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Tex. Local Government Code § 140.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 140 / Section 140.003
§ 140.003. PURCHASING AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, JUVENILE BOARDS, AND PROBATION DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "specialized local entity" means:

(1) a district or criminal district attorney;

(2) a juvenile board, juvenile probation office, or juvenile department established for one or more counties; or

(3) an adult probation office or department established for a judicial district.

(b) A specialized local entity shall purchase items in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same requirements applicable to a county under Subchapter C, Chapter 262. For the purposes of this section, a specialized local entity is treated as if it were a county. A specialized local entity may make a contract with a county under which the county performs purchasing functions for the entity.

(c) Within 30 days after the date the fiscal year of a district or criminal district attorney's office begins, the attorney shall:

(1) file with the commissioners court of each county in which the attorney has jurisdiction a complete financial statement of the office covering the preceding fiscal year; and

(2) prepare a budget for the current fiscal year and file it with each commissioners court.

(d) If a district or criminal district attorney's office regularly prepares its budget at a time different from the time prescribed by Subsection (c), the attorney shall prepare the budget at the regular time and file it with the commissioners court within 10 days after the date of its adoption.

(e) The financial statement required by Subsection (c) must contain any information considered appropriate by the district or criminal district attorney and any information required by the commissioners court of each county in which the attorney has jurisdiction.

(f) Each specialized local entity shall deposit in the county treasury of the county in which the entity has jurisdiction the funds the entity receives. The county shall hold, deposit, disburse, invest, and otherwise care for the funds on behalf of the specialized local entity as the entity directs. If a specialized local entity has jurisdiction in more than one county, the district judges having jurisdiction in those counties, by a majority vote, shall designate from among those counties the county responsible for managing the entity's funds.

(g) The county auditor, if any, of the county that manages a specialized local entity's funds has the same authority to audit the funds of the entity that the auditor has with regard to county funds.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1006.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.002
§ 1006.002. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority is established in the department. The authority is not an advisory body to the department.
Tex. Government Code § 437.407 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.407
§ 437.407. RESOLUTION BY INFORMAL METHODS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a determination of reasonable cause is made, the commission shall endeavor to eliminate the alleged unlawful employment practice arising under Section 437.204 by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion.

(b) Without the written consent of the complainant and respondent, the commission, its executive director, or its other officers or employees may not disclose to the public information about the efforts in a particular case to resolve an alleged unlawful employment practice by conference, conciliation, or persuasion, regardless of whether there is a determination of reasonable cause.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6003.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6003 / Section 6003.157
§ 6003.157. EXAMINATION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which an examination is administered under this chapter, the state fire marshal shall send notice to each examinee of the results of the examination.

(b) If an examination is graded or reviewed by a testing service, the state fire marshal shall send notice to each examinee of the results of the examination not later than the 14th day after the date on which the state fire marshal receives the results from the testing service.

(c) If the notice of the examination results will be delayed for more than 90 days after the examination date, the state fire marshal, before the 90th day, shall send notice to the examinee of the reason for the delay.

(d) The state fire marshal may require a testing service to notify an examinee of the results of the examinee's examination.

(e) If requested in writing by an individual who fails the examination administered under this chapter, the state fire marshal shall send to the individual an analysis of the individual's performance on the examination.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.4091 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.4091
§ 15.4091. ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility.

(b) The commissioner shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access to the department's programs and services.
Tex. Government Code § 53.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.053
§ 53.053. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

A bailiff must be a citizen of the United States and must be 19 years of age.
Tex. Occupations Code § 502.2541 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.2541
§ 502.2541. JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop a jurisprudence examination to determine an applicant's knowledge of this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, and any other applicable laws of this state affecting the applicant's practice of marriage and family therapy. The executive council shall administer the examination at least twice each calendar year.

(b) The executive council shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules related to the development and administration of the examination, examination fees, guidelines for reexamination, grading the examination, and providing notice of examination results.
Tex. Water Code § 15.101 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.101
§ 15.101. WATER LOAN ASSISTANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The water loan assistance fund is created, to be funded by direct appropriation and by the board at its discretion from the fund.

(b) Repayments of loans shall be deposited in the water assistance fund.
Tex. Government Code § 325.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.024
§ 325.024. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the purpose of funding any activity under this chapter.

(b) All gifts, grants, and donations must be accepted in an open meeting by a majority of the voting members of the commission and reported in the public record of the commission with the name of the donor and purpose of the gift, grant, or donation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.255
§ 3948.255. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

After the order under Section 3948.253 is adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Local Government Code § 203.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 203 / Section 203.025
§ 203.025. DESIGNATION OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before June 1, 1990, the governing body of each local government shall designate a records management officer by:

(1) designating an individual; or

(2) designating an office or position, the holder of which shall be the records management officer.

