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Tex. Transportation Code § 546.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 546 / Section 546.006
§ 546.006. DESIGNATED EMERGENCY VEHICLE DURING DECLARED DISASTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) From recommendations made under Section 418.013(c), Government Code, the department shall designate which vehicles may be operated by which designated organizations as emergency vehicles during declared disasters.

(b) A vehicle designated under Subsection (a) may be operated by a designated organization as if the vehicle were an authorized emergency vehicle under this subtitle if:

(1) the governor declares a state of disaster under Section 418.014, Government Code;

(2) the department requests assistance from the designated organization; and

(3) the vehicle is operated by the designated organization or a member of the designated organization in response to the state of disaster.

(c) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.051
§ 3911.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring May 31 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Government Code § 552.231 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.231
§ 552.231. RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT REQUIRE PROGRAMMING OR MANIPULATION OF DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental body shall provide to a requestor the written statement described by Subsection (b) if the governmental body determines:

(1) that responding to a request for public information will require programming or manipulation of data; and

(2) that:

(A) compliance with the request is not feasible or will result in substantial interference with its ongoing operations; or

(B) the information could be made available in the requested form only at a cost that covers the programming and manipulation of data.

(b) The written statement must include:

(1) a statement that the information is not available in the requested form;

(2) a description of the form in which the information is available;

(3) a description of any contract or services that would be required to provide the information in the requested form;

(4) a statement of the estimated cost of providing the information in the requested form, as determined in accordance with the rules established by the attorney general under Section 552.262; and

(5) a statement of the anticipated time required to provide the information in the requested form.

(c) The governmental body shall provide the written statement to the requestor within 20 days after the date of the governmental body's receipt of the request. The governmental body has an additional 10 days to provide the statement if the governmental body gives written notice to the requestor, within 20 days after the date of receipt of the request, that the additional time is needed.

(d) On providing the written statement to the requestor as required by this section, the governmental body does not have any further obligation to provide the information in the requested form or in the form in which it is available unless within 30 days the requestor states in writing to the governmental body that the requestor:

(1) wants the governmental body to provide the information in the requested form according to the cost and time parameters set out in the statement or according to other terms to which the requestor and the governmental body agree; or

(2) wants the information in the form in which it is available.

(d-1) If a requestor does not make a timely written statement under Subsection (d), the requestor is considered to have withdrawn the request for information.

(e) The officer for public information of a governmental body shall establish policies that assure the expeditious and accurate processing of requests for information that require programming or manipulation of data. A governmental body shall maintain a file containing all written statements issued under this section in a readily accessible location.
Tex. Transportation Code § 372.106 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 372 / Section 372.106
§ 372.106. HABITUAL VIOLATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, a habitual violator is a registered owner of a vehicle who a toll project entity determines:

(1) was issued at least two written notices of nonpayment that contained:

(A) in the aggregate, 100 or more events of nonpayment within a period of one year, not including events of nonpayment for which:

(i) the registered owner has provided to the toll project entity information establishing that the vehicle was subject to a lease at the time of the nonpayment, as provided by applicable toll project entity law; or

(ii) a defense of theft at the time of the nonpayment has been established as provided by applicable toll project entity law; and

(B) a warning that the failure to pay the amounts specified in the notices may result in the toll project entity's exercise of habitual violator remedies; and

(2) has not paid in full the total amount due for tolls and administrative fees under those notices.

(b) If the toll project entity makes a determination under Subsection (a), the toll project entity shall give written notice to the person at:

(1) the person's address as shown in the vehicle registration records of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or the analogous agency of another state or country; or

(2) an alternate address provided by the person or derived through other reliable means.

(c) The notice must:

(1) be sent by first class mail and is presumed received on the fifth day after the date the notice is mailed; and

(2) state:

(A) the total number of events of nonpayment and the total amount due for tolls and administrative fees;

(B) the date of the determination under Subsection (a);

(C) the right of the person to request a hearing on the determination; and

(D) the procedure for requesting a hearing, including the period during which the request must be made.

