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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 244.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 244 / Section 244.010
§ 244.010. MINIMUM STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) For each level of license of a birthing center, the rules must contain minimum standards for:

(1) the qualifications for professional and nonprofessional personnel;

(2) the supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel;

(3) the provision and coordination of treatment and services;

(4) the organizational structure, including the lines of authority and the delegation of responsibility;

(5) the keeping of clinical records; and

(6) any other aspect of the operation of a birthing center that the executive commissioner considers necessary to protect the public.

(b) This section does not authorize the executive commissioner to:

(1) establish the qualifications of a licensed practitioner; or

(2) permit a person to provide health care services who is not authorized to provide those services under another state law.
Tex. Government Code § 418.195 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.195
§ 418.195. ATTORNEY GENERAL AS LEGAL ADVISOR ON ISSUES RELATED TO DECLARED DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only during a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 and the 90-day period following the expiration or termination of the disaster declaration.

(b) The attorney general may provide legal counsel to a political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 on issues related to disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery applicable to the area subject to the disaster declaration.

(c) A request for counsel under this section may be submitted only by:

(1) the emergency management director designated under Section 418.1015 for the political subdivision;

(2) the county judge or a commissioner of a county subject to the declaration; or

(3) the mayor of a municipality subject to the declaration.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 18.008 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 18 / Section 18.008
§ 18.008. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) violates this subchapter; or

(2) fails to comply with a notice, order, or rule of the department under this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 551.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 551 / Section 551.204
§ 551.204. TERMINATION WITHOUT NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may terminate the coverage of an enrolled customer under a portable electronics insurance policy without notice:

(1) for nonpayment of premium;

(2) if the enrolled customer ceases to have an active service with the vendor of portable electronics; or

(3) if the enrolled customer exhausts the aggregate limit of liability, if any, under the terms of the portable electronics insurance policy.

(b) If a portable electronics insurance policy is terminated under Subsection (a)(3), the insurer must send notice of termination to the enrolled customer not later than the 30th day after the date of exhaustion of the limit. If the notice is not timely sent, the insurer shall continue the customer's coverage, and the aggregate limit of liability is waived, until the insurer sends the notice of termination to the enrolled customer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8075.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8075 / Section 8075.0304
§ 8075.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.055
§ 4102.055. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO BUSINESS ENTITY ORGANIZED IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to issue a public insurance adjuster license to a business entity organized under the laws of this state.

(b) Rules adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (a) must:

(1) be analogous to the provisions of Chapter 4001 that relate to licensure of corporations and partnerships; and

(2) contain qualifications for the issuance of a public insurance adjuster license analogous to the qualifications described by Section 4102.053.

(c) The commissioner may not issue a public insurance adjuster license to a business entity described by Subsection (a) unless at least one officer, active partner, or other managing individual of the business entity, and each individual performing acts of a public insurance adjuster on behalf of the business entity in this state, are individually licensed by the department under Section 4102.053 separately from the business entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8480.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8480 / Section 8480.051
§ 8480.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8480.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.153
§ 6907.153. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1007.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1007 / Section 1007.005
§ 1007.005. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 578.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 578 / Section 578.007
§ 578.007. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A mental hospital or facility administering electroconvulsive therapy, psychosurgery, pre-frontal sonic sound treatment, or any other convulsive or coma-producing therapy administered to treat mental illness or a physician administering the therapy on an outpatient basis shall submit to the department quarterly reports relating to the administration of the therapy in the hospital or facility or by the physician.

(b) A report must state for each quarter:

(1) the number of patients who received the therapy, including:

(A) the number of persons voluntarily receiving mental health services who consented to the therapy;

(B) the number of involuntary patients who consented to the therapy; and

(C) the number of involuntary patients for whom a guardian of the person consented to the therapy;

(2) the age, sex, and race of the persons receiving the therapy;

(3) the source of the treatment payment;

(4) the average number of nonelectroconvulsive treatments;

(5) the average number of electroconvulsive treatments administered for each complete series of treatments, but not including maintenance treatments;

(6) the average number of maintenance electroconvulsive treatments administered per month;

(7) the number of fractures, reported memory losses, incidents of apnea, and cardiac arrests without death;

(8) autopsy findings if death followed within 14 days after the date of the administration of the therapy; and

(9) any other information required by department rule.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1003.0055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.0055
§ 1003.0055. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the department. The department shall maintain information about parties to and the subject matter of the complaint and a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint and the disposition of the complaint.

