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Tex. Water Code § 16.342 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.342
§ 16.342. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules that are necessary to carry out the program provided by Subchapter K, Chapter 17, of this code and rules:

(1) incorporating existing minimum state standards and rules for water supply and sewer services established by the commission; and

(2) requiring compliance with existing rules of any state agency relating to septic tanks and other waste disposal systems.

(b) In developing rules under this section, the board shall examine other existing laws relating to counties and municipalities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8436.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8436 / Section 8436.202
§ 8436.202. 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. Labor Code § 504.072 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 504 / Section 504.072
§ 504.072. APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISBURSEMENTS; ACCOUNT; REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision may set aside from available appropriations, other than itemized salary appropriations, an amount sufficient to pay all costs, administrative expenses, benefits, insurance, and attorney's fees authorized by this chapter.

(b) The amount set aside under Subsection (a) shall be set up in a separate account in the political subdivision's records showing the disbursements authorized by this chapter. A statement of the amount set aside for disbursements from the account shall be included in an annual report made to the political subdivision's governing body and its treasurer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.606 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.606
§ 1101.606. CLAIM FOR PAYMENT FROM TRUST ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (c-1), an aggrieved person who obtains a court judgment against a license or certificate holder for an act described by Section 1101.602 may, after final judgment is entered, execution returned nulla bona, and a judgment lien perfected, file a verified claim in the court that entered the judgment.

(b) After the 20th day after the date the aggrieved person gives written notice of the claim to the commission and judgment debtor, the person may apply to the court that entered the judgment for an order for payment from the trust account of the amount unpaid on the judgment. The aggrieved person and the commission may attempt to reach a settlement of the claim before setting a hearing before the court. If the aggrieved person does not schedule a hearing before the first anniversary of the date the application was filed, recovery is waived.

(c) If an aggrieved person is precluded by action of a bankruptcy court from executing a judgment or perfecting a judgment lien as required by Subsection (a), the person shall verify to the commission that the person has made a good faith effort to protect the judgment from being discharged in bankruptcy.

(c-1) If the judgment obtained against the license holder includes multiple defendants who are jointly and severally liable or the judgment against the license holder was severed from a suit with multiple defendants, the aggrieved person may not file a verified claim in the court that entered the judgment until the aggrieved person has obtained a judgment against all defendants and received payment from or obtained a writ of execution returned nulla bona for all defendants.

(d) The commission by rule may prescribe the actions necessary for an aggrieved person to demonstrate that the person has made a good faith effort under Subsection (c) to protect a judgment from being discharged in bankruptcy.
Tex. Government Code § 485.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485 / Section 485.043
§ 485.043. ELIGIBILITY FOR REBATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to qualify for a rebate under the program, a music venue or music festival promoter, for at least the two years preceding the date on which the music venue or promoter, as applicable, submits an application under Section 485.044, must have:

(1) been a permittee subject to the mixed beverage gross receipts tax or a permit holder subject to the sales tax on the sale of beer or wine;

(2) if the applicant is a music venue, been a retail establishment with a dedicated audience capacity of not more than 3,000 persons;

(3) if the applicant is a music festival promoter, held a music festival in a county with a population of less than 100,000;

(4) entered into a written contract with a musical performance artist to conduct a live performance at the venue or festival, as applicable, under which the artist received as compensation a specified percentage of ticket sales for or other sales during the performance, or a guaranteed amount in advance of the performance; and

(5) met at least five of the following criteria, one of which must be described by Paragraph (A) or (B):

(A) the marketing of live music performances through listings in printed or electronic publications;

(B) the provision of live music performances five or more nights per week;

(C) employment or contracting of the services of one or more people who are tasked with two or more of the following positions or services:

(i) sound engineer;

(ii) booker;

(iii) promoter;

(iv) stage manager; or

(v) security personnel;

(D) having live performance and audience space;

(E) the provision of technical sound and lighting support, either in-house or through a contract with a vendor;

(F) having a space for the storage of audio equipment or musical instruments;

(G) the application of cover charges to one or more live music performances through ticketing or the imposition of a front door entrance fee; or

(H) the maintenance of hours of operation that coincide with live music performance show times.

(b) The office may, at the office's discretion, provide a rebate under the program to a music venue or a music festival promoter that fails to meet the eligibility requirements prescribed by Subsection (a) solely because the venue is located, or the festival is usually held, as applicable, in a county located wholly or partly in an area that at any time during the preceding two-year period was declared to be a disaster area by the governor or by the president of the United States.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.613 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.613
§ 2301.613. NOTICE TO BUYER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare, publish, and distribute information concerning an owner's rights under this subchapter. The retail seller of a new motor vehicle shall conspicuously post a copy of the information in the area where its customers usually pay for repairs.

