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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.045 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.045
§ 826.045. AREA RABIES QUARANTINE.
Status: in_force

(a) If rabies is known to exist in an area, the department or its designee may declare an area rabies quarantine to prevent or contain a rabies epizootic.

(b) On the declaration that a quarantine exists, the executive commissioner shall:

(1) define the borders of the quarantine area; and

(2) adopt permanent or emergency rules.

(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (b)(2) may include conditions for the restraint of carnivorous animals and the transportation of carnivorous animals into and out of the quarantine area.

(d) The quarantine remains in effect until the 181st day after the date on which the last case of rabies is diagnosed in a dog, cat, or other animal species that caused the department or its designee to declare a quarantine, unless the department or its designee, by declaration, removes the quarantine before that date.

(e) While the quarantine is in effect, the rules adopted by the executive commissioner supersede all other applicable ordinances or rules applying to the quarantine area and apply until the department or its designee removes the quarantine by declaration or until the rules expire or are revoked by the executive commissioner.
Tex. Government Code § 75.551 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 75 / Section 75.551
§ 75.551. OBJECTION TO JUDGE OR JUSTICE ASSIGNED TO AN APPELLATE COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) When a judge or justice is assigned to an appellate court under this chapter or Chapter 74:

(1) the order of assignment must state whether the judge or justice is an active, former, retired, or senior judge or justice; and

(2) the person who assigns the judge or justice shall, if it is reasonable and practicable and if time permits, give notice of the assignment to each attorney representing a party to the case that is to be heard in whole or part by the assigned judge or justice.

(b) A judge or justice assigned to an appellate court may not hear a civil case if a party to the case files a timely objection to the assignment of the judge or justice. Except as provided by Subsection (d), each party to the case is entitled to only one objection under this section for that case in the appellate court.

(c) An objection under this section must be filed not later than the seventh day after the date the party receives actual notice of the assignment or before the date the case is submitted to the court, whichever date occurs earlier. The court may extend the time to file an objection under this section on a showing of good cause.

(d) A judge or justice who was defeated in the last primary or general election for which the judge or justice was a candidate for the judicial office held by the judge or justice may not sit in an appellate case if either party objects to the judge or justice.

(e) An active judge or justice assigned under this chapter is not subject to an objection.

(f) For purposes of this section, notice of an assignment may be given and an objection to an assignment may be filed by electronic mail.

(g) In this section, "party" includes multiple parties aligned in a case as determined by the appellate court.
Tex. Family Code § 51.075 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.075
§ 51.075. COLLABORATIVE SUPERVISION BETWEEN ADJOINING COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a child who is on probation in one county spends substantial time in an adjoining county, including residing, attending school, or working in the adjoining county, the juvenile probation departments of the two counties may enter into a collaborative supervision arrangement regarding the child.

(b) Under a collaborative supervision arrangement, the juvenile probation department of the adjoining county may authorize a probation officer for the county to provide supervision and other services for the child as an agent of the juvenile probation department of the county in which the child was placed on probation. The probation officer providing supervision and other services for the child in the adjoining county shall provide the probation officer supervising the child in the county in which the child was placed on probation with periodic oral, electronic, or written reports concerning the child.

(c) The juvenile court of the county in which the child was placed on probation retains sole authority to modify, amend, extend, or revoke the child's probation.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 761.151 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 761 / Section 761.151
§ 761.151. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who intentionally violates this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for each violation. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the violation occurs may bring suit to recover the civil penalty imposed under this section.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.072 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.072
§ 43.072. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may apply to the department for a private bird hunting area license.

(b) The application for a private bird hunting area license must be on a form supplied by the department and must include:

(1) the name and address of the applicant;

(2) the total number of contiguous acres to be licensed;

(3) the name and general location of the property; and

(4) the species of pen-reared birds to be hunted.
Tex. Finance Code § 36.221 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 36 / Section 36.221
§ 36.221. COURT-ORDERED AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The court may order an audit of the books and records of the receiver that relate to the receivership. A report of an audit ordered under this section shall be filed with the court. The receiver shall make the books and records relating to the receivership available to the auditor as required by the court order. The receiver shall pay the expenses of an audit ordered under this section as an administrative expense.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.255 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.255
§ 304.255. STAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The enforcement of an administrative penalty imposed under this subchapter may be stayed during the time the order is under judicial review if the person on whom the penalty is imposed pays the penalty to the clerk of the court or files a supersedeas bond with the court in the amount of the penalty.

(b) A person who cannot afford to pay the penalty or file the bond may stay the enforcement by filing an affidavit in the manner required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure for a party who cannot afford to file security for costs, subject to the right to contest the affidavit as provided by those rules.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 31 / Section 31.005
§ 31.005. PROVISION OF PROGRAM SERVICES BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to the department's determination of whether program services are to be provided through a network of approved providers, directly by the department, or by a combination of the department and approved providers as prescribed by this section.

(b) The department shall provide services only as prescribed by department rule.

