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Tex. Government Code § 662.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.058
§ 662.058. VIETNAM VETERANS DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) March 29 is Vietnam Veterans Day in honor of the men and women who served in the Vietnam War on behalf of this nation.

(b) Vietnam Veterans Day shall be regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies.
Tex. Government Code § 840.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 840 / Section 840.007
§ 840.007. REPORT.
Status: in_force

Annually, the retirement system shall publish a report containing the following information:

(1) the retirement system's fiscal transactions of the preceding fiscal year;

(2) the amount of the system's accumulated cash and securities; and

(3) the balance sheet showing the financial condition of the system for the preceding fiscal year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.155
§ 1091.155. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.605 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.605
§ 1051.605. EMPLOYEE OF CERTAIN UTILITIES OR AFFILIATES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not limit the activities of a regular full-time employee of a privately owned public utility or cooperative utility or of the utility's affiliate who performs services exclusively for the utility or the affiliate.

(b) This chapter does not limit the use of a job title or personnel classification by an employee described by Subsection (a) if the employee does not use:

(1) the title or classification in connection with an offer to the public to perform architectural services; and

(2) a name, title, or other word that tends to convey the impression that a person not registered as an architect under this chapter is offering to the public to perform architectural services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2212.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2212 / Section 2212.102
§ 2212.102. COVERAGE FOR VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The trust, in accordance with Section 2212.054, may make available professional liability insurance covering a volunteer health care provider for an act or omission resulting in death, damage, or injury to a patient while the person is acting in the course and scope of the person's duties as a volunteer health care provider as described by Chapter 84, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) This section does not affect the liability of a volunteer health care provider who is serving as a direct service volunteer of a charitable organization. Section 84.004(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to the volunteer health care provider without regard to whether the volunteer health care provider obtains liability insurance under this section.

(c) The trust may make professional liability insurance available under this section to a volunteer health care provider without regard to whether the volunteer health care provider is a physician or dentist.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.233 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.233
§ 601.233. NOTICE OF POTENTIAL SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A citation for an offense under Section 601.191 issued as a result of Section 601.053 must include, in type larger than other type on the citation, the following statement:

(b) A judge presiding at a trial at which a person is convicted of an offense under Section 601.191 shall notify the person that the person's driver's license is subject to suspension if the person fails to provide to the department evidence of financial responsibility as required by Section 601.231.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.074 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.074
§ 161.074. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a competitive grant program that promotes innovation in the delivery of aging and disability services and improves the quality of life for individuals receiving those services.

(b) A grant awarded by the department under the program shall be used to:

(1) test innovative practices in the provision of aging and disability services; or

(2) disseminate information regarding innovative practices being used to provide aging and disability services.

(c) The department shall request proposals for the award of a grant under the program. The department shall evaluate the proposals and award a grant based on a proposal's academic soundness, quantifiable effectiveness, and potentially positive impact on the delivery of aging and disability services.

(d) A grant awarded under Subsection (b)(1) must be made to an institution of higher education working in cooperation with a private entity that has committed resources to the project described in the proposal.

(e) A grant recipient may use grant money received under this section only to pay for activities directly related to the purpose of the grant program as described by Subsection (b) and may not use grant money for fees or advertising.

(f) The department shall establish procedures to administer the grant program, including a procedure for the submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the department to evaluate a proposal.

(g) The department shall enter into a contract that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient. The department shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. The contract must authorize the department to recoup grant money from a grant recipient for failure of the grant recipient to comply with the terms of the contract.

(h) The department shall post on its website a summary of each grant awarded under this section.

(i) The legislature may appropriate money described by Sections 142.0174, 242.0695, 247.0458, and 252.069, Health and Safety Code, including unexpended and unobligated amounts collected during a previous state fiscal biennium, to fund the grant program authorized by this section.
Tex. Water Code § 57.117 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.117
§ 57.117. INSPECTION AND REPORT BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall inspect the construction of a levee or other improvement once every 60 days after the construction work has commenced, and if he finds that the work has been done in strict accordance with the contract, the executive director shall certify this fact, and his certificate shall give a full description of the work done up to the date of inspection.

(b) If the executive director finds that the work has not been done in strict accordance with the contract, he shall officially certify this fact, and in the certificate he shall state where the contractor has failed to comply with the contract.
Tex. Education Code § 58A.075 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 58A / Section 58A.075
§ 58A.075. GRANT AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

The amount of a grant awarded under this subchapter may not exceed $1 million.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3876.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3876 / Section 3876.204
§ 3876.204. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3904.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3904 / Section 3904.154
§ 3904.154. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.103
§ 8504.103. GENERAL POWERS RELATING TO WORKS AND WATER.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may construct, maintain, and operate in the basins, inside or outside the authority, any work considered essential:

(1) to the operation of the authority; and

(2) for the authority's administration in the control, storage, preservation, and distribution to all useful purposes of the water, including storm water and floodwater, of the basins.