(b) The department shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The department shall periodically notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint until final disposition.
Tex. Education Code § 61.864 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.864
§ 61.864. REVIEW OF COURSES.
Status: in_force

Courses for which a grant is awarded under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the commissioner of higher education and the commissioner of education, in consultation with the comptroller and the Texas Workforce Commission, once every four years to determine whether the course:

(1) is being used by public educational institutions in this state;

(2) prepares high school students with the skills necessary for employment in the high-demand occupation and further postsecondary study; and

(3) satisfies a mathematics or science requirement for the foundation high school program as determined under Section 28.025.
Tex. Government Code § 481.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.010
§ 481.010. PERSONNEL.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive director shall employ personnel necessary for the performance of office functions. The equal employment opportunity officer and the internal auditor of the office of the governor shall serve the same functions for the office as they serve for the office of the governor. The internal auditor shall report directly to the governor and may consult with the executive director or the executive director's designee.

(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to office employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications for employment under this chapter and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state employees.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 6.01(3).

(d) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program. The program shall require intraagency postings of all non-entry-level positions concurrently with any public posting.

(e) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for office employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(f) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with requirements of the Commission on Human Rights;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the office work force that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the office work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and

(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant underuse.

(g) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (f) must cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (f)(1), and be filed with the governor's office.

(h) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (g). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 614, Sec. 4(11), eff. June 19, 2009.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8366.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8366 / Section 8366.102
§ 8366.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Labor Code § 62.203 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 62 / Section 62.203
§ 62.203. PLAINTIFFS.
Status: in_force

(a) An action to recover a liability under this subchapter may be brought by an employee for that employee and other similarly affected employees.

(b) An employee may not be a plaintiff to an action brought under this subchapter unless:

(1) the employee consents in writing; and

(2) the consent is filed in the court in which the action is brought.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.452 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.452
§ 772.452. CONSOLIDATION PLANNING.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the consolidation, the board of managers of the district shall conduct a planning meeting with the boards of managers of the other districts whose voters have approved the consolidation.

(b) The meeting must be a public meeting. At the meeting, the boards of managers shall devise a consolidation plan to:

(1) combine the debts and assets of the districts;

(2) pay outstanding bonds of the districts and issue refunding bonds as necessary to pay the bonds;

(3) impose a uniform 9-1-1 emergency service fee; and

(4) adjust the membership and qualifications of the board of managers of the consolidated district.

(c) If a consolidated district is not created under Section 772.453 before the first anniversary of the date of the election held under Section 772.451, a consolidated district may not be created until:

(1) the districts make another finding that the consolidation would benefit the participating jurisdictions; and

(2) the consolidation is approved at another election held under Section 772.451.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8893.0151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8893 / Section 8893.0151
§ 8893.0151. TAX AND BOND PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the tax and bond provisions of Subchapters F and G, Chapter 36, Water Code, apply to the district.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 36.201(b), Water Code, the district may annually levy taxes to pay the maintenance and operating expenses of the district at a rate not to exceed five cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.
Tex. Education Code § 51.253 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.253
§ 51.253. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than once every three months, the Title IX coordinator of a postsecondary educational institution shall submit to the institution's chief executive officer a written report on the reports received under Section 51.252, including information regarding:

(1) the investigation of those reports;

(2) the disposition, if any, of any disciplinary processes arising from those reports; and

(3) the reports for which the institution determined not to initiate a disciplinary process, if any.

(b) The Title IX coordinator or deputy Title IX coordinator of a postsecondary educational institution shall immediately report to the institution's chief executive officer an incident reported to the coordinator under Section 51.252 if the coordinator has cause to believe that the safety of any person is in imminent danger as a result of the incident.

