consistent with changes in plan design. Any adjustment or modification must be made applicable to all members and annuitants who are similarly situated. Any rule adopted under this section supersedes conflicting portions of existing plan provisions and must be in compliance with Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Section 811.006.

(b) A rule adopted under this section may not result in a reduction in any existing annuity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.007
§ 2053.007. DISAPPROVAL OF RATE; HEARING.
Status: repealed

(a) The commissioner may issue an order after a hearing disapproving a rate that is in effect. The commissioner must provide the insurance company that filed the rate written notice of the hearing not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(b) The commissioner shall issue an order disapproving a rate under Subsection (a) not later than the 15th day after the close of the hearing. The order must:

(1) specify in what respects the rate fails to meet the requirements of this subchapter; and

(2) state the date further use of the rate is prohibited.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730, Sec. 3B.044, eff. September 1, 2007.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 4.03 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 4.03
§ 4.03.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.03. The initial states of this compact cannot be members of another low-level radioactive waste compact entered into pursuant to the Act.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.210 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.210
§ 21.210. RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF SHARES AND OTHER SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of a security, or on the amount of a corporation's securities that may be owned by a person or group of persons, may be imposed by:

(1) the corporation's certificate of formation;

(2) the corporation's bylaws;

(3) a written agreement among two or more holders of the securities; or

(4) a written agreement among one or more holders of the securities and the corporation if:

(A) the corporation files a copy of the agreement at the principal place of business or registered office of the corporation; and

(B) the copy of the agreement is subject to the same right of examination by a shareholder of the corporation, in person or by agent, attorney, or accountant, as the books and records of the corporation.

(b) A restriction imposed under Subsection (a) is not valid with respect to a security issued before the restriction has been adopted, unless the holder of the security voted in favor of the restriction or is a party to the agreement imposing the restriction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.115 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.115
§ 363.115. TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF CERTAIN RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

A resource recovery system acquired by a public agency to reduce municipal solid waste by mechanical means or incineration is exempt from property taxes of any municipality, county, school district, or other political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 256.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 256 / Section 256.057
§ 256.057. REEXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall establish the conditions under which and the number of times an applicant may retake an examination.

(b) The board may require an applicant who fails the examination to meet additional education requirements set by the board.
Tex. Election Code § 81.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 81 / Section 81.001
§ 81.001. EARLY VOTING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In each election in this state, early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance at an early voting polling place and by mail.

(b) A reference in a law outside this code to "absentee voting" means "early voting."
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.022 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.022
§ 122.022. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The workforce commission shall include in the commission's supplemental annual report to the governor and the legislature under Section 301.065(c), Labor Code, a financial report in the form prescribed by Section 2101.011, Government Code, relating to the workforce commission's activities under this chapter.

(b) As part of the report filed under Subsection (a), the workforce commission shall provide:

(1) the number of persons with disabilities, according to their type of disability, who are employed in community rehabilitation programs participating in the programs established by this chapter or who are employed by businesses or workshops that receive supportive employment from community rehabilitation programs;

(2) the amount of annual wages paid to a person participating in the program;

(3) a summary of the sale of products offered by a community rehabilitation program;

(4) a list of products and services offered by a community rehabilitation program;

(5) the geographic distribution of the community rehabilitation programs;

(6) the number of workers without disabilities who are employed in community rehabilitation programs under this chapter; and

(7) the average and range of weekly earnings for workers with disabilities and workers without disabilities who are employed in community rehabilitation programs under this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 312.007 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 312 / Section 312.007
§ 312.007. DEFERRAL OF COMMENCEMENT OF ABATEMENT PERIOD.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "abatement period" means the period during which all or a portion of the value of real property or tangible personal property that is the subject of a tax abatement agreement is exempt from taxation.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing body of the taxing unit granting the abatement and the owner of the property that is the subject of the agreement may agree to defer the commencement of the abatement period until a date that is subsequent to the date the agreement is entered into, except that the duration of an abatement period may not exceed 10 years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3934.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3934 / Section 3934.052
§ 3934.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Utilities Code § 51.003 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 51 / Section 51.003
§ 51.003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this title, this title does not apply to:

(1) a company that as its only form of business:

(A) is a telecommunications manager; or

(B) administers central office based or customer based PBX-type sharing/resale arrangements;

