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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.053 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.053
§ 55A.053. INDICTMENT OR INFORMATION DISMISSED OR QUASHED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to have all records and files relating to the arrest expunged if:

(1) an indictment or information charging the person with the commission of a misdemeanor offense based on the person's arrest or charging the person with the commission of any felony offense arising out of the same transaction for which the person was arrested, when presented at any time following the arrest, was dismissed or quashed; and

(2) the court finds that the indictment or information was dismissed or quashed because:

(A) the person completed a veterans treatment court program created under Chapter 124, Government Code, or former law, subject to Subsection (b);

(B) the person completed a mental health court program created under Chapter 125, Government Code, or former law, subject to Subsection (c);

(C) the person completed a pretrial intervention program authorized under Section 76.011, Government Code, other than a program described by Paragraph (A) or (B);

(D) the presentment of the indictment or information was made because of mistake, false information, or other similar reason indicating absence of probable cause at the time of the dismissal to believe the person committed the offense; or

(E) the indictment or information was void.

(b) A person is eligible under Subsection (a)(2)(A) for an expunction of arrest records and files only if the person:

(1) has not previously received an expunction under that paragraph; and

(2) submits to the court an affidavit attesting to that fact.

(c) A person is eligible under Subsection (a)(2)(B) for an expunction of arrest records and files only if the person:

(1) has not previously received an expunction under that paragraph; and

(2) submits to the court an affidavit attesting to that fact.

(d) A person is entitled to an expunction under this article regardless of whether any statute of limitations exists for the offense and whether any limitations period for the offense has expired.
Tex. Tax Code § 352.113 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 352 / Section 352.113
§ 352.113.
Status: in_force

Sec. 352.113. USE OF REVENUE: CERTAIN COUNTIES BORDERING LAKE RAY ROBERTS. In addition to the purposes authorized by this chapter, the revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by a county authorized to impose the tax under Section 352.002(x) may be used for any purpose described by Section 352.101(a).
Tex. Education Code § 26A.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 26A / Section 26A.003
§ 26A.003. POSTING OF PROCEDURES AND FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district shall develop, make publicly available in a prominent location on the district's Internet website, and include in the district's student handbook:

(1) procedures for resolving grievances;

(2) standardized forms for filing a grievance, a notice of appeal, or a request for a hearing under this chapter; and

(3) the method by which a grievance may be filed electronically.

(b) A school district shall ensure that a grievance may be submitted electronically at the location on the district's Internet website at which the information described by Subsection (a) is available.

(c) A school district shall submit and make accessible to the agency the location on the district's Internet website at which the information described by Subsection (a) is available.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.121 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.121
§ 534.121. AUDITS.
Status: in_force

(a) As a condition to receiving funds under this subtitle, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority other than a state facility designated as an authority must annually submit to the department a financial and compliance audit prepared by a certified public accountant or public accountant licensed by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. To ensure the highest degree of independence and quality, the local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall use an invitation-for-proposal process as prescribed by the executive commissioner to select the auditor.

(a-1) The audit required under Subsection (a) may be published electronically on the local intellectual and developmental disability authority's Internet website. An authority that electronically publishes an audit under this subsection shall notify the department that the audit is available on the authority's Internet website on or before the date the audit is due.

(b) The audit must meet the minimum requirements as shall be, and be in the form and in the number of copies as may be, prescribed by the executive commissioner, subject to review and comment by the state auditor.

(c) The local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall file the required number of copies of the audit report with the department by the date prescribed by the executive commissioner. From the copies filed with the department, copies of the report shall be submitted to the governor and Legislative Budget Board.

(d) The local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall either approve or refuse to approve the audit report. If the authority refuses to approve the report, the authority shall include with the department's copies a statement detailing the reasons for refusal.

(e) The commissioner and state auditor have access to all vouchers, receipts, journals, or other records the commissioner or auditor considers necessary to review and analyze the audit report.

(f) The department shall annually submit to the governor, Legislative Budget Board, and Legislative Audit Committee a summary of the significant findings identified during the department's reviews of fiscal audit activities.

(g) The report required under Subsection (f) may be published electronically on the department's Internet website. The department shall notify each entity entitled to receive a copy of the report that the report is available on the department's Internet website on or before the date the report is due.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 327.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 327 / Section 327.009
§ 327.009. LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission may propose to the legislature recommendations for amending this chapter, including recommendations in response to amendments by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to 45 C.F.R. Part 180.
Tex. Government Code § 492.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 492 / Section 492.004
§ 492.004. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of the board and to agency employees, as often as necessary, information regarding requirements for office or employment under this subtitle, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable law relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.001 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.001
§ 171.001. TAX IMPOSED.
Status: in_force

(a) A franchise tax is imposed on each taxable entity that does business in this state or that is chartered or organized in this state.

