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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.100 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.100
§ 166.100. LEGAL RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not impair or supersede any legal right or responsibility a person may have under a constitution, other statute, regulation, or court decision to effect the withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or certain other life-sustaining treatment designated by department rule.
Tex. Education Code § 85.53 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.53
§ 85.53. TRACTS, LOTS, BLOCKS.
Status: in_force

The board may cause the lands to be surveyed or subdivided into tracts, lots, or blocks that will, in its judgment, be most conducive and convenient to facilitate the advantageous sale of lease for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other minerals, and may make maps and plats that may be thought necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The board may obtain authentic abstracts of title to all the lands as it deems necessary from time to time, and may take any steps necessary to perfect a merchantable title to the lands in the State of Texas.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.171 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.171
§ 301.171. COOPERATION WITH TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TO IMPROVE ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall collaborate with the Texas Education Agency to improve the coordination and implementation of adult education and literacy services in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.204
§ 1014.204. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall attest the bonds as provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.049 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.049
§ 166.049. PREGNANT PATIENTS.
Status: in_force

A person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment under this subchapter from a pregnant patient.
Tex. Government Code § 552.123 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.123
§ 552.123.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.123. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF NAME OF APPLICANT FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. The name of an applicant for the position of chief executive officer of an institution of higher education, and other information that would tend to identify the applicant, is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, except that the governing body of the institution must give public notice of the name or names of the finalists being considered for the position at least 21 days before the date of the meeting at which final action or vote is to be taken on the employment of the person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.117 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.117
§ 425.117.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.117. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: COLLATERAL LOANS. (a) Subject to this section, an insurance company may invest in a collateral loan secured by:

(1) a first lien on an asset; or

(2) a valid and perfected first security interest in an asset.

(b) The amount of a loan invested in under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the value of the collateral asset at any time during the duration of the loan.

(c) The asset used as collateral for a loan under this section must be an asset, other than real property described by Section 425.119, in which the insurance company is authorized by this subchapter to directly invest.
Tex. Government Code § 2262.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2262 / Section 2262.001
§ 2262.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Team" means the Contract Advisory Team created under Subchapter C.

(1-a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 126(3), eff. September 1, 2019.

(2) "Contract management guide" means the guide developed under Section 2262.051.

(3) "Contract manager" means a person who:

(A) is employed by a state agency; and

(B) has significant contract management duties for the state agency, as determined by the agency in consultation with the state auditor.

(4) "Major contract" means a contract that has a value of at least $1 million.

(5) "State agency" has the meaning provided by Section 2056.001.
Tex. Water Code § 58.031 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.031
§ 58.031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.031. MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT: APPEAL FROM COMMISSION DECISION. (a) When the commission grants or refuses a petition, any person who comes within the requirements specified in Sections 58.020-58.025 of this code may prosecute an appeal from the judgment of the commission under Sections 58.022-58.025 of this code.

(b) The appeal may be taken to any district court in any county in which part of the proposed district is located or to a district court in Travis County.

(c) The time within which an appeal bond may be approved and filed is 15 days after the entry of the final order by the commission.

(d) On the perfection of the appeal, the appellant shall pay the actual cost of the transcript of the record, which will be assessed as part of the costs incurred on the appeal.

(e) Whenever practicable, the original documents and processes with the returns attached shall be sent to the district court.
Tex. Labor Code § 304.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 304 / Section 304.004
§ 304.004. COOPERATION BY STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

State agencies and political subdivisions of the state shall cooperate with the commission in obtaining suitable employment for displaced homemakers counseled by the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.0496 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.0496
§ 773.0496. SCOPE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC AND LICENSED PARAMEDIC DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Advanced life support" means health care provided to sustain life in an emergency, life-threatening situation. The term includes the initiation of intravenous therapy, endotracheal or esophageal intubation, electrical cardiac defibrillation or cardioversion, and drug therapy procedures.

(2) "Direct supervision" means supervision of an emergency medical technician-paramedic or licensed paramedic by a licensed physician who is present in the same area or an area adjacent to the area where an emergency medical technician-paramedic or licensed paramedic performs a procedure and who is immediately available to provide assistance and direction during the performance of the procedure.

(b) Notwithstanding other law, a person who is certified under this chapter as an emergency medical technician-paramedic or a licensed paramedic, is acting under the delegation and direct supervision of a licensed physician, and is authorized to provide advanced life support by a health care facility may in accordance with department rules provide advanced life support in the facility's emergency or urgent care clinical setting, including a hospital emergency room and a freestanding emergency medical care facility.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.1011 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.1011
§ 41.1011. ACTION BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a complaint from the board under Section 41.101(a)(3), the department may investigate, audit, and inspect the records of the person who is the subject of the complaint, provided that any audit or inspection must take place during normal business hours.