(b) The authority has the same power of control and regulation over the water of the basins that the state has, subject to the constitution and statutes of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8052.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8052 / Section 8052.0103
§ 8052.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.051
§ 1083.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected as follows:

(1) two directors are elected from each commissioners precinct included in the district; and

(2) one director is elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) a directors' election shall be held each year on the May uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.002
§ 1575.002. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Active employee" means a contributing member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who:

(A) is employed by a public school; and

(B) is not entitled to coverage under a plan provided under Chapter 1551 or 1601.

(2) "Carrier" means an insurance company or hospital service corporation authorized by the department under this code or another insurance law of this state to provide any of the insurance coverages, benefits, or services provided by this chapter.

(3) "Fund" means the retired school employees group insurance fund.

(4) "Group program" means the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program authorized by this chapter.

(5) "Health benefit plan" means any group arrangement to provide health care benefits or to pay or reimburse expenses for health care services.

(5-a) "Medicare Advantage plan" means a health benefit plan operated under Part C of the Medicare program.

(5-b) "Medicare prescription drug plan" means a health benefit plan operated under Part D of the Medicare program.

(6) "Public school" means:

(A) a school district;

(B) another educational district whose employees are members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;

(C) a regional education service center established under Chapter 8, Education Code; or

(D) an open-enrollment charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code.

(7) "Trustee" means the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

(8) "Usual and customary rate" means the relevant allowable amount as described by the applicable master benefit plan document or policy.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 188.038 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 188 / Section 188.038
§ 188.038. TERMINATION STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a lien claimant receives payment for the total amount secured by a lien under this chapter and the lien claimant has not furnished animal feed during the 45-day period before the date on which payment is received, the lien claimant shall file a termination statement with the secretary of state and shall send the lien debtor a copy of the statement as provided by this section. The statement shall state that the lien claimant no longer claims a security interest under the notice of claim of lien.

(b) The notice of claim of lien must be identified in the statement under Subsection (a) by the date, names of parties to the agreement, and file number of the original lien.

(c) If the lien claimant does not send the termination statement required by this section before the 11th day after the date on which the lien claimant received payment, the lien claimant is liable to the lien debtor for actual damages suffered by the lien debtor as a result of the failure. If the lien claimant acts in bad faith in failing to send the statement, the lien claimant is liable for an additional penalty of $100.

(d) The filing officer in the secretary of state's office shall mark each termination statement with the date and time of filing and shall index the statement under the name of the lien debtor and under the file number of the original lien. If the filing officer has a microfilm or other photographic record of the lien and related filings, the filing officer may destroy the filed notice of claim of lien at any time after receiving the termination statement. If the filing officer does not have a photographic record, the filing officer may destroy the filed notice of claim of lien at any time after the first anniversary of the date on which the filing officer received the termination statement.

(e) The uniform filing fee for filing and indexing the termination statement is the same as the fee assessed under Section 9.525, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.167 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.167
§ 521.167. WAIVER OF CERTAIN EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A person who has completed and passed a driver education course approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Section 1001.1015, Education Code, is not required to take the highway sign and traffic law parts of the examination required under Section 521.161 if those parts have been successfully completed as determined by a licensed driver education instructor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.156
§ 36.156. OUT-OF-STATE MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person with materials located outside this state that are requested by the commissioner may make the materials available for examination at the place where the materials are located.

(b) The commissioner may designate a representative, including an official of the state in which the materials are located, to examine the materials.

(c) The commissioner may respond to a similar request from an official of another state or of the United States.
Tex. Estates Code § 1002.014 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.014
§ 1002.014. GUARDIANSHIP CERTIFICATION PROGRAM OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH CERTIFICATION COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

"Guardianship certification program of the Judicial Branch Certification Commission" means the program established under Chapter 155, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6914.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6914 / Section 6914.102
§ 6914.102. ACQUISITION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make, construct, or otherwise acquire improvements inside or outside the district but wholly in Bee County, that are necessary to carry out a power granted to the district under this chapter or a general law described by Section 6914.101.

(b) Before awarding a contract for the construction of an improvement, the district must submit a plan and specifications for the improvement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for approval. Any substantial change made to the plan after submission must also be submitted to the commission for approval.
Tex. Transportation Code § 71.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 71 / Section 71.152
§ 71.152. PILOTAGE CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A pilotage rate charged by a pilot under this chapter must be fair and just.