(b) The tax imposed under this chapter extends to the limits of the United States Constitution and the federal law adopted under the United States Constitution.

(c) The tax imposed under this section or Section 171.0011 is not imposed on an entity if, during the period on which the report is based, the entity qualifies as a passive entity as defined by Section 171.0003.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the tax imposed under this chapter is not imposed on a taxable entity that qualifies as a new veteran-owned business as defined by Section 171.0005 until the earlier of:

(1) the fifth anniversary of the date on which the taxable entity begins doing business in this state; or

(2) the date the taxable entity ceases to qualify as a new veteran-owned business as defined by Section 171.0005.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.061
§ 1121.061. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may employ nurses, technicians, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(b) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.325 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.325
§ 52.325. PERMITTEE'S FAILURE TO COMPLY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a permittee fails to restore land in accordance with Section 52.324(a)(3) of this code and the rules of the commissioner, the commissioner and any surface lessee may maintain an action against the permittee for actual damages to the land, or to the improvements, growing crops, or domesticated animals on the land that were caused by the geophysical or geochemical exploration.

(b) If a permittee violates this subchapter, the provisions of a permit issued by authority of this subchapter, or a rule of the commissioner, the permittee commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. Each day that a violation occurs is a separate offense.
Tex. Water Code § 55.352 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.352
§ 55.352. BOARD'S ESTIMATE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The board, on or as soon as practicable after a date fixed by standing order of the board, shall estimate the expenses of maintaining and operating the district's water delivery system for the next 12 months. The board may change the 12-month period for which it estimates the expenses of maintaining and operating the water delivery system by estimating such expenses for a shorter period so as to adjust to a new fixed date and thereafter estimating the expenses for 12-month periods following the adjusted fixed date.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1955.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1955 / Section 1955.054
§ 1955.054. EXAMINATION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a person takes any certification or accreditation examination under this chapter, the department shall notify the person of the examination results. If an examination is graded or reviewed by a testing service, the department shall notify the person of the examination results not later than the 14th day after the date the department receives the results from the testing service.

(b) If notice of the results of an examination graded or reviewed by a testing service will be delayed for more than 90 days after the examination date, the department shall notify the person of the reason for the delay before the 90th day.

(c) The department may require a testing service to notify a person of the person's examination results.

(d) If requested in writing by a person who fails an examination, the department shall provide to the person an analysis of the person's performance on the examination.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.088 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.088
§ 52.088. ROYALTY RATE.
Status: in_force

The board shall set the royalty rate on production of oil and gas from riverbeds and channels leased under this subchapter. The royalty rate set must be at least one-eighth of the gross production or the market value of the oil and gas produced.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975 / Section 7975.107
§ 7975.107. FEES AND CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt and enforce all necessary charges, mandatory fees, or rentals, in addition to taxes, for providing or making available any district facility or service, including firefighting activities provided under Section 7975.106.

(b) To enforce payment of an unpaid fee or charge due to the district, on the request of the district, a retail public utility, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, providing water or sewer service to a customer in the district shall terminate the service.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 6.203 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 6 / Section 6.203
§ 6.203. DELIVERY OF LESS THAN UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A written consent signed by an owner or member of a filing entity as provided by Section 6.202, if the consent is not solicited on behalf of the entity or its governing authority, must be delivered by hand or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by other means specified in the governing documents, to:

(1) the entity's registered office or principal executive office or place of business; or

(2) the managerial official or agent of the entity having custody of the entity's records of meetings of owners or members.

(b) A consent delivered to an entity's principal executive office or place of business under Subsection (a)(1) must be addressed to the chief managerial official of the entity or, if the entity does not have a chief managerial official, the governing authority of the entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4021.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4021 / Section 4021.0308
§ 4021.0308. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 21.078 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.078
§ 21.078. TERMS "X COORDINATE" AND "Y COORDINATE".
Status: in_force

(a) The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the appropriate zone, of either system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in U.S. Survey Feet and decimals of a foot or varas or tenths of a vara when using the Texas Coordinate System of 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter, in U.S. Survey Feet or decimals of a foot, or in varas or tenths of a vara when using the Texas Coordinate System of 1983.

(b) One of these distances, to be known as the "x coordinate," shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y coordinate," shall give the position in a north-and-south direction.

(c) These coordinates shall be made to depend on and conform to the plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Oceanic Survey/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this subchapter.

(d) Any station described in this section may be used for establishing a survey connection to either the Texas Coordinate System of 1927 or the Texas Coordinate System of 1983.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.008
§ 3895.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 118.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 118 / Section 118.008
§ 118.008. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

A member of the advisory council may not receive compensation for service on the advisory council but is entitled to reimbursement of the travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the advisory council, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Government Code § 54.739 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.739
§ 54.739. ORDER OF ASSIGNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Cases may be assigned by local administrative rules, by a blanket written order, or on a case-by-case basis. Each district court and county court at law may use any of the methods to assign cases to the criminal law magistrate court.

