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Tex. Education Code § 61.9727 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9727
§ 61.9727. ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board may:

(1) appoint an advisory committee from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing the board's duties under this subchapter; and

(2) request the assistance of the State Bar of Texas and the office of the attorney general in performing those duties.
Tex. Property Code § 56.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 56 / Section 56.006
§ 56.006. LIABILITY OF OWNER.
Status: in_force

An owner of land or a leasehold may not be subjected to liability under this chapter greater than the amount agreed to be paid in the contract for furnishing material or performing labor.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.0614 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0614
§ 61.0614. FINALITY OF COMMISSION ORDER.
Status: in_force

An order of the commission becomes final 14 days after the date the order is mailed unless before that date:

(1) the commission by order reopens the appeal; or

(2) a party to the appeal files a written motion for rehearing.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.060 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.060
§ 162.060. MEMBERS NOT LIABLE FOR DEBTS OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE.
Status: in_force

A member is not liable for a debt of a telephone cooperative, and the member's property is not subject to execution for that debt.
Tex. Family Code § 160.413 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.413
§ 160.413.
Status: in_force

Sec. 160.413. OFFENSE: UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases information from the registry of paternity to another person, including an agency, that is not authorized to receive the information under Section 160.412.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0202
§ 8512.0202. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of nine directors appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate from a list of nominations provided to the governor by the commission.

(b) Each director must:

(1) be a freehold property tax payer of this state; and

(2) reside in one of the counties included in the authority.

(c) Only one director may be appointed from any county.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.060 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.060
§ 884.060. BEGINNING OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Status: in_force

On receipt of the certified copy of documents under Section 884.059(c), the stipulated premium company becomes a body politic and corporate and the incorporators may complete organization of the company under Section 884.061.
Tex. Government Code § 442.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.107
§ 442.107. PUBLICATIONS ON HISTORIC SITES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may provide or sell information about historic sites described by Subchapter C to the public, including books, magazines, photographs, prints, and bulletins.

(b) The commission may enter into contractual agreements for publication of information concerning historic sites described by Subchapter C.

(c) The commission may receive royalties on commission-owned materials that are sold or supplied to others by the commission for publication.

(d) Money received under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the account from which expenses for the publication were paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8881.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8881 / Section 8881.004
§ 8881.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district includes the territory located in Dawson County, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Section 8881.103 of this chapter or its predecessor statute, former Section 11(c), Chapter 669, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.057
§ 885.057. BOARD AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme governing body of a fraternal benefit society is a board if the body is composed of:

(1) individuals elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies by the members or their representatives; and

(2) other individuals as prescribed by the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(b) The individuals elected to the board must:

(1) constitute a majority of the board in number; and

(2) have at least the number of votes required to amend the fraternal benefit society's laws, other than laws, if any, that must be amended by direct vote of the members.

(c) A fraternal benefit society may provide for election of the board by mail.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 257.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 257 / Section 257.001
§ 257.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(1-a) "Committee" means a nurse staffing committee required by this chapter.

(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(3) "Hospital" means:

(A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or

(B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.

(4) "Patient care unit" means a unit or area of a hospital in which registered nurses provide patient care.
Tex. Education Code § 12.1283 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.1283
§ 12.1283. SALE OF PROPERTY PURCHASED WITH STATE FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the agency receives title to property described by Section 12.128, the agency may sell the property at any price acceptable to the agency.

(b) On request of the agency, the following state agencies shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to sell property for the agency:

(1) for real property, the General Land Office; and

(2) for personal property, the Texas Facilities Commission.

(c) A memorandum of understanding entered into as provided by Subsection (b) may allow the General Land Office or Texas Facilities Commission to recover from the sale proceeds any cost incurred by the office or commission in the sale of the property.

(d) Subject to the satisfaction of any security interest or lien described by Section 12.128(e), proceeds from the sale of property under this section shall be deposited in the charter school liquidation fund.

