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Tex. Finance Code § 398.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 398 / Section 398.001
§ 398.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commercial sales-based financing" or "commercial sales-based financing transaction" means an extension of sales-based financing to a recipient by a provider, the proceeds of which the recipient does not intend to use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(2) "Commercial sales-based financing broker" means a person who, for compensation or the expectation of compensation, obtains commercial sales-based financing for a recipient or offers to obtain commercial sales-based financing for a recipient from a provider.

(3) "Disbursement amount" means the amounts paid to the recipient or on the recipient's behalf. The term does not include any finance charges that are deducted or withheld at disbursement.

(4) "Finance charge" means the cost of commercial sales-based financing expressed as a dollar amount. The term includes a charge payable, directly or indirectly, by the recipient that is imposed, directly or indirectly, by the provider of the financing as an incident to, or a condition of, the extension of financing.

(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, sole proprietorship or other unincorporated organization, or other similar entity.

(6) "Provider" means a person who provides or will provide commercial sales-based financing to a recipient or who extends a specific offer of commercial sales-based financing to a person applying for that financing or the person's authorized representative.

(7) "Recipient" means a person, or the authorized representative of a person, who applies for commercial sales-based financing and is made a specific offer of commercial sales-based financing by a provider. The term does not include a person acting as a commercial sales-based financing broker.

(8) "Sales-based financing" means a transaction that is repaid by the recipient to the provider of the financing:

(A) as a percentage of sales or revenue, in which the payment amount may increase or decrease according to the volume of sales made or revenue received by the recipient; or

(B) according to a fixed payment mechanism that provides for a reconciliation process that adjusts the payment to an amount that is a percentage of sales or revenue.

(9) "Specific offer" means the specific terms of commercial sales-based financing. The term includes a price or amount quoted to a recipient by a person providing the financing based on information obtained from or about the recipient that, if accepted by the recipient, would be binding on the provider, subject to specific requirements in the financing terms.

(10) "Total repayment amount" means the sum of the disbursement amount and finance charge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.156
§ 1075.156. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money from a federally insured lending institution or make other financial arrangements for district operating expenses or other authorized obligations.

(b) The board may borrow money in an amount and subject to a rate of interest and other terms the board finds appropriate.

(c) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness; or

(2) property acquired with borrowed money that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness.

(d) A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(e) The district must provide for the payment of all district debts and obligations before dissolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0402
§ 8053.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8053.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.702 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.702
§ 841.702. APPEAL OF DETERMINATION TO REVOKE CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

An insurance company aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to revoke the company's certificate of authority under Section 841.701 may file suit in a court in Travis County to vacate the order.
Tex. Government Code § 654.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 654 / Section 654.033
§ 654.033. QUALIFICATIONS OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for appointment as classification officer, an individual must have:

(1) at least six years' experience in position classification or human resource management; or

(2) a period of experience equivalent to that described in Subdivision (1) in related work in state employment that specially qualifies the person for the position.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8328.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8328 / Section 8328.152
§ 8328.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8328.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.402 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.402
§ 110.402.
Status: in_force

Sec. 110.402. OFFENSE: RELEASE OF ADJUDICATION INFORMATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person releases or discloses in violation of Section 110.156 adjudication information received by the council.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Education Code § 32.103 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 32 / Section 32.103
§ 32.103. ELIGIBILITY; PREFERENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A student is eligible to receive data processing equipment under this subchapter only if the student does not otherwise have home access to data processing equipment, as determined by the student's school district or open-enrollment charter school.

(b) In transferring data processing equipment to students, a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall give preference to educationally disadvantaged students.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.105
§ 1013.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities.

(b) On approval by the board, the rules may be published in booklet form at district expense and made available to any taxpayer on request.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.618 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.618
§ 201.618. HYDROGEN-FUELED VEHICLES AND REFUELING STATIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) The department may seek funding from public and private sources to acquire and operate hydrogen-fueled vehicles and to establish and operate hydrogen refueling stations as provided by this section.

(b) If the department secures funding under Subsection (a), the department may establish and operate at least five hydrogen refueling stations. A refueling station established under this subsection must be located in an urbanized area along a major state highway and be accessible to the public.

(c) If the department secures funding under Subsection (a), the department may purchase to operate in an area in which a refueling station is established under Subsection (b) vehicles capable of operating using hydrogen, including, at a minimum:

(1) four vehicles with internal combustion engines that run on hydrogen; and

(2) three fuel-cell vehicles, one internal combustion engine bus that runs on hydrogen, or one fuel-cell bus.