(b) On determination by the department that a person has failed to collect an assessment or failed to remit to the board an assessment collected from a producer or processor, the department may:

(1) request a hearing under Section 12.032 to determine the amount of payment due to the board, including interest at an annual rate of 10 percent, and issue an order that the person pay the required amount to the board;

(2) impose an appropriate administrative penalty; and

(3) request the attorney general or a county or district attorney having jurisdiction to bring an action for appropriate civil or criminal penalties or injunctive relief.

(c) The attorney general may bring a civil action to enforce an order of the department and collect any amounts owed under the order, including costs and fees under Subsection (d).

(d) On prevailing in an action commenced by the department through the attorney general or a county or district attorney under this section, the department and the attorney general or county or district attorney are each entitled to recover, in addition to other relief available:

(1) investigation costs and fees;

(2) reasonable attorney's fees; and

(3) court costs.

(e) Suit under this section may be brought in Travis County or a county in which the person who failed to collect or remit an assessment conducts business related to the commodity subject to the uncollected or unpaid assessment.

(f) An assessment and any interest collected under this section shall be deposited in the account of the board that levied the assessment.

(g) The remedies provided by this section are cumulative of other remedies provided by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3858.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3858 / Section 3858.105
§ 3858.105. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Section 375.221, Local Government Code, does not apply to the formation of a district contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8159.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8159 / Section 8159.102
§ 8159.102. ADDITIONAL POWERS RELATED TO ANNEXATION AND TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) has extraterritorial jurisdiction over the entire area in which the district is located; and

(2) has made a strategic partnership agreement with the district.

(b) The district and the municipality may agree to provide for the:

(1) annexation, including limited purpose annexation, by the municipality of all or a part of the territory of the district; and

(2) allocation, following annexation of all or part of the district by the municipality, of taxes imposed on real property in the district between the district and the municipality.

(c) Notwithstanding the limitations otherwise imposed by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, the district is granted the powers under that subchapter for the purpose of:

(1) defining a particular area to be taxed; and

(2) entering a tax allocation agreement as provided by this chapter.

(d) This chapter does not eliminate any right granted to a municipality under general law to annex all or part of the district. The powers granted to the district and a municipality under this chapter are cumulative of powers granted under other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11006 / Section 11006.201
§ 11006.201. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside the authority to serve as the depository for the authority's money.

(b) Authority money shall be deposited in the depository designated by the board, except that:

(1) bond proceeds and money pledged to pay bonds, to the extent provided in a resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing authority bonds, may be deposited with another bank or trustee named in the bond resolution or trust indenture; and

(2) money shall be remitted to each paying agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds.

(c) To the extent that money in a depository bank or a trustee bank is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the money must be secured in the manner provided by law for the security of municipal money.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1901 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1901
§ 152.1901. PARKER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Parker County is composed of the county judge, the statutory county court judges, and the district judges in Parker County.

(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman.

(c) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members an annual salary of not less than $6,000, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county.

(d) The juvenile board shall appoint not more than four volunteers to serve on a citizen's advisory council. The advisory council shall meet with the juvenile board at the board's regular quarterly meetings and shall keep the board informed of current community issues relating to juveniles.
Tex. Estates Code § 124.010 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 124 / Section 124.010
§ 124.010. EFFECT OF EXTENSION OR DEFICIENCY IN PAYMENT OF ESTATE TAXES; LIABILITY OF REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the date for the payment of any portion of an estate tax is extended:

(1) the amount of the extended tax shall be apportioned to the persons who receive the specific property that gives rise to the extension; and

(2) those persons are entitled to the benefits and shall bear the burdens of the extension.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), interest on an extension of estate tax and interest and penalties on a deficiency shall be apportioned equitably to reflect the benefits and burdens of the extension or deficiency and of any tax deduction associated with the interest and penalties.

(c) A representative shall be charged with the amount of any penalty or interest that is assessed due to delay caused by the representative's negligence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.114
§ 1023.114. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

(b) The district without charge shall provide to a patient who resides in the district the care and treatment that the patient or a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay.

(c) On determining that the patient or a relative legally responsible for the patient's support can pay for all or part of the care and treatment provided by the district, the district administrator shall report that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order directing the patient or the relative to pay the district a specified amount each week. The amount must be based on the individual's ability to pay.

