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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 137 / Section 137.005
§ 137.005. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An attending physician, health or residential care provider, or person acting for or under an attending physician's or health or residential care provider's control is not subject to criminal or civil liability and has not engaged in professional misconduct for an act or omission if the act or omission is done in good faith under the terms of a declaration for mental health treatment.

(b) An attending physician, health or residential care provider, or person acting for or under an attending physician's or health or residential care provider's control does not engage in professional misconduct for:

(1) failure to act in accordance with a declaration for mental health treatment if the physician, provider, or other person:

(A) was not provided with a copy of the declaration; and

(B) had no knowledge of the declaration after a good faith attempt to learn of the existence of a declaration; or

(2) acting in accordance with a directive for mental health treatment after the directive has expired or has been revoked if the physician, provider, or other person does not have knowledge of the expiration or revocation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.040 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.040
§ 61.040. TAX INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of determining eligibility for state assistance under this chapter, the department may require a county to provide the following information for the relevant period:

(1) the taxable value of property taxable by the county;

(2) the county's applicable general revenue tax levy; and

(3) the amount of sales and use tax revenue received by the county.

(b) The department shall prescribe the manner in which a county must provide the information described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 302.007 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 302 / Section 302.007
§ 302.007. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The governing authority of a professional association shall elect the officers of the association.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.201
§ 252.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "gross receipts" means money paid as compensation for services provided to residents, including client participation. The term does not include charitable contributions to a facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 99.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 99 / Section 99.004
§ 99.004. VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A service member or veteran described by Section 99.003, or a family member of that service member or veteran, may voluntarily register a case of exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards with the department for inclusion in the registry.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 66.051 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 66 / Section 66.051
§ 66.051. PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

The criminal justice information system shall be maintained to supply the state with a system:

(1) that provides an accurate criminal history record depository to:

(A) law enforcement officers; and

(B) criminal justice agencies for operational decision making;

(2) from which accurate criminal justice system modeling can be conducted; and

(3) that improves:

(A) the quality of data used to conduct impact analyses of proposed legislative changes in the criminal justice system; and

(B) the ability of interested parties to analyze the functioning of the criminal justice system.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.003
§ 52.003. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

Because a marketing association is organized not to make money for itself or for its members as individuals but only to make money for its members as producers, the association is considered to be a nonprofit organization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3870.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3870 / Section 3870.003
§ 3870.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Election Code § 254.0612 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.0612
§ 254.0612. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS BY CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OR LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.
Status: in_force

In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.061, each report by a candidate for a statewide office in the executive branch or a legislative office must include, for each individual from whom the person filing the report has accepted political contributions that in the aggregate equal or exceed $500 and that are accepted during the reporting period:

(1) the individual's principal occupation or job title; and

(2) the full name of the individual's employer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079 / Section 8079.0502
§ 8079.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4008.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.0102
§ 4008.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

The Legacy Municipal Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as the Legacy Water Control and Improvement District. The district is converted to a municipal management district known as the Legacy Municipal Management District under the same constitutional authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8374.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8374 / Section 8374.252
§ 8374.252. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; NOTICE.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 2.01, eff. May 24, 2019.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a municipality adopts a resolution or ordinance consenting to the creation of the district, the municipality shall file, in the real property records of the county in which the land to be included in the district is located, a notice to a purchaser of real property in the district that describes:

(1) the municipality's authority and intention to annex the district; and

(2) the anticipated date of the annexation.

(c) After the notice is filed, a person who proposes to sell or otherwise convey real property in the district must include the information contained in the municipality's notice in the Notice to Purchasers required by Section 49.452, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 466.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 466 / Section 466.023
§ 466.023. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; FEES.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall issue a permit to an applicant who qualifies under rules and standards adopted by the executive commissioner.

(b) A permit issued under this section is valid until suspended or revoked by the department or surrendered by the permit holder in accordance with department rules.

(c) A person must obtain a permit for each facility that the person operates.

(d) A permit issued by the department is not transferable from one facility to another facility and must be returned to the department if the permit holder sells or otherwise conveys the facility to another person.

(e) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish and the department shall collect a nonrefundable application fee to defray the cost to the department of processing each application for a permit. The application fee must be submitted with the application. An application may not be considered unless the application is accompanied by the application fee.

