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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 170A.0021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 170A / Section 170A.0021
§ 170A.0021. TREATMENT AFFECTING UNBORN CHILD; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician who treats a condition described by Subsection 170A.002(b)(2) shall do so in a manner that, in the exercise of reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for survival of an unborn child.

(b) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that, in a physician's reasonable medical judgment, the manner of treatment required by that subsection would create a greater risk of:

(1) the pregnant female's death; or

(2) substantial impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant female.

(c) This chapter does not require a physician to delay, alter, or withhold medical treatment provided to a pregnant female if doing so would create a greater risk of:

(1) the pregnant female's death; or

(2) substantial impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant female.

(d) Nothing in Subsection (c) authorizes the performance of an abortion that is prohibited by law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.107 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.107
§ 76.107. LICENSING BY MORE THAN ONE AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who wants to be licensed as a pesticide applicator under license use categories regulated by more than one regulatory agency may do so by paying a single license fee to the agency regulating the person's primary business and meeting licensing requirements for each category for which the person desires licensing.

(b) A person licensed under this section must pay testing fees required by each regulatory agency.
Tex. Local Government Code § 158.0351 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 158 / Section 158.0351
§ 158.0351. PROCEDURES AFTER FELONY INDICTMENT OR MISDEMEANOR COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more.

(b) If an employee is indicted for a felony or officially charged with the commission of a Class A or B misdemeanor, the sheriff may temporarily suspend the person with or without pay for a period not to exceed 30 days after the date of final disposition of the specified felony indictment or misdemeanor complaint.

(c) The sheriff shall notify the suspended employee in writing that the person is being temporarily suspended for a specific period with or without pay and that the temporary suspension is not intended to reflect an opinion on the merits of the indictment or complaint.

(d) An employee indicted for a felony or officially charged with the commission of a Class A or B misdemeanor who has also been charged by the sheriff with a civil service rule violation directly related to the indictment or complaint may delay the civil service hearing for not more than 30 days after the date of the final disposition of the indictment or complaint.

(e) If the sheriff temporarily suspends an employee under this section and the employee is not found guilty as charged in the indictment or complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, the employee may appeal to the commission for recovery of back pay. The commission may:

(1) award all or part of the back pay, even if the employee is a deputy sheriff whose appointment as a deputy was revoked under Section 85.003(c); or

(2) modify or uphold the decision by the sheriff.

(f) Acquittal or dismissal of an indictment or a complaint does not mean that an employee has not violated a civil service rule and does not negate the charges that may have been or may be brought against the employee by the sheriff.

(g) Conviction of a felony is cause for dismissal, and conviction of a Class A or B misdemeanor may be cause for disciplinary action or dismissal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8338.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8338 / Section 8338.002
§ 8338.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 432.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.061
§ 432.061. PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

The procedure, including modes of proof, in cases before military courts and other military tribunals may by regulations be prescribed by the governor. The regulations, so far as the governor considers practicable, must conform to the principles of law and the rules of evidence generally recognized in the trial of criminal cases in the courts of the state but may not be contrary to or inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.057
§ 3952.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1652.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1652 / Section 1652.152
§ 1652.152. OUTLINE OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) To provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of Medicare supplement benefit plans, a Medicare supplement benefit plan or certificate may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless an outline of coverage that complies with this section is delivered to the applicant when the applicant applies for the coverage.

(b) The commissioner by rule shall prescribe the format and content of the outline of coverage required by Subsection (a). The rules must address the style, arrangement, and overall appearance of the outline of coverage, including the size, color, and prominence of type and the arrangement of text and captions.
Tex. Family Code § 55.34 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.34
§ 55.34. TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.33(a)(1) or (2), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child to the designated facility.

(b) On receipt of a report from a facility to which a child has been transported under Subsection (a), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child from the facility to the court. If the child is not transported to the court before the 11th day after the date of the court's order, an authorized representative of the facility shall transport the child from the facility to the court.

(c) The county in which the juvenile court is located shall reimburse the facility for the costs incurred in transporting the child to the juvenile court as required by Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6601.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6601 / Section 6601.153
§ 6601.153. CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

The district may continue to levy a maintenance tax authorized by Chapter 9, Special Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 4th Called Session, 1930.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.004
§ 1069.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

Unless the district's boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D, the boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.105
§ 1039.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, the hospital system and ancillary health care system, and the district's staff and employees.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 302.013 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 302 / Section 302.013
§ 302.013. WINDING UP AND TERMINATION; CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A professional association may wind up and terminate the association's business as provided by:

(1) the association's certificate of formation; or

(2) if the certificate of formation does not provide for the winding up and termination of the association, a two-thirds vote of the association's members.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a certificate of termination filed in accordance with Chapter 11 must be executed by an officer of the professional association on behalf of the association.

