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Tex. Occupations Code § 164.0025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 164 / Section 164.0025
§ 164.0025. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN COMPLAINT DISPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may delegate to a committee of board employees the authority to dismiss or enter into an agreed settlement of a complaint that does not relate directly to patient care or that involves only administrative violations. The disposition determined by the committee must be approved by the board at a public meeting.

(b) A complaint delegated under this section shall be referred for informal proceedings under Section 164.003 if:

(1) the committee of employees determines that the complaint should not be dismissed or settled;

(2) the committee is unable to reach an agreed settlement; or

(3) the affected physician requests that the complaint be referred for informal proceedings.
Tex. Water Code § 17.035 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.035
§ 17.035. SUBCHAPTER CUMULATIVE OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter is cumulative of other laws on the subject, and the board may use provisions of other applicable laws in the issuance of its bonds and other obligations, but this subchapter is wholly sufficient authority for the issuance of bonds and the performance of all other acts and procedures authorized by this subchapter.

(b) In addition to other authority granted by this subchapter, the board may exercise the authority granted to the governing body of an issuer with regard to issuance of obligations under Chapter 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.0013 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.0013
§ 1603.0013. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a person who:

(1) does not represent or advertise to the public directly or indirectly that the person is authorized by the department to practice barbering or cosmetology and the person is:

(A) licensed in this state to practice medicine, dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, or nursing and operating within the scope of the person's license;

(B) a commissioned or authorized medical or surgical officer of the United States armed forces; or

(C) an inmate in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who performs barbering or cosmetology during the person's incarceration;

(2) provides a service in an emergency;

(3) is in the business of or receives compensation for makeup applications only;

(4) provides a cosmetic service as a volunteer or an employee performing regular duties at a licensed nursing or convalescent custodial or personal care home to a patient residing in the home;

(5) owns, operates, or manages a licensed nursing or convalescent custodial or personal care home that allows a person with an operator license to perform cosmetic services for patients residing in the home on an occasional but not daily basis;

(6) provides an incidental cosmetic service, or owns, operates, or manages the location where that service is provided, if the primary purpose of the service is to enable or assist the recipient of the service to participate as the subject of:

(A) a photographic sitting at a permanent establishment that charges a fee exclusively for a photographic sitting;

(B) a television appearance; or

(C) the filming of a motion picture; or

(7) performs only natural hair braiding, including braiding a person's hair, trimming hair extensions only as applicable to the braiding process, and attaching commercial hair by braiding and without the use of chemicals or adhesives.
Tex. Education Code § 11.165 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.165
§ 11.165. ACCESS TO SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of an independent school district may adopt rules to keep school campuses, including school libraries, open for recreational activities, latchkey programs, and tutoring after school hours.
Tex. Government Code § 44.320 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 44 / Section 44.320
§ 44.320. TARRANT COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The criminal district attorney of Tarrant County shall attend each term and session of the criminal district courts of Tarrant County and each term and session of the County Court of Tarrant County held for the transaction of criminal business and shall represent the state in all matters before those courts. He shall represent Tarrant County in any court in which the county has pending business.

(b) The criminal district attorney has all the powers, duties, and privileges in Tarrant County that are conferred by law on county and district attorneys in the various counties and districts, except in a condemnation case in which the commissioners court hires special counsel to represent the county as provided by Subsection (d).

(c) The criminal district attorney shall collect the fees of office that are provided by law for similar services rendered by a district or county attorney.

(d) The Commissioners Court of Tarrant County may employ special counsel of its own choice, learned in the law, to represent the county in condemnation or eminent domain proceedings, to assist the commissioners court, the county engineer, or other county employees in preparing documents necessary in the acquisition of rights-of-way for the county or in the event that the county is required to obtain rights-of-way for state highways, or to assist the county in the acquisition of those rights-of-way. The commissioners court shall set the terms of the employment of special counsel as it considers proper. The commissioners court shall pay the compensation of the special counsel from the road and bridge fund of the county.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 101.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 101 / Section 101.003
§ 101.003. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person may not handle perishable commodities, as owner, agent, or otherwise, without a license or an identification card issued by the department.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a retailer, unless the retailer:

(A) has annual sales of perishable commodities that comprise 50 percent or more of the retailer's total sales; or

(B) employs a buying agent who buys directly from a producer;

(2) a producer who handles or deals exclusively in the producer's own products;

(3) a person shipping less than six standard boxes of citrus fruit in any one separate shipment;

(4) a person who ships a noncommercial shipment of perishable commodities; or

(5) a person who purchases perishable commodities and pays for the perishable commodities in United States currency before or at the time of delivery or taking possession.