(2) telegraph services;

(3) television or radio stations;

(4) community antenna television services; or

(5) a provider of commercial mobile service as defined by Section 332(d), Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.), Federal Communications Commission rules, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66), other than conventional rural radio-telephone services provided by a wire-line telephone company under the Public Mobile Service rules of the Federal Communications Commission (47 C.F.R. Part 22).
Tex. Government Code § 481.173 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.173
§ 481.173. NAME AND PICTURE OF LIVING STATE OFFICIAL.
Status: in_force

The name or the picture of a living state official may not be used for advertising purposes under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.850 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.850
§ 242.850. NOTICE AT ENTRANCE TO INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

Each institution shall post a notice at the entrance to the institution stating that the rooms of some residents may be being monitored electronically by or on behalf of the residents and that the monitoring is not necessarily open and obvious. The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the format and the precise content of the notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8135.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8135 / Section 8135.159
§ 8135.159. MAINTENANCE TAX APPROVAL FOR NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A new district may impose a maintenance tax on the approval of a majority of the residents voting in an election called and held for that purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.0095 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.0095
§ 533A.0095. COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION REGARDING PERSONS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require the department to collect information and maintain current records regarding a person found not guilty of an offense by reason of insanity under Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is:

(1) committed by a court for long-term placement in a residential care facility under Chapter 593 or under Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(2) ordered by a court to receive outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(b) Information maintained by the department under this section must include the name and address of any facility to which the person is committed, the length of the person's commitment to the facility, and any post-release outcome.

(c) The department shall file annually with the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a written report containing the name of each person described by Subsection (a), the name and address of any facility to which the person is committed, the length of the person's commitment to the facility, and any post-release outcome.
Tex. Government Code § 71.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.016
§ 71.016. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall meet at least once in each calendar year and may meet at other times as ordered by the council or under its authority.

(b) The council may meet at a place and time designated by it or under its authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0206
§ 8513.0206. ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, by a majority and to the extent necessary to exercise the authority's powers and rights, adopt an ordinance:

(1) not adequately provided by Chapter 49 or 51, Water Code;

(2) germane and appropriate to the accomplishment and purposes of this chapter; and

(3) consistent with a specific power conferred on a county, municipality, water improvement district, water control and improvement district, drainage district, navigation district, canal corporation, channel and dock corporation, deep water corporation, railway corporation, terminal railway corporation, telegraph and telephone corporation, or other similar entity.

(b) The board is not required to provide notice before adopting an ordinance, except as otherwise required for a regular or special board meeting.

(c) The board:

(1) shall file an adopted ordinance in the authority's official records; and

(2) may, if the board considers it necessary and proper:

(A) file certified copies of the ordinance in the office of the county clerk in each county in the authority where the ordinance applies; or

(B) publish the ordinance at least once per week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county where the ordinance applies.

(d) An adopted ordinance takes effect after the filing requirements of Subsection (c) are met.

(e) After an ordinance takes effect, a county clerk with whom a certified copy of the ordinance is filed under Subsection (c)(2)(A) shall record the certified copy. The county clerk shall charge the same fee for recording the certified copy as for recording a deed of conveyance.

(f) An ordinance granting a power or mode of procedure adopted under this section does not limit the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 31.027 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 31 / Section 31.027
§ 31.027. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from office if the commissioner:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 31.023;

(2) does not maintain during service as commissioner the qualifications required by Section 31.023;

(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 33.001, 33.003, 33.004, or 33.005; or

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the commissioner's duties for a substantial part of the commissioner's term.

(b) The validity of an action of the commissioner or the department is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of the commissioner exists.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.054
§ 1015.054. BOND; RECORD OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $5,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The board may pay for a director's bond with district money.

(c) Each director's bond shall be kept in the district's permanent records.
Tex. Government Code § 74.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.252
§ 74.252. RULES TO GUIDE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER CASE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules under which courts, presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, and the judicial committee for additional resources may determine whether a case requires additional resources to ensure efficient judicial management of the case.