(d) If not later than the 30th day after the date on which the person is presumed to have received the notice the toll project entity receives a written request for a hearing, a hearing shall be held as provided by Section 372.107.

(e) If the person does not request a hearing within the period provided by Subsection (d), the toll project entity's determination becomes final and not subject to appeal on the expiration of that period.
Tex. Insurance Code § 562.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 562 / Section 562.202
§ 562.202. VENUE FOR INJUNCTIVE ACTION.
Status: in_force

An action for an injunction under this subchapter may be commenced in a district court in:

(1) the county in which the person against whom the action is brought:

(A) resides;

(B) has the person's principal place of business; or

(C) is engaging in business;

(2) the county in which the transaction or a substantial portion of the transaction occurred; or

(3) Travis County.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.001
§ 23.001. DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation created under this chapter or under a special statute outside this code, to the extent not inconsistent with a special statute regarding a particular corporation, is governed by:

(1) Title 1 and Chapter 21, if the corporation is organized for profit; and

(2) Title 1 and Chapter 22, if the corporation is organized not for profit.

(b) If a special statute does not contain any provision regarding a matter provided for in Title 1 or Chapter 21 or 22, or if the special statute specifically provides that the general laws for corporations supplement the statute, to the extent consistent with the special statute:

(1) Title 1 and Chapter 21 apply to a corporation organized for profit; and

(2) Title 1 and Chapter 22 apply to a corporation organized not for profit.
Tex. Education Code § 21.102 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.102
§ 21.102. PROBATIONARY CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 21.202(b), a person who is employed as a teacher by a school district for the first time, or who has not been employed by the district for two consecutive school years subsequent to August 28, 1967, shall be employed under a probationary contract. A person who previously was employed as a teacher by a district and, after at least a two-year lapse in district employment returns to district employment, may be employed under a probationary contract.

(a-1) A person who voluntarily accepts an assignment in a new professional capacity that requires a different class of certificate under Subchapter B than the class of certificate held by the person in the professional capacity in which the person was previously employed may be employed under a probationary contract. This subsection does not apply to a person who is returned by a school district to a professional capacity in which the person was employed by the district before the district employed the person in the new professional capacity as described by this subsection. A person described by this subsection who is returned to a previous professional capacity is entitled to be employed in the original professional capacity under the same contractual status as the status held by the person during the previous employment by the district in that capacity.

(b) A probationary contract may not be for a term exceeding one school year. The probationary contract may be renewed for two additional one-year periods, for a maximum permissible probationary contract period of three school years, except that the probationary period may not exceed one year for a person who has been employed as a teacher in public education for at least five of the eight years preceding employment by the district.

(c) An employment contract may not extend the probationary contract period beyond the end of the third consecutive school year of the teacher's employment by the school district unless, during the third year of a teacher's probationary contract, the board of trustees determines that it is doubtful whether the teacher should be given a continuing contract or a term contract. If the board makes that determination, the district may make a probationary contract with the teacher for a term ending with the fourth consecutive school year of the teacher's employment with the district, at which time the district shall:

(1) terminate the employment of the teacher; or

(2) employ the teacher under a continuing contract or a term contract as provided by Subchapter D or E, according to district policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8832.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8832 / Section 8832.055
§ 8832.055. COMPOSITION OF BOARD AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWING ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Territory may be added to the district as provided by Chapter 36, Water Code.

(b) If the district annexes territory, the board may:

(1) add the annexed territory to one or more existing single-member districts for purposes of electing directors;

(2) redraw the five single-member districts to include the annexed territory; or

(3) add additional single-member districts for the election of additional directors.

(c) The district may not contain more than 11 single-member districts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.0495 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.0495
§ 431.0495. RECALL ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In conjunction with the issuance of an emergency order under Section 431.045 or the detention or embargo of an article under Section 431.048, the commissioner may order a food, drug, device, cosmetic, or consumer commodity to be recalled from commerce.

(b) The commissioner's recall order may require the articles to be removed to one or more secure areas approved by the department.