(d) A vehicle purchased to meet the requirements of Subsection (c) may be used to satisfy the alternative fuels percentage requirement under Subchapter A, Chapter 2158, Government Code.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 259, Sec. 14(1), eff. June 17, 2011.

(f) The department shall:

(1) ensure that data on emissions from the vehicles and refueling stations purchased under this section and from the production of hydrogen for the vehicles and refueling stations are monitored and analyzed and compared with data on emissions from control vehicles with internal combustion engines that operate on fuels other than hydrogen; and

(2) report the results of the monitoring, analysis, and comparison to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(g) The department may charge the public a reasonable fee to use a hydrogen refueling station operated under Subsection (b). The amount of the fee shall be based on the department's estimate of the number of customers that will use the refueling stations and the direct and indirect costs that will be incurred by the department to operate the refueling stations. Fees collected by the department under this section shall be deposited in the state highway fund, may be appropriated only to the department to implement this section, and are exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.255 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.255
§ 205.255. CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The acupuncture board by rule may require a license holder to complete a certain number of hours of continuing education courses approved by the acupuncture board to renew a license.

(a-1) The acupuncture board shall establish written guidelines for granting continuing education credit that specify:

(1) procedural requirements;

(2) the qualifications needed to be considered a preferred provider of continuing education; and

(3) course content requirements.

(b) The acupuncture board shall consider the approval of a course conducted by:

(1) a knowledgeable health care provider; or

(2) a reputable school, state, or professional organization.

(c) After guidelines are established under Subsection (a-1), the acupuncture board shall delegate to medical board employees the authority to approve course applications for courses that clearly meet the guidelines. Medical board employees shall refer any courses that are not clearly within the guidelines to the acupuncture board for review and approval.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 103.017 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 103 / Section 103.017
§ 103.017. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation services division shall work with the council to jointly develop, produce, and implement a general public awareness strategy focusing on diabetes, its complications, and techniques for achieving good management. Each agency shall pay for the costs of producing and disseminating information on diabetes to clients served by that agency.

(b) The strategy developed under Subsection (a) must include a plan under which the council provides public awareness information through businesses, civic organizations, and similar entities.

(c) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation services division may jointly develop and implement a statewide plan for conducting regional training sessions for public and private service providers, including institutional health care providers, who have routine contact with persons with diabetes.

(d) The council must approve the strategies and plans developed under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.152
§ 1301.152. ELIGIBILITY OF PUBLIC MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the building construction industry;

(2) is employed by or participates in the management of an agency or business entity related to the building construction industry; or

(3) has, other than as a consumer, a financial interest in a business entity related to the building construction industry.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.136 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.136
§ 1301.136. AVAILABILITY OF CODING GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between an insurer and a preferred provider must provide that:

(1) the preferred provider may request a description and copy of the coding guidelines, including any underlying bundling, recoding, or other payment process and fee schedules applicable to specific procedures that the preferred provider will receive under the contract;

(2) the insurer or the insurer's agent will provide the coding guidelines and fee schedules not later than the 30th day after the date the insurer receives the request;

(3) the insurer or the insurer's agent will provide notice of changes to the coding guidelines and fee schedules that will result in a change of payment to the preferred provider not later than the 90th day before the date the changes take effect and will not make retroactive revisions to the coding guidelines and fee schedules; and

(4) the contract may be terminated by the preferred provider on or before the 30th day after the date the preferred provider receives information requested under this subsection without penalty or discrimination in participation in other health care products or plans.

(b) A preferred provider who receives information under Subsection (a) may only:

(1) use or disclose the information for the purpose of practice management, billing activities, and other business operations; and

(2) disclose the information to a governmental agency involved in the regulation of health care or insurance.

(c) The insurer shall, on request of the preferred provider, provide the name, edition, and model version of the software that the insurer uses to determine bundling and unbundling of claims.

(d) The provisions of this section may not be waived, voided, or nullified by contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8375.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8375 / Section 8375.202
§ 8375.202. 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. Local Government Code § 62.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.202
§ 62.202. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the 60th day after the date the petition is filed, the district judge of the court shall hold a hearing on the petition. Members of the public who wish to give testimony on the matter of abolishing the municipality must be given the opportunity to do so at the hearing.