(c) If a professional association does not have any living officer, the certificate of termination must be executed by the legal representative of the last surviving officer of the association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.209
§ 1099.209. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) All district money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1099.210(b), and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to:

(1) place a part of district money on time deposit; or

(2) purchase certificates of deposit.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.056
§ 281.056. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED; LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may sue and be sued. A health care liability claim, as defined by Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, may be brought against the district only in the county in which the district is established.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a district may employ or contract with private legal counsel to represent the district on any legal matter. If the district does not employ or contract with private legal counsel on a legal matter, the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the county in civil matters shall represent the district.

(b-1) The county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the county in civil matters shall, in all legal matters, represent a district located in:

(1) a county that borders the United Mexican States and in which a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more is located;

(2) a county with a population of 3.4 million or more; or

(3) a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003.

(c) A board that receives legal services from a county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney may employ additional private legal counsel when the board determines that additional counsel is advisable. A board that contracts or employs private legal counsel under Subsection (b) may request and receive additional legal services from the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the county in civil matters when the board determines that additional counsel is necessary.

(d) If the district receives legal services from a county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, the district shall contribute sufficient funds to the general fund of the county for the account of the budget of the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, to pay all additional salaries and expenses incurred by that officer in performing the duties required by the district.
Tex. Water Code § 60.034 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.034
§ 60.034. OIL, GAS, AND MINERAL LEASES.
Status: in_force

The commission may lease for oil, gas, and minerals rights-of-way, spoil grounds, spoil basins, or any other land owned by a navigation district if it does not interfere with use of or obstruct any natural or artificial waterway of the district used for navigation purposes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 984.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 984 / Section 984.203
§ 984.203. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The department may examine at any time the affairs and condition and any books or records of a Mexican casualty insurance company, at the company's expense, to determine the company's:

(1) financial condition and solvency; and

(2) compliance with the applicable laws of this state and of the company's home jurisdiction.
Tex. Family Code § 160.757 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.757
§ 160.757. INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The proceedings, records, and identities of the parties to a gestational agreement under this subchapter are subject to inspection under the same standards of confidentiality that apply to an adoption under the laws of this state.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.92 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.92
§ 23.92. VOLUNTARY RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a fee simple estate in property of at least five acres may limit the use of that part of the property which is airport property to public access airport property by filing with the county clerk of the county in which the property is located a written instrument executed in the form and manner of a deed.

(b) The instrument must describe the property and the restricted part of the property, name each owner of the property, and provide that the restricted property may only be used as public access airport property during the term of the deed restriction. The term of the deed restriction must be for at least 10 years, and the length of the term must be stated in the instrument.

(c) The county attorney of the county in which the restricted property is located or any person owning or having an interest in the restricted property may enforce a deed restriction that complies with the requirements of this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.420 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.420
§ 841.420. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall prescribe accounting and financial reporting requirements with regard to the limited purpose subsidiary life insurance company and any insurer as defined by Section 841.402 that organizes a limited purpose subsidiary life insurance company.
Tex. Government Code § 661.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.003
§ 661.003. CONTRIBUTION TO POOL.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee may contribute to the sick leave pool one or more days of the employee's accrued sick leave.

(b) The pool administrator shall credit the sick leave pool with the amount of time contributed by an employee and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the employee's earned sick leave as if the employee had used the time for personal purposes.

(c) A retiring employee may designate the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick leave hours to be used for retirement credit and the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick leave hours to be donated on retirement to the sick leave pool.
Tex. Water Code § 15.911 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.911
§ 15.911. FINDINGS REGARDING PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not release funds for the construction phase of that portion of a project that proposes surface water or groundwater development until the executive administrator makes a written finding:

(1) that the political subdivision or water supply corporation proposing surface water development has the necessary water right authorizing it to appropriate and use the water that the project will provide; or

(2) that the subdivision or corporation proposing groundwater development has the right to use water that the project will provide.