(c) The recall order must be in writing and signed by the commissioner.

(d) The recall order may be issued before or in conjunction with the affixing of the tag or other appropriate marking as provided by Section 431.048(a) or in conjunction with the commissioner's issuance of an emergency order under Section 431.045.

(e) The recall order is effective until the order:

(1) expires on its own terms;

(2) is withdrawn by the commissioner;

(3) is reversed by a court in an order denying condemnation under Section 431.050; or

(4) is set aside at the hearing provided to affirm, modify, or set aside an emergency order under Section 431.045.

(f) The claimant of the articles or the claimant's agent shall pay the costs of the removal and storage of the articles removed.

(g) If the claimant or the claimant's agent fails or refuses to carry out the recall order in a timely manner, the commissioner may provide for the recall of the articles. The costs of the recall shall be assessed against the claimant of the articles or the claimant's agent.

(h) The commissioner may request the attorney general to bring an action in the district court of Travis County to recover the costs of the recall. In a judgment in favor of the state, the court may award costs, attorney fees, court costs, and interest from the time the expense was incurred through the date the department is reimbursed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.006
§ 462.006. NET DIRECT WRITTEN PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and subject to Subsection (c), in this chapter, "net direct written premiums" means direct premiums written in this state on insurance policies to which this chapter applies, less return premiums on those policies and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on that direct business.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), for assessing the workers' compensation line of business, the term "net direct written premiums" includes the modified annual premium before the application of a deductible premium credit, less return premiums on those policies and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on that direct business.

(c) The term "net direct written premiums" does not include premiums on contracts between insurers or reinsurers.
Tex. Water Code § 56.204 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.204
§ 56.204.
Status: in_force

Sec. 56.204. BONDS: REQUISITES. (a) Bonds shall be issued in the name of the district, signed by the board president, and attested by the board secretary, and each bond shall have the seal of the district affixed to it.

(b) The bonds shall be issued in denominations and shall bear interest as authorized by the board.

(c) The terms of the bonds shall include the time, places, manner, and conditions of payment and the rate of interest determined and ordered by the board.

(d) The bonds shall be paid not later than 40 years from the date they are issued.
Tex. Local Government Code § 105.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 105 / Section 105.002
§ 105.002. FUNDS AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to the funds, including school funds, of any municipality or any department or agency of the municipality.
Tex. Family Code § 107.026 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.026
§ 107.026. AMICUS ATTORNEY STANDARD OF CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this title, an amicus attorney is subject to the professional standards of care and ethical standards necessary to remain in good standing with the State Bar of Texas.

(b) A court may impose requirements or adopt local rules applicable to an amicus attorney that do not conflict with this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 153.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 153 / Section 153.002
§ 153.002. SUBPOENAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may issue a subpoena as provided by this section.

(b) The commission may request and, if necessary, compel by subpoena:

(1) the production for inspection and copying of records, documents, and other evidence relevant to the investigation of an alleged violation of this subtitle, a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the commission, a rule adopted under this subtitle, or an order issued by the commission or director; and

(2) the attendance of a witness for examination under oath.

(c) A subpoena under this section may be issued throughout this state and may be served by any person designated by the commission or the director.

(d) The commission, acting through the attorney general, may bring an action to enforce a subpoena issued under this section against a person who fails to comply with the subpoena.

(e) Venue for an action brought under this section is in a district court in:

(1) Travis County; or

(2) any county in which the commission may hold a hearing.

(f) The court shall order compliance with the subpoena if the court finds that good cause exists to issue the subpoena.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.208 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.208
§ 2602.208. USE OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Money from assessments is considered to supplement the marshalling of an impaired title insurance company's assets to make payments of covered claims on the impaired title insurance company's behalf and to pay administrative expenses related to payment of covered claims. The association may assess title insurance companies or use money from assessments to pay covered claims before the receiver exhausts the impaired title insurance company's assets.

(b) The association may use money from assessments to negotiate and consummate contracts of reinsurance or assumption of liabilities or contracts of substitution to provide for outstanding liabilities of covered claims.