(f) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules that set permit fees in amounts sufficient for the department to recover not less than half of the actual annual expenditures of state funds by the department to:

(1) amend permits;

(2) inspect facilities operated by permit holders; and

(3) implement and enforce this chapter.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(92), eff. April 2, 2015.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0012
§ 25.0012. EXCHANGE OF JUDGES IN CERTAIN COUNTY COURTS AT LAW AND COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTS.
Status: in_force

In any county with a population of more than 300,000, the judge of a county criminal court and the judge of a county court at law may hold court for or with one another. The county criminal court has the necessary civil jurisdiction to hold court for the county court at law.
Tex. Estates Code § 102.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 102 / Section 102.003
§ 102.003. PASSAGE OF HOMESTEAD.
Status: in_force

The homestead of a decedent who dies leaving a surviving spouse descends and vests on the decedent's death in the same manner as other real property of the decedent and is governed by the same laws of descent and distribution.
Tex. Government Code § 411.375 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.375
§ 411.375. ACTIVATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the request of a local law enforcement agency or as the department determines appropriate to assist a local law enforcement agency regarding an active shooter, the department shall activate the alert system and notify appropriate participants in the alert system as established by rule if the local law enforcement agency or department:

(1) believes an active shooter is in the agency's jurisdiction;

(2) determines an active shooter alert would assist individuals near the active shooter's location;

(3) verifies the active shooter situation through a preliminary investigation; and

(4) provides the active shooter's last known location and any identifiable information for the active shooter.

(b) The department may modify the criteria described by Subsection (a) as necessary for the proper implementation of the alert system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.113
§ 1081.113. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR INVESTIGATORY AND OTHER SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the hospitalization needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8237.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8237 / Section 8237.102
§ 8237.102. 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. Education Code § 30B.151 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30B / Section 30B.151
§ 30B.151. NOTICE AND USE OF PRIVATE OR THIRD PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall provide notice to the commissioner of the use of or change in affiliation of a private or third party acting as a whole program virtual instruction provider for a full-time hybrid or full-time virtual campus or program.

(b) Except as provided by Section 30B.152, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may not use a private or third party to act as a whole program virtual instruction provider if the party has been determined to be ineligible under that section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3983.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3983 / Section 3983.0501
§ 3983.0501. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 34.053 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.053
§ 34.053. MAPS AND PLATS.
Status: in_force

A board may make maps and plats it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.841 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.841
§ 242.841. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident of an institution and making tapes or recordings with the device after making a request to the institution to allow electronic monitoring.

(2) "Electronic monitoring device":

(A) includes:

(i) video surveillance cameras installed in the room of a resident; and

(ii) audio devices installed in the room of a resident designed to acquire communications or other sounds occurring in the room; and

(B) does not include an interception device that is specifically used for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic communications.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.267 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.267
§ 58.267. IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The commission may not consider the cost of implementing this subchapter in determining whether an electing company is entitled to:

(1) a rate increase under this chapter; or

(2) increased universal service funds under Subchapter B, Chapter 56.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.007
§ 2054.007. OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND OPEN RECORDS LAW NOT APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other state law, Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code, do not apply to the company.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.452 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.452
§ 2166.452. ACQUISITION OF EXISTING BUILDING AS ALTERNATIVE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the legislature authorizes the issuance of bonds by the Texas Public Finance Authority to construct one or more buildings and improvements in a county, the commission may solicit and receive proposals, using the same procedures that apply to the purchase of other real property, for the purchase of one or more existing buildings with bond proceeds. If the commission's evaluation of the proposals demonstrates that purchase of one or more existing buildings is an appropriate and financially advantageous means of meeting all or part of the state's office space needs in that county, the commission shall certify that fact to the authority and request the authority to issue all or part of its bonds previously authorized by the legislature for that purpose.

(b) The commission shall determine financial advantage under Subsection (a) after comparing construction and purchase as fairly as possible. In making its determination, the commission shall impute value and consider factors as it considers appropriate, including consideration of the:

(1) estimated cost of construction and of acquiring land for the construction;

(2) anticipated purchase price of one or more existing buildings;

(3) estimated cost of converting one or more existing buildings to state building specifications, including reconstruction costs only when reconstruction is necessary;

(4) efficiency and suitability of an existing building's space as configured for state use;

(5) estimated occupancy dates for proposed construction compared with estimated occupancy dates for an existing building;

(6) value of an existing building's location, parking, landscaping, and other enhancements;

(7) remaining useful life of mechanical components of an existing building; and

(8) estimated cost of maintenance and operations, including the cost of telecommunications services, for each option considered by the commission.

