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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.206
§ 3916.206. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or

(4) a person who provides to the public cable television or advanced telecommunications services.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.041
§ 502.041. INITIAL REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 502.040, the owner of a vehicle may concurrently apply for a title and for registration through the county assessor-collector of the county in which:

(1) the owner resides;

(2) the vehicle is purchased or encumbered; or

(3) the county assessor-collector is willing to accept the application.

(b) The first time an owner applies for registration of a vehicle, the owner may demonstrate compliance with Section 502.046(a) as to the vehicle by showing proof of financial responsibility in any manner specified in Section 502.046(c) as to:

(1) any vehicle of the owner; or

(2) any vehicle used as part of the consideration for the purchase of the vehicle the owner applies to register.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1154.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1154 / Section 1154.003
§ 1154.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Annuity contract" means a contract, including a funding agreement, guaranteed investment contract, and synthetic guaranteed investment contract, issued by a life insurer, with or without a mortality or morbidity contingency, under which:

(A) the owner deposits cash or assets in one or more installments with the life insurer; and

(B) the owner or a beneficiary designated by the owner has a right to receive periodic payments for a specified future term.

(2) "Funding agreement" means a type of annuity contract under which a life insurer:

(A) accepts and accumulates funds, including noncash assets; and

(B) makes one or more payments at a future date in amounts that are not based on mortality or morbidity contingencies.

(3) "Governmental body" means a federal, state, municipal, local, or foreign court, tribunal, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, or quasi-regulatory body.

(4) "Group" means a group to which a group life insurance policy may be issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 1131.

(5) "Group annuity contract" means an annuity contract issued to a group and not an individual.

(6) "Guaranteed investment contract" means a type of annuity contract issued by a life insurer:

(A) that is a funding vehicle typically issued to a retirement plan; and

(B) under which the life insurer accepts a deposit or series of deposits from the purchaser and guarantees to pay a specified interest rate of return on the funds deposited during a specified period.

(7) "Life insurer" means an insurance company authorized to engage in the business of life insurance, including issuing annuity contracts, in this state.

(8) "Synthetic guaranteed investment contract" means a group annuity contract or other agreement issued by a life insurer that, wholly or partly, establishes the life insurer's obligations by reference to a segregated portfolio of assets that the life insurer does not own.
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.354 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.354
§ 443.354. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS DURING AND AFTER TERMINATION OF RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) When it appears to the receiver that the records of the insurer in receivership are no longer useful, the receiver may recommend to the receivership court and the receivership court shall direct what records should be destroyed.

(b) If the receiver determines that any records should be maintained after the closing of the delinquency proceeding, the receiver may reserve property from the receivership estate for the maintenance of the records, and any amounts so retained are administrative expenses of the estate under Section 443.301(a). Any records retained pursuant to this subsection must be transferred to the custody of the commissioner, and the commissioner may retain or dispose of the records as appropriate, at the commissioner's discretion. Any records of a delinquent insurer that are transferred to the commissioner may not be considered records of the department for any purposes, and Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to those records.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1203.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.052
§ 1203.052. COORDINATION OF BENEFITS BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INSURERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies if:

(1) an insured is covered by at least two different insurance policies; and

(2) each policy provides the insured dental benefits.

(b) The primary insurer, as determined under a coordination of benefits provision applicable to the policies, is responsible for dental expenses covered under the insurance policy issued by the primary insurer up to the full amount of any policy limit applicable to the covered dental expenses.

(c) Before the policy limit described by Subsection (b) is reached, the secondary insurer, as determined under a coordination of benefits provision applicable to the policies, is responsible only for dental expenses covered under the insurance policy issued by the secondary insurer that are not covered under the policy issued by the primary insurer.

(d) After the policy limit described by Subsection (b) has been reached, the secondary insurer, in addition to the responsibility described by Subsection (c), is responsible for any dental expenses covered by both policies that exceed the policy limit described by Subsection (b), not to exceed the policy limit of the secondary policy.
Tex. Family Code § 162.012 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.012
§ 162.012. DIRECT OR COLLATERAL ATTACK.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the date the order was signed.

(b) The validity of a final adoption order is not subject to attack because a health, social, educational, and genetic history was not filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9041.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9041 / Section 9041.002
§ 9041.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.058 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 622 / Section 622.058
§ 622.058. CERTAIN RECREATIONAL EVENTS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a drawing for the opportunity to participate in a hunting, fishing, or other recreational event conducted by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.458 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.458
§ 1201.458.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1201.458. HABITABILITY: EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL OR NONPROFIT ENTITIES. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter and on a written application by the purchaser or transferee, the director may give express written authorization to a licensed retailer to sell or exchange a used manufactured home that is not or may not be habitable to or with a governmental housing agency or authority or to a nonprofit organization that provides housing for the homeless.