(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.216 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.216
§ 1001.216. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee for the purpose of providing advice and recommendations to the board on matters related to the regulation of land surveying. The advisory committee must consist of five or more individuals appointed by the board, at least five of whom must be land surveyors.

(a-1) The advisory committee appointed under Subsection (a) may, on its own initiative or at the request of any interested person, prepare a written report or recommendation to the board on any surveying-related subject regulated by the board.

(a-2) The advisory committee appointed under Subsection (a) shall maintain a written public record of each subject discussed and action taken at the committee's meetings.

(b) The board may not adopt a rule related to the scope of practice of, the professional or technical standards for, or the standards of conduct and ethics for land surveyors before considering advice and recommendations from the advisory committee described in Subsection (a).

(c) The board may appoint additional advisory committees to provide advice and recommendations to the board on any other matter relevant to the administration of this chapter or Chapter 1071.
Tex. Local Government Code § 203.049 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 203 / Section 203.049
§ 203.049. TRANSFER OF RECORDS OF PERMANENT VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body or elected county officer may offer to transfer records of permanent value not needed in the day-to-day business of the local government to the custody of:

(1) the commission; or

(2) another local government that operates an archives, library, or museum that meets standards for the care and storage of permanent records established by the commission as provided by Section 203.048.

(b) Transfers of permanent records to another local government require the prior approval of the director and librarian.

(c) In a transfer of permanent records under this section, title and control of the records and all rights pertaining to the records granted by law to the original custodian or elected county officer are vested in the commission or the local government that receives the records.
Tex. Estates Code § 1253.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1253 / Section 1253.102
§ 1253.102. DETERMINATION OF VENUE; ACTION FOLLOWING DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court that delays further action in a guardianship proceeding under Section 1253.101 shall determine whether venue of the proceeding is more suitable in that court or in the foreign court.

(b) In making a determination under Subsection (a), the court may consider:

(1) the interests of justice;

(2) the best interests of the ward or proposed ward;

(3) the convenience of the parties; and

(4) the preference of the ward or proposed ward, if the ward or proposed ward is 12 years of age or older.

(c) The court shall resume the guardianship proceeding delayed under Section 1253.101 if the court determines under this section that venue is more suitable in that court. If the court determines that venue is more suitable in the foreign court, the court shall, with the consent of the foreign court, transfer the proceeding to that foreign court.
Tex. Education Code § 44.0351 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 44 / Section 44.0351
§ 44.0351. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except to the extent prohibited by other law and to the extent consistent with this subchapter, a school district may use competitive bidding to select a vendor as authorized by Section 44.031(a)(1).

(b) Except as provided by this subsection, Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, does not apply to a competitive bidding process under this subchapter. Sections 271.026, 271.027(a), and 271.0275, Local Government Code, apply to a competitive bidding process under this subchapter.

(c) A school district shall award a competitively bid contract at the bid amount to the bidder offering the best value for the district. In determining the best value for the district, the district is not restricted to considering price alone but may consider any other factors stated in the selection criteria. The selection criteria may include the factors listed in Section 44.031(b).
Tex. Labor Code § 408.221 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.221
§ 408.221. ATTORNEY'S FEES PAID TO CLAIMANT'S COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) An attorney's fee, including a contingency fee, for representing a claimant before the division or court under this subtitle must be approved by the commissioner or court.

(b) Except as otherwise provided, an attorney's fee under this section is based on the attorney's time and expenses according to written evidence presented to the division or court. Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section 408.147(c), the attorney's fee shall be paid from the claimant's recovery.

(c) An insurance carrier that seeks judicial review under Subchapter G, Chapter 410, of a final decision of the appeals panel regarding compensability or eligibility for, or the amount of, income or death benefits is liable for reasonable and necessary attorney's fees as provided by Subsection (d) incurred by the claimant as a result of the insurance carrier's appeal if the claimant prevails on an issue on which judicial review is sought by the insurance carrier in accordance with the limitation of issues contained in Section 410.302. If the carrier appeals multiple issues and the claimant prevails on some, but not all, of the issues appealed, the court shall apportion and award fees to the claimant's attorney only for the issues on which the claimant prevails. In making that apportionment, the court shall consider the factors prescribed by Subsection (d). This subsection does not apply to attorney's fees for which an insurance carrier may be liable under Section 408.147. An award of attorney's fees under this subsection is not subject to commissioner rules adopted under Subsection (f).