(c) The department may provide primary health care services directly to eligible individuals to the extent that the department determines that existing private or public providers or other resources in the service area are unavailable or unable to provide those services. In making that determination, the department shall:

(1) initially determine the proposed need for services in the service area;

(2) notify existing private and public providers and other resources in the service area of the department's initial determination of need and the services the department proposes to provide directly to eligible individuals;

(3) provide existing private and public providers and other resources in the service area a reasonable opportunity to comment on the department's initial determination of need and the availability and ability of existing private or public providers or other resources in the service area to satisfy the need;

(4) provide existing private and public providers and other resources in the service area a reasonable opportunity to obtain approval as providers under the program; and

(5) eliminate, reduce, or otherwise modify the proposed scope or type of services the department proposes to provide directly to the extent that those services may be provided by existing private or public providers or other resources in the service area that meet the executive commissioner's criteria for approval as providers.

(d) The department shall maintain a continuing review of the services it provides directly to the eligible individuals who participate in the program. At least annually, the department shall review and determine the continued need for the services it provides directly in each service area, in accordance with the methods and procedures used to make the initial determination as prescribed by this section.

(e) If after a review the department determines that a private or public provider or other resource is available to provide services and has been approved as a provider, the department shall, immediately after approving the provider, eliminate, reduce, or modify the scope and type of services the department provides directly to the extent the private or public provider or other resource is available and able to provide the service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1042.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1042 / Section 1042.103
§ 1042.103. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The management and control of the district is vested in the board, and the board has full power to manage and control the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.406 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.406
§ 202.406. CONSENT FOR RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Consent for the release of information made confidential under this subchapter must be made in writing and signed by:

(1) the patient;

(2) the patient's parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor;

(3) a legal guardian if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs;

(4) an attorney ad litem appointed for the patient, as authorized by:

(A) Subtitle B, Title 6, Health and Safety Code;

(B) Subtitle C, D, or E, Title 7, Health and Safety Code;

(C) Title 3, Estates Code;

(D) Chapter 107, Family Code; or

(E) another applicable law; or

(5) the patient's personal representative if the patient is deceased.

(b) The written consent required under this section must specify:

(1) the information and records covered by the release;

(2) the reason or purpose for the release; and

(3) the person to whom the information is to be released.

(c) A patient or other person authorized to consent may withdraw consent to the release of any information. Withdrawal of consent does not affect information disclosed before the written notice of the withdrawal.

(d) A podiatrist shall furnish copies of podiatric records requested or a summary or narrative of the records under a written consent for release of the information as provided by this section unless the podiatrist determines that access to the information would be harmful to the physical, mental, or emotional health of the patient. The podiatrist may delete confidential information about another person who has not consented to the release.

(e) The podiatrist shall furnish the information within a reasonable period of time. The patient or another person acting on the patient's behalf shall pay a reasonable fee charged by the podiatrist for furnishing the information.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.904 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.904
§ 43.904. STAMP SALE RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

The net revenue derived from the sale of reptile and amphibian stamps shall be credited to the game, fish, and water safety account.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.151
§ 1506.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million.
Tex. Government Code § 844.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.005
§ 844.005. WHEN ANNUITY IS PAYABLE; CHANGES BEFORE FIRST PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A retiree may revoke an application for retirement, change the retiree's choice of retirement annuity payment plans, or change the designation of beneficiary after the retiree's effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the retirement system not later than the last day of the month a benefit payment is first made. After that day, a retiree may not revoke the application for retirement, change the annuity payment plan selected, or change the designated beneficiary except under Section 844.006.

(b) If an applicant for retirement dies on or before the last day that the application for retirement could have been revoked under Subsection (a), the decedent's application for retirement is considered canceled, except that the valid beneficiary designations made in connection with the retirement application remain in effect. The beneficiary of a decedent who had been an eligible member under Section 844.407 may receive an annuity in accordance with that section.

(b-1) Under rules established by the board of trustees, the retirement system may cancel an application for retirement if the applicant fails to timely provide all information and forms necessary to put the retirement into effect.

(c) An annuity under this subtitle is payable to a retiree or beneficiary through the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies. A continuation of an optional annuity begins with payment for the month following the month in which death occurs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.053
§ 3810.053. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting ex officio directors:

(1) the directors of the parks and recreation, planning and development, public works, and civic center departments of the City of Houston;

(2) the chief of police of the City of Houston;

(3) Harris County's general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas; and

(4) the president of each institution of higher learning located in the district.

(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting ex officio director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department of the City of Houston that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.

(c) The board may appoint the presiding officer of a nonprofit corporation actively involved in activities in the area of the district in the city of Houston to serve as a nonvoting ex officio director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3910.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3910 / Section 3910.203
§ 3910.203. 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. Transportation Code § 254.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 254 / Section 254.006
§ 254.006. RESTRICTIONS ON DRAINAGE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may not construct a ditch without an outlet to a natural waterway large enough to carry off all water that may collect in the ditch.

(b) The commissioners court may not change the natural course of any branch, creek, or stream. The public road must cross a branch, creek, or stream at the water's natural crossing.