(b) A pilot shall furnish a schedule of pilotage rates under this chapter that must be on file at all times in the office of the navigation district's commissioners.

(c) Each time a change in the pilotage rates charged by a pilot under this chapter occurs, the pilot must file a revised schedule.

(d) A pilot shall strictly follow the schedule of rates on file in the office of the navigation district's commissioners.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.142 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.142
§ 406.142. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to contractors and workers preparing to construct, constructing, altering, repairing, extending, or demolishing:

(1) a residential structure;

(2) a commercial structure that does not exceed three stories in height or 20,000 square feet in area; or

(3) an appurtenance to a structure described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
Tex. Government Code § 411.117 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.117
§ 411.117.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.117. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION AND TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. The Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission are entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is:

(1) an applicant for services of the Health and Human Services Commission or the Texas Workforce Commission, as applicable;

(2) a client of the Health and Human Services Commission or the Texas Workforce Commission, as applicable; or

(3) an applicant for employment whose potential duties include direct contact with clients of the Health and Human Services Commission or the Texas Workforce Commission, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8434.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8434 / Section 8434.051
§ 8434.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8434.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 522.0203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0203
§ 522.0203. INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency shall:

(1) broadcast over the Internet live video and audio of each open meeting of the agency;

(2) make a video and audio recording of reasonable quality of the broadcast; and

(3) provide access to the archived video and audio recording on the agency's Internet website in accordance with Subsection (c).

(b) An agency may use for an Internet broadcast of an open meeting of the agency a room made available to the agency on request in any state building, as that term is defined by Section 2165.301.

(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date an open meeting is broadcast under this section, the agency shall make available through the agency's Internet website the archived video and audio recording of the open meeting. The agency shall maintain the archived video and audio recording on the agency's Internet website until at least the second anniversary of the date the recording was first made available on the website.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 301.104 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.104
§ 301.104. CIVIL ACTION.
Status: in_force

A consumer injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action for recovery of damages. The damages awarded may not be less than the amount the consumer paid the person who sold the consumer goods or services through the use of the telephone solicitor, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.017 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.017
§ 22.017. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO OFFICER, BOARD, OR AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a local government by resolution may delegate to an officer, board, or other local governmental agency any power granted by this chapter to the local government or the governing body for planning, establishing, constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, operating, regulating, protecting, and policing an airport or air navigation facility established, owned, or controlled or to be established, owned, or controlled by the local government. The resolution must prescribe the powers and duties of the officer, board, or other local governmental agency.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the local government is responsible for the expenses of planning, establishing, constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, operating, regulating, protecting, and policing the airport or other air navigation facility.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 44.007 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 44 / Section 44.007
§ 44.007. INTEREST RATE REDUCTION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish an interest rate reduction program to foster the:

(1) creation and expansion of enterprises based on agriculture in this state; or

(2) development or expansion of businesses in rural areas of this state.

(b) The board shall approve or disapprove any and all applications under this chapter, provided that the board may delegate this authority to the commissioner.

(c) The board shall promulgate rules for the loan portion of the interest rate reduction program.

(d) In order to participate in the interest rate reduction program, an eligible lending institution may solicit loan applications from eligible borrowers.

(e) After reviewing an application and determining that the applicant is eligible and creditworthy, the eligible lending institution shall send the application for a linked deposit loan to the administrator of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority.

(f) The eligible lending institution shall certify the interest rate applicable to the specific eligible borrower and attach it to the application sent to the administrator of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority.

(g) After reviewing each linked deposit loan application, the board or the commissioner shall recommend to the comptroller the acceptance or rejection of the application.

(h) After acceptance of the application, the comptroller shall place a linked deposit with the applicable eligible lending institution for the period the comptroller considers appropriate. The comptroller may not place a deposit for a period extending beyond the state fiscal biennium in which it is placed. Subject to the limitation described by Section 44.010, the comptroller may place time deposits at an interest rate described by Section 44.001(4).

(i) Before the placing of a linked deposit, the eligible lending institution and the state, represented by the comptroller, shall enter into a written deposit agreement containing the conditions on which the linked deposit is made.

(j) If a lending institution holding linked deposits ceases to be either a state depository or a Farm Credit System institution headquartered in this state, the comptroller may withdraw the linked deposits.

(k) The board may adopt rules that create a procedure for determining priorities for loans granted under this chapter. Each rule adopted must state the policy objective of the rule.

(l) A lending institution is not ineligible to participate in the interest rate reduction program solely because a member of the board is also an officer, director, or employee of the lending institution, provided that a board member shall recuse himself or herself from any action taken by the board on an application involving a lending institution by which the board member is employed or for which the board member serves as an officer or director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8060.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8060 / Section 8060.0303
§ 8060.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.