(b) If the political subdivision or water supply corporation includes a proposal for a wastewater treatment project, the board may not release funds for the project construction until the subdivision or corporation has received a permit for the construction and operation of the project and approval of the plans and specifications for the project in a manner that will satisfy commission requirements for design criteria and permit conditions that apply to construction activities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8420.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8420 / Section 8420.005
§ 8420.005. 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. Insurance Code § 841.256 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.256
§ 841.256. BUSINESS IN SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS OF DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANY.
Status: in_force

A domestic insurance company may not transact more than one of the kinds of insurance business described by Section 841.051(a) unless the company establishes separate departments to transact each kind of business.
Tex. Occupations Code § 951.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 951 / Section 951.052
§ 951.052. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for approval of a prepaid legal services program must show that:

(1) the program money held by the organization sponsoring the program is secure, as evidenced by a fidelity bond for the officers of the organization authorized to manage the money;

(2) the program complies with the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct;

(3) a client may obtain the services from any lawyer the client chooses; and

(4) each client is given, before entering into the program, full written information concerning:

(A) the services offered by the program;

(B) the total annual cost of the program to an individual client; and

(C) the required compliance of the program with this subsection.

(b) If the board of directors determines that an organization's application complies with this section, the board of directors shall approve the application. If the board of directors determines that the application does not substantially comply with this section, the board of directors shall disapprove the application and provide the organization with written notice of the reasons for the disapproval.

(c) The board of directors shall approve or disapprove an application not later than the 60th day after the date the application is filed.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9755 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9755
§ 61.9755. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, the board may solicit, receive, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.001
§ 62.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to counties that are located or border on the Gulf of Mexico and have within their boundaries beaches that are suitable for park purposes. The suitability of a beach for park purposes is established conclusively when the commissioners court of the county makes a finding that the beach located within its boundaries, but not located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, is suitable for park purposes.

(b) As long as an island or peninsula is not accessible by a public road or common carrier ferry facility, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to that island or peninsula.

(c) The provisions of this chapter do not interfere with, preempt, or in any manner restrict or usurp the authority of the land office over state-owned beaches.

(d) The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the creation of, or limit the lawful actions of, a beach park board of trustees of a home-rule city as provided in Chapter 306, Local Government Code.

(e) The provisions of this chapter do not permit any interference with the right the public has under the provisions of Subchapter B, Chapter 61, to the free and unrestricted use of, and to ingress and egress to, the area bordering on the Gulf of Mexico from mean low tide to the line of vegetation, as that term is defined in Section 61.001. A county, county official, or anyone acting under the authority of this chapter may not exercise any authority, contract out a right to exercise authority, or otherwise delegate authority beyond that specifically granted to it in Sections 61.122 through 61.128 over that area notwithstanding any of the specific provisions of this chapter. The rights established in Subchapters B and D, Chapter 61, are paramount over the rights or interests that might otherwise be created by the provisions of this chapter, and nothing in this chapter encroaches on those rights or upon land, or interests in land, that may ultimately be held subject to those rights.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.033
§ 771.033. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall meet in Austin and at other places fixed by the commission at the call of the presiding officer.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.2711 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.2711
§ 521.2711.
Status: in_force

Sec. 521.2711. LICENSE EXPIRATION: PERSON AT LEAST 85 YEARS OF AGE. (a) Each original driver's license of a person 85 years of age or older expires on the license holder's second birthday after the date of the license application.

(b) A driver's license of a person 85 years of age or older that is renewed expires on the second anniversary of the expiration date before renewal.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), an original or renewal driver's license issued to an applicant who is 85 years of age or older and not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the United States expires on:

(1) the earlier of:

(A) the second anniversary of the expiration date before renewal; or

(B) the expiration date of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States; or

(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance if there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's authorized stay in the United States.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8428.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8428 / Section 8428.051
§ 8428.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8428.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.256 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.256
§ 153.256. PARTNER'S PARTNERSHIP INTEREST SUBJECT TO CHARGING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of any other owner of a partnership interest, a court having jurisdiction may charge the partnership interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment.

(b) To the extent that the partnership interest is charged in the manner provided by Subsection (a), the judgment creditor has only the right to receive any distribution to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of the partnership interest.

(c) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's partnership interest. The charging order lien may not be foreclosed on under this code or any other law.

(d) The entry of a charging order is the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or of any other owner of a partnership interest may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's partnership interest.

(e) This section does not deprive a partner or other owner of a partnership interest of a right under exemption laws with respect to the judgment debtor's partnership interest.

(f) A creditor of a partner or of any other owner of a partnership interest does not have the right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the limited partnership.
Tex. Election Code § 203.011 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 203 / Section 203.011
§ 203.011. PARTY ALIGNMENT ON BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The party alignment of each candidate shall be printed on the official ballot next to the candidate's name.