(b) As a part of the application, the purchaser or transferee must certify to the receipt of a written notice that the home is not or may not be habitable. The consumer protection division of the attorney general's office shall prepare the form of the notice, which must be approved by the director.

(c) The purchaser or transferee may not occupy or allow occupation of the home as a dwelling until the completion of any repair necessary to make the home habitable.
Tex. Water Code § 27.024 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.024
§ 27.024. SHARING OF GEOLOGIC, HYDROLOGIC, AND WATER QUALITY DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) After a person developing an application for an area permit for an area located in a groundwater conservation district has identified a permit boundary, the person shall provide to that district:

(1) information regarding wells encountered by that person during the development of the area permit application that are not recorded in the public record;

(2) a map showing the locations of wells that are located within one-quarter mile of the location for the proposed permit and that are recorded in the public record;

(3) premining water quality information collected from wells described by Section 27.023(a);

(4) on a monthly basis, the amount of water produced from the wells described by Section 27.023(a); and

(5) a record of strata as described by Section 27.053, except confidential information described by Section 131.048, Natural Resources Code.

(b) A person may take not more than 90 days after the person receives the final information described by Subsection (a) to perform standard quality control and quality assurance procedures before the person submits the information to the groundwater conservation district.
Tex. Education Code § 37.103 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.103
§ 37.103. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district may authorize any officer commissioned by the board to enforce rules adopted by the board. This subchapter is not intended to restrict the authority of each district to adopt and enforce appropriate rules for the orderly conduct of the district in carrying out its purposes and objectives or the right of separate jurisdiction relating to the conduct of its students and personnel.
Tex. Local Government Code § 157.901 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 157 / Section 157.901
§ 157.901. LEGAL DEFENSE OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: repealed

(a) A county official or employee sued by any entity, other than the county with which the official or employee serves, for an action arising from the performance of public duty is entitled to be represented by the district attorney of the district in which the county is located, the county attorney, or both.

(b) If additional counsel is necessary or proper in the case of an official or employee provided legal counsel under Subsection (a) or if it reasonably appears that the act complained of may form the basis for the filing of a criminal charge against the official or employee, the official or employee is entitled to have the commissioners court of the county employ and pay private counsel.

(c) A county official or employee is not required to accept the legal counsel provided in this section.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 509, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 1989.
Tex. Estates Code § 1023.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.007
§ 1023.007. TRANSFER EFFECTIVE.
Status: in_force

The order transferring a guardianship does not take effect until the clerk of the court to which the proceeding is transferred accepts and dockets the case record under Section 1023.006.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8471.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8471 / Section 8471.101
§ 8471.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 487.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.202
§ 487.202. PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish and administer a program under this subchapter to increase the number of physicians providing primary care in medically underserved communities.

(b) A medically underserved community may sponsor a physician who has completed a primary care residency program and has agreed to provide primary care in the community by contributing start-up money for the physician and having that contribution matched wholly or partly by state money appropriated to the department for that purpose.

(c) A participating medically underserved community may provide start-up money to an eligible physician over a two-year period.

(d) The department may not pay more than $25,000 to a community in a fiscal year unless the office makes a specific finding of need by the community.

(e) The office shall establish priorities so that the neediest communities eligible for assistance under this subchapter are assured the receipt of a grant.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.160 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.160
§ 1104.160. ALTERNATE OR OTHER COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall appoint the next eligible designated alternate guardian named in a declaration if the designated guardian does not qualify, is deceased, refuses to serve, resigns, or dies after being appointed guardian, or is otherwise unavailable to serve as guardian.

(b) The court shall appoint another person to serve as guardian as otherwise provided by this title if the designated guardian and all designated alternate guardians named in the declaration:

(1) do not qualify;

(2) are deceased;

(3) refuse to serve; or

(4) later die or resign.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8805.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8805 / Section 8805.103
§ 8805.103. CONTROL, STORAGE, AND PRESERVATION OF STORM AND FLOOD WATER.
Status: in_force

The district may control, store, and preserve storm water and floodwater in the district and water of rivers and streams in the district for:

(1) irrigation of arid land;

(2) prevention of floods and flood damage in the district; and

(3) domestic, agricultural, and industrial use.
Tex. Property Code § 27.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 27 / Section 27.001
§ 27.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Action" means a court or judicial proceeding or an arbitration.

(2) "Appurtenance" means any garage, outbuilding, retaining wall, or other structure or recreational facility that is constructed by a contractor in connection with the construction or alteration of a residence, regardless of whether it is attached to or a part of the dwelling unit.

(3) "Construction defect" means a deficiency in the design, construction, or repair of a new residence, of an alteration of or repair or addition to an existing residence, or of an appurtenance to a residence, on which a person has a complaint against a contractor.