(d) The district administrator may collect money owed to the district from the patient's estate or from that of a relative who was legally responsible for the patient's support in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses in the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute relating to an individual's ability to pay or if the district administrator has any doubt concerning an individual's ability to pay, the board shall:

(1) call witnesses;

(2) hear and resolve the question; and

(3) issue a final order.

(f) A final order of the board may be appealed to a district court in Eastland County. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0219 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0219
§ 8513.0219. PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the authority.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293C.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293C / Section 293C.051
§ 293C.051. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the county only in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.055
§ 1021.055. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the board shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.019 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.019
§ 551A.019. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule may temporarily exempt the residents of any county from Section 551A.015 or from Section 551A.031(b)(1) until the appropriate education and certification program is established at a location that is reasonably accessible to the residents of that county.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.016 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.016
§ 281.016. FINAL ORDER AND APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The county judge shall grant the petition if the judge finds that the petition conforms to the requirements of Section 281.013 and that the creation of the authority is desirable or necessary. The judge by order shall declare the findings.

(b) If the county judge finds that the authority is neither desirable nor necessary, the judge by order shall deny the petition.

(c) Within 30 days after the date of the entry of the order, any person who signed the petition or who testified at the hearing may appeal the order to an appropriate district court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.151
§ 1100.151. EXPANSION OF TERRITORY; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election on the question of:

(1) expanding the district's boundaries to include all of the territory in Randall County that is not included in the City of Amarillo Hospital District;

(2) the assumption by the additional territory of a proportionate share of district debt; and

(3) the imposition of taxes in the territory to be added to that district.

(b) The district may not be expanded unless the expansion, assumption of debt, and imposition of taxes are approved by a majority of the voters at:

(1) an election held in the district; and

(2) a separate election held in the territory to be added.

(c) The election in the district and the election in the territory to be added must be held on the same day.

(d) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 377.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 377 / Section 377.101
§ 377.101. SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A district by order may impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter.

(b) A district may impose a tax under this subchapter only if the tax is approved at an election held under Section 377.021.

(c) A district may not adopt a sales and use tax under this subchapter if the adoption of the tax under this subchapter would result in a combined tax rate of all local sales and use taxes of more than two percent in any location in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7948A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7948A / Section 7948A.0403
§ 7948A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

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

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0106
§ 3981.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by the city under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1253.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1253 / Section 1253.053
§ 1253.053. CONTRIBUTIONS IF POLICYHOLDER IS TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee's contribution for purposes of a policy as to which the policyholder is a trustee or the trustees of a fund established or maintained wholly or partly by the employer is the amount the employee and employer would have been required to contribute to the fund for the employee if:

(1) the work stoppage had not occurred; and

(2) the agreement requiring the employer to make contributions to the fund were in effect.

(b) The policy may provide that continuation of coverage is contingent on the collection of individual contributions by the policyholder or the policyholder's agent.
Tex. Government Code § 2257.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2257 / Section 2257.043
§ 2257.043. DEPOSITORY AS CUSTODIAN OR PERMITTED INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A public entity other than a state agency may prohibit a depository or an entity of which the depository is a branch from being the custodian of or permitted institution for a security the depository pledges to secure a deposit of public funds.

(b) A depository or an entity of which the depository is a branch may not be the custodian of or permitted institution for a security the depository pledges to secure a deposit of public funds by a state agency.
Tex. Estates Code § 551.006 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 551 / Section 551.006
§ 551.006. COMPTROLLER'S RECEIPT.
Status: in_force

(a) An executor or administrator who pays to the comptroller under this subchapter any funds of the estate represented by the executor or administrator shall:

(1) obtain from the comptroller a receipt for the payment, with official seal attached; and

(2) file the receipt with the clerk of the court that orders the payment.

(b) The court clerk shall record the comptroller's receipt in the judge's probate docket.
Tex. Government Code § 809.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 809 / Section 809.055
§ 809.055. INVESTMENTS EXEMPTED FROM DIVESTMENT.
Status: in_force

A state governmental entity is not required to divest from any indirect holdings in actively or passively managed investment funds or private equity funds. The state governmental entity shall submit letters to the managers of each investment fund containing listed financial companies requesting that they remove those financial companies from the fund or create a similar actively or passively managed fund with indirect holdings devoid of listed financial companies. If a manager creates a similar fund with substantially the same management fees and same level of investment risk and anticipated return, the state governmental entity may replace all applicable investments with investments in the similar fund in a time frame consistent with prudent fiduciary standards but not later than the 450th day after the date the fund is created.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.040 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.040
§ 436.040. MINOR VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not require the department or a health authority to report for prosecution a minor violation of this chapter if the department or health authority believes that the public interest is adequately served by a written warning.