(c) Except as provided by Section 2602.109, money from assessments may not be used for the guaranty fee account.
Tex. Government Code § 661.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.205
§ 661.205. RESTORATION OF SICK LEAVE ON REEMPLOYMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee who separates from employment with the state under a formal reduction in force is entitled to have the employee's sick leave balance restored if the employee is reemployed by the state within 12 months after the end of the month in which the employee separates from state employment.

(b) An employee who separates from employment with the state for a reason other than that described by Subsection (a) is entitled to have the employee's sick leave balance restored if:

(1) the employee is reemployed by the same state agency or institution of higher education within 12 months after the end of the month in which the employee separates from state employment, but only if there has been a break in employment with the state of at least 30 calendar days; or

(2) the employee is reemployed by a different state agency or institution of higher education within 12 months after the end of the month in which the employee separates from state employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.065 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.065
§ 1058.065. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the board's acts. The board secretary shall keep the seal.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 63.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 63 / Section 63.006
§ 63.006. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR CERTAIN COSTS INCURRED BY EMPLOYERS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer who is required by state or federal law to deduct from the current wages of an employee an amount garnished under a withholding order may deduct monthly an administrative fee as provided by Subsection (b) from the employee's disposable earnings in addition to the amount required to be withheld under the withholding order. This section does not apply to income withholding under Chapter 158, Family Code.

(b) The administrative fee deducted under Subsection (a) may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) the actual administrative cost incurred by the employer in complying with the withholding order; or

(2) $10.

(c) For the purposes of this section, "withholding order" means:

(1) a withholding order issued under Section 488A, Part F, Subchapter IV, Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 1095a); and

(2) any analogous order issued under a state or federal law that:

(A) requires the garnishment of an employee's current wages; and

(B) does not contain an express provision authorizing or prohibiting the payment of the administrative costs incurred by the employer in complying with the garnishment by the affected employee.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.129 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.129
§ 2054.129. ADVERTISING ONLINE OPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Each state agency shall advertise the options for completing transactions with that agency online.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.652 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.652
§ 2054.652. INTERAGENCY GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "user-centered design" means a design approach focused on optimizing the user experience by improving Internet website navigation, accessibility, and responsiveness.

(b) The department shall provide guidance and technical assistance for use by state agencies in standardizing agency modernization planning efforts required by Section 2054.651.

(c) The department shall develop and disseminate best practices for user-centered design, digital accessibility, and service integration, including web page templates and web design guidelines that provide a consistent look for state agency Internet websites and simplify user navigation.

(d) The department may establish a working group of state agency technology officers to facilitate information sharing and support consistency across agencies.
Tex. Insurance Code § 825.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 825 / Section 825.051
§ 825.051. CONTENTS OF STOCK ACQUISITION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A stock acquisition plan must:

(1) be adopted by a vote of a majority of the directors of the corporation at a directors' meeting called for that purpose;

(2) be approved by a vote of shareholders representing a majority of the capital stock at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose;

(3) enable each shareholder to dispose of the same proportion of the shareholder's holdings at the same price per share and on the same terms as any other shareholder;

(4) be approved by a vote of the majority of the policyholders eligible under Section 825.054 to participate at a meeting of the policyholders called for that purpose; and

(5) be submitted to the commissioner and approved by the commissioner in writing.

(b) If the purchase price for the company's acquisition of shares of its capital stock is not set by the stock acquisition plan, each payment for those shares is subject to the commissioner's approval.
Tex. Government Code § 51.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.007
§ 51.007. VACANCY DURING VACATION.
Status: in_force

If the office of clerk becomes vacant during vacation, the chief justice and one justice shall appoint an individual to serve as clerk until a regular appointment is made. The individual appointed must give the bond and oath prescribed for the regular clerk. The bond must be approved by a justice of the court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.005
§ 252.005. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A facility may not prohibit a resident or employee from communicating in the person's native language with another resident or employee for the purpose of acquiring or providing care, training, or treatment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0101
§ 8053.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Caldwell County Municipal Utility District No. 2.