(c) A person who purchases perishable commodities without a license, as owner, agent, or otherwise, does not violate this section if the person obtains a license not later than the 30th day after the date the person first purchases perishable commodities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1035.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1035 / Section 1035.105
§ 1035.105. PROVISION OF CERTAIN HEALTH SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may provide:

(1) emergency medical services;

(2) home health care services;

(3) long-term health care services;

(4) assisted living services; or

(5) any other appropriate health care services the board determines are necessary to meet the district's needs.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.111 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.111
§ 155.111. DISTRIBUTOR'S REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A distributor shall file with the comptroller on or before the 25th day of each month a report for the preceding month.

(b) The report must show:

(1) the date the report was made;

(2) the distributor's name and address;

(3) the month the report covers;

(4) the amount of tobacco products purchased, received, and acquired;

(5) the manufacturer's list price of tobacco products purchased, received, and acquired;

(6) the amount of tobacco products sold, distributed, used, lost, or otherwise disposed of;

(7) the amount of tobacco products on hand at the beginning and the end of the month; and

(8) any other information the comptroller requires relating to tobacco products and to the payment of taxes due on them.

(b-1) In addition to the information required under Subsection (b), the report must show the net weight as listed by the manufacturer for each unit of tobacco products other than cigars that is purchased, received, or acquired.

(c) The comptroller shall prescribe the form and content of the report.

(d) If more than 50 percent of all untaxed tobacco products received by the distributor in this state are actually sold outside of this state, the distributor shall include in the report only tobacco products that are sold in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.113
§ 1028.113. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Finance Code § 181.105 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 181 / Section 181.105
§ 181.105. COST OF REGULATION.
Status: in_force

Each state trust company shall pay, through the imposition and collection of fees established by the finance commission under Section 181.003(a)(4):

(1) the cost of examination;

(2) the equitable or proportionate cost of maintenance and operation of the department; and

(3) the cost of enforcement of this subtitle.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.307 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.307
§ 171.307. RECORD OF SUIT TO SET ASIDE JUDICIAL FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

If a court under this chapter sets aside the forfeiture of a corporation's charter or certificate of authority, the secretary of state shall inscribe on the corporation's record in the secretary's office the words "Charter Revived by Court Order" or "Certificate Revived by Court Order," a citation to the suit, and the date of the court's judgment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.211 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.211
§ 1551.211. CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND FOR SELF-FUNDED COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the first day of each state fiscal biennium, the board of trustees shall estimate for an average 60-day period during the biennium the expenditures from the employees life, accident, and health insurance and benefits fund anticipated for self-funded coverage plans, considering projected claims and administrative expenses for those plans.

(b) The board of trustees shall place the estimated amount in a contingency reserve fund to provide for adverse fluctuations in claims or administrative expenses.

(c) The board of trustees shall include in each request for legislative appropriations to the group benefits program the amount the board determines to be necessary to maintain the contingency reserve fund at the level required by this section.

(d) The board of trustees may invest and reinvest any portion of the contingency reserve fund under the standard of care provided by Section 815.307, Government Code, considering the functional need to provide for adverse fluctuations in claims or administrative expenses.

(e) The interest on, earnings of, and proceeds from the sale of investments of assets in the contingency reserve fund shall be credited to the fund.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.011 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.011
§ 24.011. SUBPOENAS; CHILD WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a witness is younger than 18 years, the court may issue a subpoena directing a person having custody, care, or control of the child to produce the child in court.

(b) If a person, without legal cause, fails to produce the child in court as directed by a subpoena issued under this article, the court may impose on the person penalties for contempt provided by this chapter. The court may also issue a writ of attachment for the person and the child, in the same manner as other writs of attachment are issued under this chapter.

(b-1) If the defendant or the attorney representing the state requests the issuance of an attachment under this article, other than an attachment for a witness described by Subsection (c), the request must include the applicable affidavit described by Article 24.12.

(c) If the witness is in a placement in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile secure detention facility, or a juvenile secure correctional facility, the court may issue a bench warrant or direct that an attachment issue to require a peace officer or probation officer to secure custody of the person at the placement and produce the person in court. When the person is no longer needed as a witness or the period prescribed by Subsection (d-1) has expired without extension, the court shall order the peace officer or probation officer to return the person to the placement from which the person was released.

(d) The court may order that the person who is the witness be detained in a certified juvenile detention facility if the person is younger than 17 years of age. If the person is at least 17 years of age, the court may order that the person be detained without bond in an appropriate county facility for the detention of adults accused of criminal offenses.