(c) A culvert must be of sufficient size to allow water to flow, at its natural rate at its normal peak level, from the side of the road where the road intersects the natural channel to the natural channel at the other side of the road.
Tex. Water Code § 26.0301 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0301
§ 26.0301. WASTEWATER OPERATIONS COMPANY REGISTRATION AND OPERATOR LICENSING.
Status: in_force

(a) The holders of permits to discharge wastewater from a sewage treatment facility shall employ a treatment plant operator holding a valid license issued by the commission under Chapter 37 for the type of facility being operated.

(b) Every person that is in the business of providing sewage treatment or collection facility services under contract must hold a valid registration issued by the commission under Chapter 37.

(c) A person who performs process control activities at a sewage treatment facility or supervises the maintenance of a sewage collection system must hold a license issued by the commission under Chapter 37.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.041 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.041
§ 92.041. OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) knowingly or intentionally interferes with an employee of the department in the performance of a duty under this chapter;

(2) knowingly or intentionally fails to obey a rule adopted by the department under this chapter;

(3) delivers or accepts tomatoes for transport, or transports tomatoes that are not accompanied by a certificate of inspection;

(4) accepts tomatoes for transport if the inspection certificate that accompanies the tomatoes shows on its face that the tomatoes are not in compliance with this chapter;

(5) knowingly or intentionally delivers tomatoes for transport if the tomatoes are packed in a container or subcontainer that is deceptively marked concerning the grade, standard, count, arrangement, or pack of the contents;

(6) packs or transports tomatoes in a container or subcontainer that is deceptively marked concerning the grade, standard, size, count, pack, arrangement, brand, or trademark of the contents;

(7) transports tomatoes in an unauthorized container or subcontainer;

(8) sells, delivers for transport, or packs or consigns for sale tomatoes unless the tomatoes conform to the standards, grades, or classifications under this chapter;

(9) forges, falsifies, or changes an inspection certificate;

(10) is in business as a dealer in tomatoes while serving as commissioner or as an employee of the department, except that the commissioner and employees of the department may sell tomatoes they grow or produce; or

(11) violates a provision of this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 30.082 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30 / Section 30.082
§ 30.082. DIRECTOR OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To carry out legislative intent and the objectives of Section 30.081, the agency shall employ a director of services to students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.082 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.082
§ 2001.082. EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

In a contested case, evidence that is irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious shall be excluded.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.107 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.107
§ 172.107. COMMENCEMENT OF ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

Except as agreed by the parties, the arbitration begins on the date a request for the dispute to be referred to arbitration is received by the respondent.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 142.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 142 / Section 142.013
§ 142.013. DISPOSITION OR SALE OF IMPOUNDED ESTRAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the ownership of an estray is not determined before the third day after the date of the final advertisement under this chapter or if the estray is not redeemed before the 18th day after the date of impoundment, the county has title to the estray and the sheriff shall, except as provided by Subsection (e), cause the estray to be sold at a sheriff's sale or public auction licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Title to the estray is considered vested in the sheriff or the sheriff's designee for purposes of passing good title, free and clear of all claims, to the purchaser at the sale or for the purposes of Subsection (e).

(b) The sheriff shall receive the proceeds of the sale and shall allocate those proceeds in the following order of priority:

(1) payment of the expenses of sale;

(2) payment of the impoundment fee and other charges due the sheriff; and

(3) if applicable, payment of any amount for maintenance and damages due the owners of the private property from which the estray was impounded.

(c) The sheriff shall execute a report of sale of impounded livestock and file the report in the estray records of the county clerk.

(d) If there are sale proceeds remaining from the sale of an impounded estray after all expenses have been paid, the sheriff shall pay the balance to the owner, if known. If the owner is still unknown, the sheriff shall pay the balance to the county official charged with collecting and disbursing county funds, who shall deposit any payment received to the credit of the jury fund of the county for the uses made of that fund, subject to claim by the original owner of the estray.

(e) If a sheriff determines that the sale of an estray under this section is unlikely to generate sufficient proceeds to cover the expense of the sale, the sheriff may, instead of selling the estray:

(1) donate the estray to a nonprofit organization; or

(2) retain the estray and use it for county purposes.
Tex. Election Code § 273.082 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 273 / Section 273.082
§ 273.082. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code seeking a temporary restraining order, a court must electronically notify the attorney general of the hearing at the e-mail address designated under Subsection (e).

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a court may not hold a hearing described by Subsection (a) sooner than one hour after the court provides notice to the attorney general under Subsection (a).

(c) The attorney general may, after receiving notice under Subsection (a), waive the requirement of Subsection (b).

(d) A court shall allow the attorney general to participate remotely in a hearing in an action under this code seeking a temporary restraining order, using any reasonably available method.

(e) The attorney general shall designate an e-mail address at which to receive a notice under this section.

(f) A temporary restraining order issued in violation of this section is void and unenforceable.
Tex. Occupations Code § 551.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 551 / Section 551.008
§ 551.008. PROHIBITION ON RULE VIOLATING SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) All rules, regulations, or policies adopted by the board may not violate Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) A person may assert a violation of Subsection (a) as an affirmative defense in an administrative hearing or as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding under Chapter 37, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Education Code § 56.121 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.121
§ 56.121. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide loans to qualified students to enable those students to attend institutions of higher education.