(b) The local administrative rules, a blanket order of assignment, or a specific order of assignment may limit the powers of a criminal law magistrate court or a judge of that court.

(c) Unless limited as provided by Subsection (b), the criminal law magistrate court and a judge of that court may perform all acts and take all measures necessary and proper to exercise the jurisdiction granted in this subchapter in relation to a case assigned under this subchapter.

(d) A case assigned under this subchapter to the criminal law magistrate court from a district court, a county court at law, or a justice court remains on the docket of the assigning court and in the assigning court's jurisdiction.
Tex. Water Code § 53.029 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.029
§ 53.029. DIVISION OF OR ASSUMPTION OF AUTHORITY BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a district located in a county that:

(1) has a population of 1.3 million or more and in which a municipality with a population of more than one million is primarily located; or

(2) is adjacent to a county having the characteristics described by Subdivision (1).

(b) A district covered by this section may be divided into two new districts if it has no outstanding bonded debt and is not levying ad valorem taxes. The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030 to 53.041 of this code.

(c) The board of a district covered by this section may order an election to be held in the district to determine whether the district should assume the rights, authority, privileges, and functions of a road district under Article III, Section 52(b)(3), of the Texas Constitution. The election shall be ordered, conducted, and the results canvassed in the manner provided by the applicable provisions of this chapter and the Election Code. The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against: The assumption by the __________ Fresh Water Supply District of the rights, authority, privileges, and functions of a road district under Article III, Section 52(b)(3), of the Texas Constitution. If a majority of the persons voting in the election vote in favor of the proposition, the district shall assume the rights, authority, privileges, and functions of a road district operating under Article III, Section 52(b)(3), of the Texas Constitution, Chapter 257, Transportation Code, and other general laws of this state relating to road districts.

(d) A district operating as a road district may not issue bonds or otherwise lend its credit for road district purposes except on approval of not less than two-thirds of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose. The total amount of bonds, notes, and other obligations of the district issued or incurred under this subsection may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed valuation of real property in the district.

(e) A district that has adopted the rights, authority, privileges, and functions of a road district in the manner provided by Subsection (c) may, following approval of a construction contract by the district's governing body, reimburse expenditures as provided by Sections 257.003(a), (b), and (d), Transportation Code, without any additional approval or determination under Section 257.003, Transportation Code.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00081 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00081
§ 30.00081. APPLICATION; DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to the City of Irving.

(b) In this subchapter, "appellate courts" means the county criminal courts of Dallas County that have criminal appellate jurisdiction.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.860 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.860
§ 1131.860. OTHER PROVISIONS; COMMISSIONER APPROVAL REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A policy may contain any other provision relating to continuation of policy coverage during a work stoppage that the commissioner approves.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.051
§ 11002.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 11002.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.016 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.016
§ 401.016. AUDITED COMBINED OR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer or health maintenance organization described by Section 401.001(3) or (4) that is required to file an audited financial report under this subchapter may apply in writing to the commissioner for approval to file audited combined or consolidated financial statements instead of separate audited financial reports if the insurer or health maintenance organization:

(1) is part of a group of insurers or health maintenance organizations that uses a pooling arrangement or 100 percent reinsurance agreement that affects the solvency and integrity of the insurer's or health maintenance organization's reserves; and

(2) cedes all of the insurer's or health maintenance organization's direct and assumed business to the pool.

(b) An insurer or health maintenance organization must file an application under Subsection (a) not later than December 31 of the calendar year for which the audited combined or consolidated financial statements are to be filed.

(c) An insurer or health maintenance organization that receives approval from the commissioner under this section shall file a columnar combining or consolidating worksheet for the audited combined or consolidated financial statements that includes:

(1) the amounts shown on the audited combined or consolidated financial statements;

(2) the amounts for each insurer or health maintenance organization stated separately;

(3) the noninsurance operations shown on a combined or individual basis;

(4) explanations of consolidating and eliminating entries; and

(5) a reconciliation of any differences between the amounts shown in the individual insurer or health maintenance organization columns of the worksheet and comparable amounts shown on the insurer's or health maintenance organization's annual statements.

(d) An insurer or health maintenance organization that does not receive approval from the commissioner to file audited combined or consolidated financial statements for the insurer or health maintenance organization and any of the insurer's or health maintenance organization's subsidiaries or affiliates shall file a separate audited financial report.
Tex. Government Code § 2158.401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2158 / Section 2158.401
§ 2158.401. DEFINITION; APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter, "state agency" means a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) This subchapter applies in relation to a state agency contract or proposed contract for pharmacy benefit manager services without regard to whether the contract or proposed contract is otherwise subject to this subtitle.