(d) In approving an attorney's fee under this section, the commissioner or court shall consider:

(1) the time and labor required;

(2) the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved;

(3) the skill required to perform the legal services properly;

(4) the fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services;

(5) the amount involved in the controversy;

(6) the benefits to the claimant that the attorney is responsible for securing; and

(7) the experience and ability of the attorney performing the services.

(e) The commissioner by rule or the court may provide for the commutation of an attorney's fee, except that the attorney's fee shall be paid in periodic payments in a claim involving death benefits if the only dispute is as to the proper beneficiary or beneficiaries.

(f) The commissioner by rule shall provide guidelines for maximum attorney's fees for specific services in accordance with this section.

(g) An attorney's fee may not be allowed in a case involving a fatal injury or lifetime income benefit if the insurance carrier admits liability on all issues and tenders payment of maximum benefits in writing under this subtitle while the claim is pending before the division.

(h) An attorney's fee shall be paid to the attorney by separate draft.

(i) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section 408. 147(c), an attorney's fee may not exceed 25 percent of the claimant's recovery.
Tex. Government Code § 403.0116 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.0116
§ 403.0116. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY BUDGETS ON INTERNET.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall provide on its Internet website a link to the website of each municipality and county that provides budget information for the municipality or county, including budgets posted under Sections 102.008, 111.009, 111.040, and 111.069, Local Government Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 88.008 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 88 / Section 88.008
§ 88.008. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, no person may take for commercial sale, possess for commercial sale, or sell all or part of an endangered, threatened, or protected plant from public land.

(b) No contract or common carrier may transport or receive for shipment all or part of an endangered, threatened, or protected native plant taken from public land.

(c) No person may take for commercial sale, possess for commercial sale, transport for commercial sale, or sell all or part of an endangered, threatened, or protected plant from private land unless the person possesses a permit issued under Section 88.0081 of this code and each plant is tagged as provided by Section 88.0081 of this code.

(d) No person may hire or pay another person to take for commercial sale, possess for commercial sale, transport for commercial sale, or sell all or part of an endangered, threatened, or protected plant from private land unless both persons possess a permit issued under Section 88.0081 of this code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.201
§ 53.201. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN COSTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The commission may not establish a rate or tariff that authorizes a utility to automatically adjust and pass through to the utility's customers a change in the utility's costs.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.353
§ 1131.353. AMOUNTS OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The amounts of insurance under the policy must be based on a plan that precludes individual selection by the insured employees or by the policyholder.

(b) Group term life insurance on the life of an employee's spouse may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) $10,000; or

(2) one-half of the amount of insurance on the life of the insured employee under the group policy.

(c) Group term life insurance on the life of an employee's minor child may not exceed $2,000.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.006
§ 453.006. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not engage in diagnosing diseases or in practicing medicine as defined by law on the basis of a license issued under this chapter.

(b) A person may not use an affix indicating or implying that the person is a physician on the basis of a license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2104.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2104 / Section 2104.022
§ 2104.022. ASSUMPTION OF POLICY FUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

The conservator appointed by the governor under Section 2104.021 shall assume all the powers and duties of the officers responsible for policy direction of the state agency that is the subject of the proclamation, and those officers may not act unless authorized by the conservator.
Tex. Family Code § 65.010 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.010
§ 65.010. BURDEN OF PROOF.
Status: in_force

A court or jury may not return a finding that a child has engaged in truant conduct unless the state has proved the conduct beyond a reasonable doubt.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.5055 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.5055
§ 348.5055. LICENSE TERM.
Status: in_force

A license issued under this chapter is valid for the period prescribed by finance commission rule adopted under Section 14.112.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3863.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3863 / Section 3863.054
§ 3863.054. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Insurance Code § 888.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 888 / Section 888.157
§ 888.157. CONTINUATION OF FORMER RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) A burial association that had rates adopted and in use before June 12, 1947, may continue to apply those rates to individuals who were members of the burial association on that date.

