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Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.354 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.354
§ 4001.354. AUTHORITY TO ACT AS AGENT UNDER PROVISIONAL PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant may proceed to act as an agent if:

(1) a provisional permit is not received from the department before the eighth day after the date the application, nonrefundable fee, and other items required under Section 4001.353(a) are delivered or mailed to the department; and

(2) the applicant or appointing agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization has not been notified that the application for the permit is incomplete or is or may be denied.

(b) An applicant may act as an agent only for the appointing agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization except that an appointing insurer may include appointments for one or more affiliated insurers that are part of the same insurance holding company group.
Tex. Government Code § 1507.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.053
§ 1507.053. SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter must be signed by the mayor of the municipality and the secretary or clerk of the municipality.
Tex. Local Government Code § 240.033 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 240 / Section 240.033
§ 240.033. REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to real estate subdivisions subject to the plat approval authority of the commissioners court of a county.

(b) The commissioners court of a county, any part of which is located within 57 miles of a major astronomical observatory at the McDonald Observatory, shall adopt orders establishing standards relating to proposed subdivisions to minimize the interference with observatory activities caused by outdoor lighting.

(c) The commissioners court of a county, any part of which is located within five miles of a major astronomical observatory at the George Observatory or the Stephen F. Austin State University Observatory, may adopt orders establishing standards relating to proposed subdivisions to minimize the interference with observatory activities caused by outdoor lighting.

(d) A commissioners court that adopts orders under this section may not approve a plat of a proposed subdivision that does not meet the standards established in the orders.
Tex. Family Code § 162.401 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.401
§ 162.401. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the establishment of mutual consent voluntary adoption registries through which adoptees, birth parents, and biological siblings may voluntarily locate each other. It is not the purpose of this subchapter to inhibit or prohibit persons from locating each other through other legal means or to inhibit or affect in any way the provision of postadoptive services and education, by adoption agencies or others, that go further than the procedures set out for registries established under this subchapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 106.08 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 106 / Section 106.08
§ 106.08. IMPORTATION BY A MINOR.
Status: in_force

No minor may import into this state or possess with intent to import into this state any alcoholic beverage.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.036 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.036
§ 22.036. PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF-BLIND WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES AND THEIR PARENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish programs to serve individuals who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities by helping them attain self-sufficiency and independent living.

(b) The department shall establish a program of parental counseling for the parents of individuals who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities. The counseling program may be provided on an individual or group basis and must include programs, activities, and services necessary to foster greater understanding and to improve relationships among professionals, parents, and individuals who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities.

(c) The department shall establish a summer outdoor training program for individuals who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities. The outdoor training program must be designed to help meet the unique needs of individuals who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities for the purpose of broadening their educational experiences and improving their ability to function more independently.

(d) The executive commissioner shall establish regulations for implementing and administering the programs.

(e) The department may contract for services or goods with private or public entities for purposes of this section.

(f) From information collected from the programs, the department shall determine the need for related future services and the most efficient and effective method of delivering the future services.
Tex. Government Code § 72.087 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 72 / Section 72.087
§ 72.087. CAPITAL TRIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall annually collect and publish a report of information regarding cases involving the trial of a capital offense.

(b) The report must include:

(1) the contents of the trial court's charge to the jury; and

(2) the sentence issued in each case.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the judgment of conviction or acquittal is entered in a case involving the trial of a capital offense, the judge or clerk of the court shall submit to the office a written record of the case containing the information required by Subsection (b).
Tex. Education Code § 130.013 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.013
§ 130.013. ORDER TO ESTABLISH.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the coordinating board with the advice of the commissioner of higher education to determine whether or not the conditions set forth in Sections 130.012 and 130.032 of this code have been complied with, and also whether, considering the geographic location of colleges already established, it is feasible and desirable to establish the proposed junior college district. In the exercise of this authority the board shall develop and publish criteria to be used as a basis for determining the need for a public junior college in the proposed district. The board shall determine whether programs in a proposed institution would create unnecessary duplication or seriously harm programs in existing community college districts. It shall be the duty of the coordinating board to consider the needs and the welfare of the state as a whole, as well as the welfare of the community involved. The decision of the coordinating board shall be final and shall be transmitted through the commissioner of higher education to the local school board, along with the order of the coordinating board authorizing further procedure in the establishment of the junior college district, if the coordinating board endorses its establishment.
Tex. Finance Code § 158.052 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 158 / Section 158.052
§ 158.052. EXEMPTIONS; APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not require registration by:

(1) a federal or state depository institution, or a subsidiary or affiliate of a federal or state depository institution;

(2) a person registered under Chapter 157;

(3) a person licensed under Chapter 342 or regulated under Chapter 343, if the person does not act as a residential mortgage loan servicer servicing first-lien secured loans; or

(4) a person making a residential mortgage loan with the person's own funds, or to secure all or a portion of the purchase price of real property sold by that person.