(c) On a determination under Subsection (a) that a purchase is more advantageous to the state, the commission may abandon construction plans. If additional costs, over available bond proceeds, must be incurred to accomplish the purchase and any necessary renovation of the purchased property, the commission may use available appropriated money and request additional bonds of the Texas Public Finance Authority in an amount of up to five percent of the acquisition cost for that purpose.

(d) A purchase under this section must be approved by the legislature if it is in session or by the Legislative Budget Board if the legislature is not in session.

(e) A person from whom real property or an existing building or other improvement is purchased under this section shall provide to the commission the name and the last known address of each person who:

(1) owns record legal title to the real property or building or other improvement; or

(2) owns a beneficial interest in the real property or building or other improvement through a trust, nominee, agent, or other legal entity.
Tex. Property Code § 64.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.001
§ 64.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Assignee" means a person entitled to enforce a security instrument.

(2) "Assignment of rents" means a transfer of an interest in rents in connection with an obligation secured by real property from which the rents arise. The term does not include a contract for a charge authorized by Section 306.101, Finance Code, or a true sale of rents.

(3) "Assignor" means a person who makes a security instrument that creates an assignment of rents arising from real property or that person's successor in interest with respect to the real property.

(4) "Cash proceeds" means proceeds that are money, checks, deposit accounts, or the like.

(5) "Day" means a calendar day.

(6) "Deposit account" means a demand, time, savings, passbook, escrow, or similar account maintained with a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, trust company, or other person.

(7) "Document" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored on an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(8) "Proceeds" means personal property that is received, collected, or distributed on account of an obligation to pay rents.

(9) "Rents" means consideration payable for the right to possess or occupy, or for possessing or occupying, real property, consideration payable to an assignor under a policy of rental interruption insurance covering real property, claims arising out of a default in the payment of consideration payable for the right to possess or occupy real property, consideration payable to terminate an agreement to possess or occupy real property, consideration payable to an assignor for payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred in owning, operating, and maintaining, or constructing or installing improvements on, real property, or any other consideration payable under an agreement relating to the real property that constitutes rents under a law of this state other than this chapter. The term does not include consideration payable under an oil and gas lease, mineral lease, or other conveyance of a mineral estate.

(10) "Secured obligation" means an obligation secured by an assignment of rents.

(11) "Security instrument" means:

(A) a security instrument, as that term is defined by Section 51.0001; or

(B) an agreement containing an assignment of rents.

(12) "Security interest" means an interest in property that arises by agreement and secures an obligation.

(13) "Sign" includes to sign by an electronic signature, as defined by Section 15.002.

(14) "Tenant" means a person who has an obligation to pay for the right to possess or occupy, or for possessing or occupying, real property.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 721.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 721 / Section 721.003
§ 721.003. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO MEDIA REPORT.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a member of the print or broadcast media who uses a name or picture of an individual in a report of news to the public or an advertisement for that report.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.044 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.044
§ 402.044. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure 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 related to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 21;

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

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the division 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 underuse.

(b) A policy statement prepared under this section must:

(1) cover an annual period;

(2) be updated annually;

(3) be reviewed by the civil rights division of the Texas Workforce Commission for compliance with Subsection (a)(1); and

(4) be filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.

(c) The Texas Workforce Commission shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Tex. Family Code § 160.202 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.202
§ 160.202. NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON MARITAL STATUS.
Status: in_force

A child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights under the law as a child born to parents who are married to each other.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.103
§ 1103.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.122 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.122
§ 751.122. DUTY TO PRESERVE PRINCIPAL'S ESTATE PLAN.
Status: in_force

An agent shall preserve to the extent reasonably possible the principal's estate plan to the extent the agent has actual knowledge of the plan if preserving the plan is consistent with the principal's best interest based on all relevant factors, including:

(1) the value and nature of the principal's property;

(2) the principal's foreseeable obligations and need for maintenance;

(3) minimization of taxes, including income, estate, inheritance, generation-skipping transfer, and gift taxes; and

(4) eligibility for a benefit, a program, or assistance under a statute or regulation.
Tex. Election Code § 172.084 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.084
§ 172.084. ORDER OF NAMES ON RUNOFF PRIMARY BALLOT.
Status: repealed

(a) The order of the candidates' names on the runoff primary election ballot for each county shall be in the same order as on the general primary election ballot.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(1), eff. September 1, 2017.