(b) In developing the rules, the supreme court shall include considerations regarding whether a case involves or is likely to involve:

(1) a large number of parties who are separately represented by counsel;

(2) coordination with related actions pending in one or more courts in other counties of this state or in one or more United States district courts;

(3) numerous pretrial motions that present difficult or novel legal issues that will be time-consuming to resolve;

(4) a large number of witnesses or substantial documentary evidence;

(5) substantial postjudgment supervision;

(6) a trial that will last more than four weeks; and

(7) a substantial additional burden on the trial court's docket and the resources available to the trial court to hear the case.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8112.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8112 / Section 8112.004
§ 8112.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes;

(3) the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or indebtedness; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Government Code § 418.0544 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.0544
§ 418.0544. DISASTER PREPARATION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The division, in consultation with other state agencies the division considers appropriate, shall develop a plan to assist political subdivisions of this state with executing contracts for services that political subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster. The plan must include:

(1) training on the benefits to a political subdivision from executing disaster preparation contracts in advance of a disaster;

(2) recommendations on the services political subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster, including debris management and infrastructure repair; and

(3) assistance to political subdivisions with finding persons capable of providing the services described by Subdivision (2) and executing contracts with those persons in advance of a disaster.

(b) The division shall consult with the comptroller regarding including a contract for services a political subdivision is likely to need following a disaster, including debris management and infrastructure repair, on the schedule of multiple award contracts developed under Subchapter I, Chapter 2155, or as part of another cooperative purchasing program administered by the comptroller.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8469.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8469 / Section 8469.005
§ 8469.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1080.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1080 / Section 1080.155
§ 1080.155. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank in Gonzales or Wilson County as the district's depository. The designated bank serves for two years and until a successor is designated.

(b) All district money shall be deposited in the depository and secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1272.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1272 / Section 1272.204
§ 1272.204. COOPERATION OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization shall cooperate with a delegated entity to correct a failure by the entity to comply with the department's regulatory requirements relating to:

(1) a function delegated to the entity by the health maintenance organization; or

(2) a matter necessary for the health maintenance organization to ensure compliance with each statutory or regulatory requirement.
Tex. Occupations Code § 262.1515 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 262 / Section 262.1515
§ 262.1515. DELEGATION OF DUTIES TO DENTAL HYGIENIST PRACTICING IN CERTAIN FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed dentist may delegate a service, task, or procedure, pursuant to this section, to a dental hygienist, without complying with Section 262.151(a)(2) if:

(1) the dental hygienist has at least two years' experience in the practice of dental hygiene; and

(2) the service, task, or procedure is performed in one of the following locations:

(A) a nursing facility as defined in Section 242.301, Health and Safety Code;

(B) a school-based health center established under Subchapter B, Chapter 38, Education Code; or

(C) a community health center as defined by Section 136.002, Human Resources Code.

(b) The patient must be referred to a licensed dentist after the completion of a service, task, or procedure performed under Subsection (a).

(c) A dental hygienist may only perform delegated tasks or procedures with respect to a patient for six months unless the patient has been examined by a dentist in compliance with Section 262.151(a)(2).

(d) A dental hygienist may not perform any service, task, or procedure under this section without the express authorization of a dentist.

(e) The facility under Subsection (a)(2) shall note each delegated service, task, or procedure performed by the dental hygienist under this section in the patient's medical records.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.127 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.127
§ 772.127. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons.

(b) Refunding bonds shall mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after their date of issue and shall bear interest at any rate or rates permitted by state law.

(c) Refunding bonds may be payable from the same source as the bonds being refunded or from other sources.

(d) The refunding bonds must be approved by the attorney general in the same manner as the district's other bonds and shall be registered by the comptroller on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds being refunded.

(e) The orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds may provide that they be sold and the proceeds deposited in the place or places at which the bonds being refunded are payable, in which case the refunding bonds may be issued before the cancellation of the bonds being refunded. If refunding bonds are issued before cancellation of the other bonds, an amount sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds being refunded and interest on those bonds accruing to their maturity dates or to their option dates if the bonds have been duly called for payment before maturity according to their terms shall be deposited in the place or places at which the bonds being refunded are payable. The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of bonds being refunded.

(f) A refunding may be accomplished in one or in several installment deliveries. Refunding bonds and their interest coupons are investment securities under Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code.

(g) In lieu of the method set forth in Subsections (a)-(f), a district may refund bonds, notes, or other obligations as provided by the general laws of the state.