(b) This chapter applies only to a residential mortgage loan servicer that services at least one residential mortgage loan.

(c) Nothing in this chapter permits a person who is not otherwise exempt from this chapter to act as a residential mortgage loan originator, as defined by Section 180.002, without obtaining a license under the applicable provisions of law.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0204
§ 546.0204. PERMANENCY PLANNING FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 546.0201, in this section, "institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 242.002, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The commission and each appropriate health and human services agency shall develop procedures to ensure that permanency planning is provided for each child:

(1) residing in an institution in this state on a temporary or long-term basis; or

(2) for whom institutional care is sought.
Tex. Government Code § 470.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 470 / Section 470.006
§ 470.006. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The council shall study and make recommendations relating to the effect of the changing demographics of this state on the following areas, as they relate to this state:

(1) the economy;

(2) the workplace;

(3) educational attainment;

(4) health;

(5) veterans affairs; and

(6) political leadership.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.109 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.109
§ 36.109. RENEWAL EXTENSION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS PERFORMING MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may extend the renewal period for a license, permit, certificate of authority, certificate of registration, or other authorization issued by the department to engage in an activity regulated under this code or other insurance laws of this state for a person who is unable in a timely manner to comply with renewal requirements, including any applicable continuing education requirements, because the person was on active duty in a combat theater of operations in the United States armed forces.

(b) A person must submit a written application for an extension under this section to the department.

(c) The department shall exempt a person who receives an extension under this section from any increased fee or other penalty otherwise imposed for failure to renew in a timely manner.

(d) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 314A.058 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 314A / Section 314A.058
§ 314A.058. TERMINATION OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC ADVANTAGE BY HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

A hospital resulting from a merger agreement approved under this chapter may voluntarily terminate its certificate of public advantage by giving the designated agency notice at least 30 days before the date of the termination.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.058
§ 2308.058. SUBCOMMITTEES; TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The presiding officer of the council may appoint subcommittees consisting of members of the council for any purpose consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the council under this chapter.

(b) The presiding officer of the council may appoint technical advisory committees composed of council members, persons who are not council members, or both members and nonmembers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.113
§ 1121.113. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district provides care or treatment to a sick or injured person who is not an inhabitant of Cameron County, the board shall require the county, municipality, or public hospital located outside of the district and in which the person is an inhabitant to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of that person as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall require the sheriff of Cameron County to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a person who is confined in a jail facility of Cameron County and is not a resident of the district.

(c) On behalf of the district, the board may contract with the state or federal government for that government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.065 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.065
§ 1372.065.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1372.065. PRIORITY 3 CARRYFORWARD CLASSIFICATION. The priority 3 carryforward classification applies to:

(1) a state agency, other than an issuer of a state-voted issue; and

(2) a political subdivision whose board of directors holds office under Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 579.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 579 / Section 579.153
§ 579.153. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district and the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the district's staff and employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.104
§ 1112.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and

(B) equipping the buildings; and

(2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital purposes.

(b) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(c) The hospital system may include:

(1) outpatient clinics; and

(2) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital care.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.301 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.301
§ 370.301. DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO TURNPIKE PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may agree with an authority to provide for or contribute to the payment of costs of financial or engineering and traffic feasibility studies and the design, financing, acquisition, construction, operation, or maintenance of a turnpike project or system on terms agreed on by the commission or department, as applicable, and the authority. The agreement may not be inconsistent with the rights of the bondholders or persons operating the turnpike project under a lease or other contract.

(b) The department may use its engineering and other personnel, including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, to conduct feasibility studies under Subsection (a).

(c) An obligation or expense incurred by the commission or department under this section is a part of the cost of the turnpike project for which the obligation or expense was incurred. The commission or department shall require money contributed by the commission or department under this section to be repaid. The commission or department may require the money to be repaid from tolls or other revenue of the turnpike project on which the money was spent. Money repaid as required by the commission or department shall be deposited to the credit of the fund from which the contribution was made. Money deposited as required by this section is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.

(d) The commission or department may use federal money for any purpose described by this chapter. An action of an authority taken under this chapter must comply with the requirements of applicable federal law, including provisions relating to the role of metropolitan planning organizations under federal law and the approval of projects for conformity with the state implementation plan relating to air quality, the use of toll revenue, and the use of the right-of-way of and access to federal-aid highways. Notwithstanding an action of an authority taken under this chapter, the commission or the department may take any action that in its reasonable judgment is necessary to comply with any federal requirement to enable this state to receive federal-aid highway funds.

(e) A turnpike project developed by an authority may not be part of the state highway system unless otherwise agreed to by the authority and the department.

(f) The commission may loan department money to an authority for the acquisition of land for or the construction, maintenance, or operation of a turnpike project. The commission shall require the authority to repay money loaned under this section. The commission may require the money to be repaid from toll revenue or other sources on terms established by the commission.