(b) The name, office, or position of the records management officer shall be entered on the minutes of the governing body.

(c) The name or the name and office or position of the records management officer shall be filed by the records management officer with the director and librarian within 30 days after the date of the designation.

(d) The designation of a new individual or a new office or position shall be entered on the minutes and reported by the records management officer to the director and librarian in the same manner as the original designation.

(e) If the order designating a records management officer designates an office or position rather than an individual, a new holder of that office or position must file the holder's name with the director and librarian within 30 days after the date of assuming the office or position.

(f) Through an agreement or contract under The Interlocal Cooperation Act (Article 4413(32c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), a person may serve as records management officer to more than one local government if the person is employed by one of the local governments that is party to the contract or agreement or employed by an administrative agency that is created by the contract or agreement.

(g) An elected county officer may not be designated as records management officer for the nonelective offices of a county without the county officer's consent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3834.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3834 / Section 3834.056
§ 3834.056. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the interest. An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes. After the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(c) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that public entity.

(d) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.023 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.023
§ 13.023. LIFEGUARDS AND SIGNAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall:

(1) during reasonable daylight hours, as established and posted by the department, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, provide:

(A) occupied lifeguard towers or mobile lifeguard units on each side of each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the Gulf of Mexico that is located within a state park; or

(B) a single occupied lifeguard tower or mobile lifeguard unit at each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the Gulf of Mexico that is located within a state park if the single tower provides an unobstructed view of both sides of each structure; and

(2) post within 100 yards of each side of each structure described by Subdivision (1) signs clearly describing the dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure.

(b) The department may suspend or alter the duties imposed under Subsection (a) during dangerous weather conditions or emergency operations.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.045 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.045
§ 303.045. ALTERATION OF CORPORATION OR ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

The sponsor of a corporation, in its sole discretion, may alter the corporation's structure, organization, programs, or activities, consistent with the other provisions of this chapter and subject to limitations provided by law relating to the impairment of contracts entered into by the corporation.
Tex. Education Code § 12.1059 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.1059
§ 12.1059. REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

A person may not be employed by or serve as a teacher, librarian, educational aide, administrator, or school counselor for an open-enrollment charter school unless:

(1) the person has been approved by the agency following a review of the person's national criminal history record information as provided by Section 22.0832; and

(2) the school has confirmed that the person is not included in the registry under Section 22A.151.
Tex. Government Code § 411.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.039
§ 411.039. BIENNIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over natural resources or criminal justice matters a written report that:

(1) summarizes the unit's activities and evaluates the unit's effectiveness during the preceding two-year period, including by providing statistics regarding any arrests made by the unit and any prosecutions that resulted from those arrests or assets that were recovered as a result of those arrests; and

(2) provides recommendations for legislative or administrative action to improve the effectiveness of the unit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8371.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8371 / Section 8371.003
§ 8371.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.229 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.229
§ 1551.229. OUT-OF-NETWORK FACILITY-BASED PROVIDER PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "facility-based provider" means a physician or health care provider who provides health care or medical services to patients of a health care facility.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the administrator of a managed care plan provided under the group benefits program shall pay for a covered health care or medical service performed for or a covered supply related to that service provided to a participant by an out-of-network provider who is a facility-based provider at the usual and customary rate or at an agreed rate if the provider performed the service at a health care facility that is a participating provider. The administrator shall make a payment required by this subsection directly to the provider not later than, as applicable:

(1) the 30th day after the date the administrator receives an electronic claim for those services that includes all information necessary for the administrator to pay the claim; or

(2) the 45th day after the date the administrator receives a nonelectronic claim for those services that includes all information necessary for the administrator to pay the claim.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an out-of-network provider who is a facility-based provider or a person asserting a claim as an agent or assignee of the provider may not bill a participant receiving a health care or medical service or supply described by Subsection (b) in, and the participant does not have financial responsibility for, an amount greater than an applicable copayment, coinsurance, and deductible under the participant's managed care plan that:

(1) is based on:

(A) the amount initially determined payable by the administrator; or

(B) if applicable, a modified amount as determined under the administrator's internal appeal process; and

(2) is not based on any additional amount determined to be owed to the provider under Chapter 1467.