(b) The district judge must publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which all or a majority of the land in the municipality is located. The notice must be published before the 10th day before the date of the hearing. The notice must state:

(1) the date, time, and place of the hearing;

(2) the purpose of the hearing; and

(3) the name of the municipality that is the subject of the hearing.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.106 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.106
§ 143.106. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

Each state highway patrolman or county or local law enforcement officer shall enforce this subchapter and may enforce it without the use of a written warrant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4012.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4012 / Section 4012.0101
§ 4012.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "City" means the City of San Marcos.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1.
Tex. Water Code § 35.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 35 / Section 35.014
§ 35.014. COSTS OF ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The costs of an election to create a district at which a district is authorized to be created shall be paid by the district.

(b) The costs of an election to add a priority groundwater management area to an existing district at which the voters approve adding the priority groundwater management area to the district shall be paid by the existing district.

(c) The costs of an election to create a district or add a priority groundwater management area to an existing district at which the proposition fails shall be paid by the commission.
Tex. Family Code § 156.104 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 156 / Section 156.104
§ 156.104. MODIFICATION OF ORDER ON CONVICTION FOR CHILD ABUSE; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 156.1045, the conviction of a conservator for an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code, or the conviction of a conservator or an order deferring adjudication with regard to the conservator, for an offense involving the abuse of a child under Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, is a material and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to justify a temporary order and modification of an existing court order or portion of a decree that provides for the appointment of a conservator or that sets the terms and conditions of conservatorship or for the possession of or access to a child.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person files a suit to modify an order or portion of a decree based on the grounds permitted under Subsection (a) and the person knows that the person against whom the motion is filed has not been convicted of an offense, or received deferred adjudication for an offense, under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 325.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.023
§ 325.023. REVIEW OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION REGULATING AN OCCUPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 31 of an odd-numbered year, a member of the legislature may submit proposed legislation that would create an occupational licensing program or significantly affect an existing occupational licensing program to the commission for review and analysis. A request under this section may be submitted after December 31 of an odd-numbered year on the approval of the commission's chair based on the recommendation of the executive director. The commission's chair may, on the recommendation of the executive director, deny a request for review under this section.

(b) If the commission reviews and analyzes legislation proposing the regulation of an occupation, the commission shall submit a report to the legislature before the start of the next legislative session regarding the commission's findings on the need for regulating the occupation and the type of regulation recommended, if any.

(c) In analyzing legislation proposing the creation of an occupational licensing program, the commission shall determine whether:

(1) the unregulated practice of the occupation would be inconsistent with the public interest as defined by Section 325.0115;

(2) the public can reasonably be expected to benefit from an assurance of initial and continuing professional skill sets or competencies; and

(3) the public can be more effectively protected by means other than state regulation.

(d) If the commission reviews and analyzes proposed legislation amending an existing occupational licensing program, the commission shall submit a report to the legislature before the start of the next legislative session regarding the commission's findings on the need for the proposed legislation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 36.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 36 / Section 36.009
§ 36.009. REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, to pay or reimburse the department for a part of the cost of the remedial services provided.

(b) The recipient or the parent, managing conservator, or other person with a legal obligation to support an individual who has received remedial services from the department that are covered by some other benefit shall, when the other benefit is received, reimburse the department for the cost of services provided.
Tex. Occupations Code § 254.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 254 / Section 254.008
§ 254.008. CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of fraud, conspiracy, or malice, a member of the board, a full-time or part-time employee of the board, a person who contracts with the board, a witness called to testify by the board, or a consultant or hearing officer appointed by the board is not liable or subject to suit in a civil action for any damage caused by the person for an investigation, report, recommendation, statement, evaluation, finding, order, or award made in the performance of the person's official duties.

(b) The purpose of this section is to protect the persons designated by Subsection (a) from being harassed and threatened with legal action while performing official duties.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.553 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56A / Section 56A.553
§ 56A.553. NOTIFICATION OF WITNESS.
Status: in_force

The department shall immediately notify a witness who testified against a defendant at the trial for the offense for which the defendant is imprisoned, the witness's guardian, or the witness's close relative, if the witness, witness's guardian, or witness's close relative has notified the department as provided by Article 56A.554, when the defendant:

(1) escapes from a facility operated by the department for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies; or

(2) is transferred from the custody of a facility described by Subdivision (1) to the custody of a peace officer under a writ of attachment or a bench warrant.