(g) Money repaid as required by the commission shall be deposited to the credit of the fund from which the money was provided. Money deposited as required by this section is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 427.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 427 / Section 427.051
§ 427.051. LOAN OR ADVANCE PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

An insurer or health maintenance organization may obtain a loan or an advance, repayable with interest, of:

(1) cash;

(2) cash equivalents; or

(3) other assets that have a readily determinable value and are satisfactory to the commissioner.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 299.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 299 / Section 299.001
§ 299.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district.

(2) "District" means the Harris County Hospital District.

(3) "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital located in the district that provides inpatient hospital services.

(4) "Paying provider" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.

(5) "Program" means the health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7955.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7955 / Section 7955.006
§ 7955.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2.01 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2.01 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 137.101 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 137 / Section 137.101
§ 137.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Competitive grant program" means the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established under this subchapter.

(2) "Partnership program" means a nurse-family partnership program.
Tex. Family Code § 161.304 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.304
§ 161.304. ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Following a hearing under this subchapter, the court may render an order:

(1) granting the petition;

(2) denying the petition; or

(3) deferring the decision on the petition and rendering a temporary order expiring after a period of six months during which the department remains the managing conservator of the child and the former parent is the possessory conservator.

(b) If the court defers granting the petition under Subsection (a)(3):

(1) the department shall monitor the possessory conservatorship of the former parent during the period of the temporary order; and

(2) when the temporary order expires, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether to grant or deny the petition for reinstatement.

(c) If, following a hearing under this subchapter, the court renders an order for reinstatement of parental rights, the court shall enter the court's findings in a written order stating that all legal rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations of the former parent regarding the child, including with respect to custody, care, control, and support, are reinstated.

(c-1) The clerk of the court shall provide a copy of an order rendered under Subsection (c) to the Title IV-D agency.

(d) If, following a hearing under this subchapter, the court denies a petition for reinstatement of parental rights, the court shall render a written order that includes:

(1) the court's findings and detailing reasons for denial of the petition; and

(2) a statement prohibiting the filing of a subsequent petition in regard to the former parent's parental rights before the first anniversary of the date the order of denial was issued.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.002
§ 36.002. ADDITIONAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules that are:

(1) necessary to effect the purposes of a provision of:

(A) Subchapter B, Chapter 5;

(B) Subchapter C, Chapter 1806;

(C) Subchapter A, Chapter 2301;

(D) Chapter 251, as that chapter relates to casualty insurance and fidelity, guaranty, and surety bond insurance;

(E) Chapter 253;

(F) Chapter 2008, 2251, or 2252; or

(G) Subtitle B, Title 10; or

(2) appropriate to accomplish the purposes of a provision of:

(A) Section 37.051(a), 403.002, 501.159, 941.003(b)(1) or (c), or 942.003(b)(1) or (c);

(B) Subchapter H, Chapter 544;

(C) Chapter 251, as that chapter relates to:

(i) automobile insurance;

(ii) casualty insurance and fidelity, guaranty, and surety bond insurance;

(iii) fire insurance and allied lines;

(iv) workers' compensation insurance; or

(v) aircraft insurance;

(D) Chapter 5, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 426, 493, 494, 1804, 1805, 1806, 2171, 6001, 6002, or 6003;

(E) Subtitle B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Title 10;

(F) Section 417.008, Government Code; or

(G) Chapter 2154, Occupations Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.103
§ 214.103. INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "International Swimming Pool and Spa Code" means the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code promulgated by the International Code Council.

(b) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, as it existed on May 1, 2019, is adopted as the municipal swimming pool and spa code in this state. A municipality may adopt a more recent version of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code to apply in the municipality.

(b-1) To the extent a provision of a code adopted by a municipality under Subsection (b) conflicts with a law of this state or a regulation on pool operation and management, water quality, safety standards unrelated to design and construction, signage, or enclosures, the law or regulation controls.

(c) The International Swimming Pool and Spa Code applies to all construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, and repair of swimming pools and spas in a municipality that elects to regulate pools or spas, including under Section 214.101.

(d) A municipality may establish procedures for:

(1) the adoption of local amendments to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code; and

(2) the administration and enforcement of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code.

(e) A municipality may review and adopt amendments made by the International Code Council to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code after May 1, 2019.
Tex. Local Government Code § 113.0001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0001
§ 113.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Depository" means the financial institution selected under Section 116.021 for safekeeping of the county treasury.

(2) "Depository account" means an account covered by the depository agreement, including required collateral.

(3) "Money" means an item or medium of exchange such as coins, currency, checks, or other means of payment, including electronic payment.

(4) "Treasury" means the money belonging to the county held by the county treasurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.202
§ 1016.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1016.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed the tax rate approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.