(d) This section does not apply to a nonemergency health care or medical service:

(1) that a participant elects to receive in writing in advance of the service with respect to each out-of-network provider providing the service; and

(2) for which an out-of-network provider, before providing the service, provides a complete written disclosure to the participant that:

(A) explains that the provider does not have a contract with the participant's managed care plan;

(B) discloses projected amounts for which the participant may be responsible; and

(C) discloses the circumstances under which the participant would be responsible for those amounts.
Tex. Government Code § 551.0015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.0015
§ 551.0015. CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS SUBJECT TO LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) A property owners' association is subject to this chapter in the same manner as a governmental body:

(1) if:

(A) membership in the property owners' association is mandatory for owners or for a defined class of owners of private real property in a defined geographic area in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more or in a county adjacent to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more;

(B) the property owners' association has the power to make mandatory special assessments for capital improvements or mandatory regular assessments; and

(C) the amount of the mandatory special or regular assessments is or has ever been based in whole or in part on the value at which the state or a local governmental body assesses the property for purposes of ad valorem taxation under Section 20, Article VIII, Texas Constitution; or

(2) if the property owners' association:

(A) provides maintenance, preservation, and architectural control of residential and commercial property within a defined geographic area in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more or in a county adjacent to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more; and

(B) is a corporation that:

(i) is governed by a board of trustees who may employ a general manager to execute the association's bylaws and administer the business of the corporation;

(ii) does not require membership in the corporation by the owners of the property within the defined area; and

(iii) was incorporated before January 1, 2006.

(b) The governing body of the association, a committee of the association, and members of the governing body or of a committee of the association are subject to this chapter in the same manner as the governing body of a governmental body, a committee of a governmental body, and members of the governing body or of a committee of the governmental body.
Tex. Finance Code § 201.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 201 / Section 201.001
§ 201.001. SCOPE OF SUBTITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) This subtitle:

(1) sets forth the conditions under which a company may acquire a Texas bank or a Texas bank holding company, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 202;

(2) permits interstate branching under the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 203; and

(3) provides for state regulation of the participation by foreign banks in the financial markets of this state, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 204.

(b) This subtitle is not intended to discriminate against out-of-state banks and bank holding companies in a manner that would violate the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.055
§ 464.055. REPRESENTATIONS IN PROGRAM ADVERTISING OR LITERATURE.
Status: in_force

A program exempted under this subchapter shall conspicuously include in any advertisement or literature that promotes or describes the program or the program's chemical dependency treatment services the following statement:

"The treatment and recovery services at (name of program) are exclusively religious in nature and are not subject to licensure or regulation by the Department of State Health Services. This program offers only nonmedical treatment and recovery methods such as prayer, moral guidance, spiritual counseling, and scriptural study."
Tex. Government Code § 497.0596 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.0596
§ 497.0596. NOTICE CONCERNING CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day before the date a governmental entity intends to enter into a contract with an employer for a private sector prison industries program under this subchapter, the governmental entity shall notify:

(1) the state senator and state representative in whose district the program covered by the contract is or will be located;

(2) the executive heads of the Texas AFL-CIO, the Texas Association of Manufacturers, the National Federation of Independent Business/Texas, the Texas Association of Business, and the Texas Association of Workforce Boards;

(3) the chamber of commerce in any municipality or county in which the program covered by the contract is or will be located; and

(4) any employer that employs persons in this state who are not incarcerated or imprisoned and who, as determined under rules adopted by the Texas Workforce Commission to implement this subdivision:

(A) perform work in the same job descriptions as participants in the program covered by the contract will perform; or

(B) are otherwise engaged in the manufacture of the same or a substantially similar product as will be manufactured under the contract.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must include a specific description, in plain language and in an easily readable and understandable format, of any product that will be manufactured under the contract.

(c) A governmental entity that provides notice under Subsection (a) may charge the employer with whom the governmental entity intends to enter into the contract for the cost of providing that notice.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 302.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 302 / Section 302.002
§ 302.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(3) "Weather modification and control" means changing or controlling, or attempting to change or control, by artificial methods the natural development of atmospheric cloud forms or precipitation forms that occur in the troposphere.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.035
§ 12.035. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FEE ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall deposit all money collected for fees and charges collected under Sections 12.0122(d) and 12.032(a) in the state treasury to the credit of the public health services fee account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The department shall maintain proper accounting records to allocate the money among the state and federal programs generating the fees and administrative costs incurred in collecting the fees.
Tex. Government Code § 434.0241 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.0241
§ 434.0241. VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall conduct a suicide prevention campaign to provide veterans with information regarding suicide prevention.

(b) In conducting the suicide prevention campaign, the commission shall establish a dedicated Internet website to provide veterans with information regarding suicide prevention.

(c) The commission shall collaborate with, and may contract with, community-based, nonprofit, or private organizations to conduct the suicide prevention campaign under this section.

(d) The commission may solicit and accept gifts and grants for purposes of conducting the suicide prevention campaign under this section.