(d-1) A witness younger than 17 years of age held in custody under this article may be placed in a certified juvenile detention facility for a period not to exceed 30 days. The length of placement may be extended in increments of 30 days by the court that issued the original bench warrant. If the placement is not extended, the period under this article expires and the witness may be returned as provided by Subsection (c).

(e) In this article, "secure detention facility" and "secure correctional facility" have the meanings assigned by Section 51.02, Family Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1222.0001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1222 / Section 1222.0001
§ 1222.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Health benefit plan" means a plan to which this chapter applies under Section 1222.0002.

(2) "Health benefit plan issuer" means an entity authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state that provides health insurance or health benefits in this state.

(3) "Preauthorization" has the meaning assigned by Section 1301.001.
Tex. Family Code § 107.307 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.307
§ 107.307. APPOINTMENT FROM PROGRAM'S PUBLIC APPOINTMENT LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The judge of a county served by a program shall make any appointment required under Section 107.012 or 107.013 in a suit filed in the county by a governmental entity seeking termination of the parent-child relationship or the appointment of a conservator for the child from the program's public appointment list, unless there is a conflict of interest or other reason to appoint a different attorney from the list maintained by the court of attorneys qualified for appointment under Section 107.012 or 107.013.

(b) The program's public appointment list from which an attorney is appointed under this section must contain the names of qualified attorneys, each of whom:

(1) applies to be included on the list;

(2) meets any applicable requirements, including any education and training programs required under Sections 107.004 and 107.0131; and

(3) is approved by the program director or review committee, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8367.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8367 / Section 8367.107
§ 8367.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8367.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district:

(1) shall:

(A) name each new district;

(B) include the metes and bounds of each new district;

(C) appoint temporary directors for each new district, or provide that the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in each new district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition; and

(D) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts; and

(2) is subject to a confirmation election in each new district.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8367.003. The results of that election must be filed as required by Sections 49.102(e) and (f), Water Code. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, liabilities, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8367.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1358.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1358 / Section 1358.005
§ 1358.005. COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan must provide coverage in accordance with the standards adopted under Section 1358.004.

(b) Coverage required under this section may not be subject to a deductible, coinsurance, or copayment requirement that exceeds the deductible, coinsurance, or copayment requirement applicable to other similar coverage provided under the health benefit plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922A / Section 7922A.0403
§ 7922A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.403
§ 1102.403. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty as provided by Subchapter O, Chapter 1101, on a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued by the commission under this chapter or Chapter 1101.

(b) An administrative penalty collected under this section for a violation by an inspector shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. A penalty collected under this section for a violation by a person who is not licensed under this chapter or Chapter 1101 shall be deposited to the credit of the real estate recovery trust account or the general revenue fund, as determined by the commission. Any amounts deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund under this section shall offset any amount required to be remitted to that fund by the commission.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.113 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.113
§ 161.113. INTEREST RATE.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall bear the rate or rates of interest prescribed by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8422.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8422 / Section 8422.002
§ 8422.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.183 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.183
§ 225.183. CAROLYN AND JOHN DAVID CROW MEMORIAL PARKWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Business State Highway 6-R in Brazos County between its intersection with East Villa Maria Road and its intersection with Krenek Tap Road is designated as the Carolyn and John David Crow Memorial Parkway. This designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Carolyn and John David Crow Memorial Parkway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.
Tex. Property Code § 77.307 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 77 / Section 77.307
§ 77.307. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A penalty equal to five percent of the value of the unclaimed restitution payment due shall be imposed on a holder who fails to pay or deliver the payment within the time prescribed by this chapter. If a holder fails to pay or deliver an unclaimed restitution payment before the 121st day after the date the payment is due, an additional penalty equal to five percent of the value of the payment due shall be imposed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8360.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8360 / Section 8360.002
§ 8360.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Hudson Ranch Water District.
Tex. Education Code § 21.404 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.404
§ 21.404. PLANNING AND PREPARATION TIME.
Status: in_force

Each classroom teacher is entitled to at least 450 minutes within each two-week period for instructional preparation, including parent-teacher conferences, evaluating students' work, and planning. A planning and preparation period under this section may not be less than 45 minutes within the instructional day. During a planning and preparation period, a classroom teacher may not be required to participate in any other activity.
Tex. Government Code § 301.029 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 301 / Section 301.029
§ 301.029. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES, PER DIEM, AND EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each house may pay contingent expenses for the entire term of each member of that house.

(b) Each house may appropriate money to pay all salaries, per diem, and other expenditures authorized by law.

(c) The appropriations to the legislature shall specify separate appropriations for the house of representatives and for the senate.

(d) The comptroller of public accounts shall keep each house's accounts separate and distinct. Unless authorized by law, money in one account may not be transferred to the other account.