(b) With the department's approval, the burial association may:

(1) change the rates described by Subsection (a); and

(2) make the new rates correspond to the rate schedule most recently filed by the burial association with the department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 455.058 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 455 / Section 455.058
§ 455.058. USE OF CONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may enter into an agreement with a contractor to act on behalf of the department in carrying out the duties of the department under this subchapter.

(b) A contractor may not provide services to both the department and a rail fixed guideway public transportation system under the oversight of the department unless the provision of those services is authorized by a waiver issued by the Federal Transit Administrator or the administrator's designee.
Tex. Property Code § 66.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 66 / Section 66.001
§ 66.001. SALE OF PROPERTY SUBJECT TO OIL OR GAS LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Mortgagee," "mortgagor," and "security instrument" have the meanings assigned by Section 51.0001.

(2) "Oil or gas lease" means an instrument conveying a fee simple determinable interest in a mineral estate covering oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons or a recorded memorandum of such an instrument.

(3) "Real property" means an estate covering the mineral interest in hydrocarbons or the mineral interest in hydrocarbons together with the surface overlying such mineral interest. The term does not include a surface interest or other interest that excludes a mineral interest in hydrocarbons.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an oil or gas lease covering real property subject to a security instrument that has been foreclosed remains in effect after the foreclosure sale if the oil or gas lease has not terminated or expired on its own terms and was executed and recorded in the real property records of the county before the foreclosure sale. An interest of the mortgagor or the mortgagor's assigns in the oil or gas lease, including a right to receive royalties or other payments that become due and payable after the date of the foreclosure, passes to the purchaser of the foreclosed property to the extent that the security instrument under which the real property was foreclosed had priority over the interest in the oil or gas lease of the mortgagor or the mortgagor's assigns.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if real property that includes the mineral interest in hydrocarbons together with the surface overlying such mineral interest is subject to both an oil or gas lease and a security instrument and the security interest is foreclosed, the foreclosure sale terminates and extinguishes any right granted under the oil or gas lease for the lessee to use the surface of the real property to the extent that the security instrument under which the real property was foreclosed had priority over the rights of the lessee under the oil or gas lease.

(d) An agreement, including a subordination agreement, between a lessee of an oil or gas lease and a mortgagee of real property or the lessee of an oil or gas lease and the purchaser of foreclosed real property controls over any conflicting provision of this section. An agreement between a mortgagor and mortgagee may not modify the application of this section unless the affected lessee agrees to the modification.

(e) This section does not apply to a security instrument that does not attach to a mineral interest in hydrocarbons in the mortgaged real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.104
§ 1051.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:

(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring by gift or otherwise, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;

(2) equipping the buildings; and

(3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.

(b) The hospital system may include:

(1) domiciliary care and treatment of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses;

(6) domiciliaries and training centers;

(7) blood banks;

(8) community mental health centers;

(9) research centers or laboratories; and

(10) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital care.
Tex. Local Government Code § 178.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 178 / Section 178.056
§ 178.056. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a general or special law that governs the special district does not provide a method for filling a vacancy, the commissioners court that removed the director by order may appoint a director to serve the remainder of the removed director's term.

(b) If the special district is located wholly or partly in more than one county and if the action of more than one commissioners court was needed under Section 178.055(b)(2) to remove the director, the commissioners court of each of those counties must agree on the appointment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.151
§ 1002.151. PETITION TO EXPAND DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) Territory may be added to the district on a petition for annexation signed by the owners of a majority in value of the land sought to be annexed, as shown by the county tax rolls.

(b) The petition must be filed with the secretary of the board.