(4) "Contractor":

(A) means:

(i) a builder contracting with an owner for the construction or repair of a new residence, for the repair or alteration of or an addition to an existing residence, or for the construction, sale, alteration, addition, or repair of an appurtenance to a new or existing residence;

(ii) any person contracting for the sale or construction of a new residence constructed by or on behalf of that person; or

(iii) a person contracting with an owner or the developer of a condominium or other housing project for the construction or sale of one or more new residences, for an alteration of or an addition to an existing residence, for repair of a new or existing residence, or for the construction, sale, alteration, addition, or repair of an appurtenance to a new or existing residence; and

(B) includes:

(i) an owner, officer, director, shareholder, partner, or employee of the contractor; and

(ii) a risk retention group registered under Chapter 2201, Insurance Code, that insures all or any part of a contractor's liability for the cost to repair a residential construction defect.

(5) "Economic damages" means compensatory damages for pecuniary loss proximately caused by a construction defect. The term does not include exemplary damages or damages for bodily or personal injury, physical pain and mental anguish, loss of consortium, disfigurement, physical impairment, or loss of companionship and society.

(6) "Residence" means the real property and improvements for a detached one-family or two-family dwelling, a townhouse not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress, an accessory structure not more than three stories above grade plane in height, or a duplex, triplex, or quadruplex or a unit and the common elements in a multiunit residential structure in which the individual units are sold to the owners under a condominium or cooperative system.

(7) "Structural failure" means actual physical damage to the load-bearing portion of a residence caused by a failure of the load-bearing portion.

(8) "Developer of a condominium" means a declarant, as defined by Section 82.003, of a condominium consisting of one or more residences.

(9) "Townhouse" means a single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of three or more attached units in which each unit extends from foundation to roof and with a yard or public way on not less than two sides.
Tex. Family Code § 161.2081 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.2081
§ 161.2081. NOTICE OF TERMINATION FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.
Status: in_force

Immediately after a court renders an order terminating the parent-child relationship in a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services, the department shall notify each individual described by Section 102.006(c) who has been identified under Section 262.1095 that:

(1) the parent-child relationship has been terminated; and

(2) the individual has 90 days after the date the order is rendered to file an original suit or a suit for modification requesting managing conservatorship of the child in accordance with Section 102.006(c).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1111.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.102
§ 1111.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision in Walker County, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8187.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8187 / Section 8187.004
§ 8187.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 756, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(3) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Occupations Code § 107.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 107 / Section 107.152
§ 107.152. AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not affect the authority of the board to revoke or suspend the license of a physician who:

(1) prescribes, administers, or dispenses a drug or treatment:

(A) for a purpose that is not a legitimate medical purpose as defined by the board; and

(B) that is nontherapeutic in nature or nontherapeutic in the manner the drug or treatment is administered or prescribed;

(2) fails to keep a complete and accurate record of the purchase and disposal of:

(A) a drug listed in Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or

(B) a controlled substance scheduled in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.);

(3) writes a false or fictitious prescription for:

(A) a dangerous drug as defined by Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;

(B) a controlled substance listed in a schedule under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or

(C) a controlled substance scheduled in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.); or

(4) prescribes, administers, or dispenses in a manner inconsistent with public health and welfare:

(A) a dangerous drug as defined by Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;

(B) a controlled substance listed in a schedule under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or

(C) a controlled substance scheduled in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.).

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the physician's records must include a record of:

(1) the date of purchase;

(2) the sale or disposal of the drug or substance by the physician;

(3) the name and address of the person receiving the drug or substance; and

(4) the reason for the disposal or dispensing of the drug or substance to the person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.259 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.259
§ 842.259. USE OF INDEMNITY PLAN AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

A group hospital service corporation may provide benefits for medical care, surgical care, or both medical and surgical care on the basis of indemnity payments for incurred expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8219.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8219 / Section 8219.101
§ 8219.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8125.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8125 / Section 8125.001
§ 8125.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means The Lakes Fresh Water Supply District of Denton County.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.215 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.215
§ 424.215. LIMITATION ON SALE OF CALL OPTION ON DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENT.
Status: in_force

If an income generation transaction is a sale of a call option on a derivative instrument, including a swaption, the insurer must:

(1) during the entire period the call option is outstanding, hold, or have a currently exercisable right to acquire, assets generating the cash flow necessary to make any payment for which the insurer is liable under the underlying derivative instrument; and

(2) have the ability to enter into the underlying derivative transaction for the insurer's portfolio.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8804.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8804 / Section 8804.054
§ 8804.054. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The district shall hold an election in the district to elect directors on the uniform election date in May of each odd-numbered year.