(c) Subject to Subsection (d), at least once during each fall or spring semester, the chief executive officer of a postsecondary educational institution shall submit to the institution's governing body and post on the institution's Internet website a report concerning the reports received under Section 51.252. The report:

(1) may not identify any person; and

(2) must include:

(A) the number of reports received under Section 51.252;

(B) the number of investigations conducted as a result of those reports;

(C) the disposition, if any, of any disciplinary processes arising from those reports;

(D) the number of those reports for which the institution determined not to initiate a disciplinary process, if any; and

(E) any disciplinary actions taken under Section 51.255.

(d) If for any semester a postsecondary educational institution has fewer than 1,500 enrolled students, the chief executive officer of the institution shall submit and post a report required under Subsection (c) for that semester only if more than five reports were received under Section 51.252 during that semester.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.151
§ 2310.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Device maintenance activities" means activities described by Section 2310.152.

(2) "License holder" means a person who holds a motor fuel metering device service company license or a motor fuel metering device service technician license.

(3) "Service company" means a person who holds a motor fuel metering device service company license issued by the department under this subchapter.

(4) "Service technician" means an individual who holds a motor fuel metering device service technician license issued by the department under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 155.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 155 / Section 155.105
§ 155.105. PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board as provided by board rule may issue a physician-in-training permit to a physician not otherwise licensed by the board who is participating in a graduate medical education training program approved by the board.

(b) A physician-in-training permit does not authorize the performance of a medical act by the permit holder unless the act is performed:

(1) as a part of the graduate medical education training program; and

(2) under the supervision of a physician.

(c) The board has jurisdiction to discipline a permit holder whose permit has expired if the violation of the law occurred during the time the permit was valid. If an investigation is open when the permit expires, the permit shall be executory and the board may retain jurisdiction.
Tex. Property Code § 23A.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 23A / Section 23A.001
§ 23A.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0204
§ 8508.0204. TRUST MONEY.
Status: in_force

Money collected by or donated, granted, loaned, or advanced to the authority is trust money for the purposes provided by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.115 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.115
§ 1477.115. BONDHOLDER'S RIGHT TO MANDAMUS.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is entitled, by mandamus or other proceedings in court, to enforce the holder's rights against:

(1) the county;

(2) county employees and agents; and

(3) the employees of the county's agents.

(b) A bondholder's rights include the right to require the county to:

(1) impose and collect sufficient rates and charges to carry out the agreements contained in the bond order; and

(2) perform all agreements and covenants contained in the bond order and the duties arising from those agreements or covenants.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.159 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.159
§ 161.159.
Status: in_force

Sec. 161.159. PRELIMINARY REVIEW: RESPONSE BY RESPONDENT. (a) If the alleged violation is a Category One violation:

(1) the respondent must respond to the notice required by Section 161.156(b) not later than the 14th day after the date the respondent receives the notice; and

(2) if the matter is not resolved by agreement between the standing preliminary review committee and the respondent before the 30th day after the date the committee receives the respondent's response to the notice given under Section 161.156(b), the committee shall set the matter for a preliminary review hearing to be held at the next committee meeting.

(b) If the alleged violation is a Category Two violation:

(1) the respondent must respond to the notice required by Section 161.156(b) not later than the 14th day after the date the respondent receives the notice under Section 161.156(b); and

(2) if the matter is not resolved by agreement between the standing preliminary review committee and the respondent before the 30th day after the date the committee receives the respondent's response to the notice given under Section 161.156(b), the committee shall set the matter for a preliminary review hearing to be held at the next committee meeting.

(c) A respondent's failure to timely respond as required by Subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) is a Category One violation.

(d) The response required by Subsection (a) or (b) must include any challenge the respondent seeks to raise to the commission's exercise of jurisdiction. In addition, the respondent may:

(1) acknowledge the occurrence or commission of a violation;

(2) deny the allegations contained in the complaint and provide evidence supporting the denial; or

(3) agree to enter into an assurance of voluntary compliance or other agreed order, which may include an agreement to immediately cease and desist.

(e) If the standing preliminary review committee sets the matter for a preliminary review hearing, the committee shall promptly send to the complainant and the respondent written notice of the date, time, and place of the preliminary review hearing.