(b) The failure to provide notice as required by this section is a violation of this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.069 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.069
§ 32.069. CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE.
Status: in_force

A provider of disease management programs under Section 32.057 shall develop a program to provide screening for and diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease and its medical complications under the medical assistance program. The program must use generally recognized clinical practice guidelines and laboratory assessments that identify chronic kidney disease on the basis of impaired kidney function or the presence of kidney damage.
Tex. Government Code § 1371.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1371 / Section 1371.105
§ 1371.105. PLEDGE OR LIEN ON RESOURCES, ASSETS, OR FUND OF ISSUER.
Status: in_force

(a) A pledge or lien provided for in the resolution, order, ordinance, or other proceedings authorizing a public security, a credit agreement, or another agreement on a resource of the issuer, including revenue or income, on an asset of the issuer, or on a fund maintained by the issuer to secure payment of the public security or to secure a payment required by a credit agreement or other agreement:

(1) is valid and binding without further action by the issuer according to its terms and without being filed or recorded, except in the records of the issuer;

(2) is effective from the time of payment for and delivery of the public security or execution of the credit agreement or other agreement until:

(A) the public security or other payment has been paid;

(B) payment of the public security has been provided for; or

(C) each term of the credit agreement or other agreement has been satisfied; and

(3) is effective as to an item on hand or later received, and the item is subject to the lien or pledge without physical delivery of the item or other action.

(b) This section does not exempt an issuer from a duty to:

(1) record a lien on real property; or

(2) submit a public security issue for approval by the attorney general and registration by the comptroller.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8438.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8438 / Section 8438.152
§ 8438.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8438.151, 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. Local Government Code § 203.047 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 203 / Section 203.047
§ 203.047. NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
Status: in_force

A local government established after September 1, 1989, shall fulfill the requirements of Sections 203.025, 203.026, and 203.041 within one year after the date of its establishment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.052
§ 263.052. CONTRACT FOR CARE BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of managers may contract for the care of a person who is sick or injured and who applies to the hospital for admission. The board may contract for this care with:

(1) a hospital in the county; or

(2) an incorporated society or municipality in the county that maintains a hospital.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0207
§ 8511.0207. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A director is entitled to receive an allowance in an amount not to exceed that provided under Section 49.060, Water Code.

(b) A director is not entitled to receive a per diem allowance for more than 50 days in a calendar year.

(c) In all areas of conflict with this section, Section 49.060, Water Code, takes precedence.
Tex. Estates Code § 113.106 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.106
§ 113.106. OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF OTHER ACCOUNT WITH CONVENIENCE SIGNER.
Status: in_force

(a) An account established by one or more parties at a financial institution that is not designated as a convenience account, but is instead designated as a single-party account or another type of multiple-party account, may provide that the sums on deposit may be paid or delivered to the parties or to one or more convenience signers "for the convenience of the parties."

(b) Except as provided by Section 113.1541:

(1) the provisions of Sections 113.105, 113.206, and 113.208 apply to an account described by Subsection (a), including provisions relating to the ownership of the account during the lifetimes and on the deaths of the parties and provisions relating to the powers and duties of the financial institution at which the account is established; and

(2) any other law relating to a convenience signer applies to a convenience signer designated as provided by this section to the extent the law applies to a convenience signer on a convenience account.
Tex. Government Code § 29.056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 29 / Section 29.056
§ 29.056. HEARING ON MOTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A regional presiding judge who receives a request for the assignment of a judge to hear a motion to recuse or disqualify shall:

(1) immediately set a hearing before the regional presiding judge, an active judge, or a judge on the list of judges who are eligible to serve on assignment under Section 74.055;

(2) cause notice of the hearing to be given to all parties or their counsel; and

(3) make any other orders, including orders on interim or ancillary relief in the pending cause as justice may require.

(b) A judge who hears a motion for recusal or disqualification under Subsection (a) may also hear any amended or supplemented motion for recusal or disqualification filed in the case.

(c) If none of the parties to an action object, a hearing under Subsection (a) or (b) may be conducted by telephone.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.652 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.652
§ 21.652. ESTABLISHING CLASS OR SERIES OF SHARES; CHANGE IN NUMBER OF SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the actions the board may undertake under Subchapters D, E, and F, the board of directors of an investment company may:

(1) establish classes of shares and series of unissued shares of a class by setting and determining the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, of the shares of the class or series established under this subdivision to the same extent that the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights could be stated if fully stated in the certificate of formation; and

(2) increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares or the number of shares of, or delete from the investment company's certificate of formation, a class or series of shares the corporation has authority to issue, unless a provision has been included in the certificate of formation of the corporation after September 1, 1993, expressly prohibiting those actions by the board of directors.

(b) The board of directors of an investment company may not:

(1) decrease the number of shares in a class or series to a number that is less than the number of shares of that class or series that are outstanding at the time; or

(2) delete from the certificate of formation a reference to a class or series that has shares outstanding at the time.

(c) To establish a class or series under this section, the board of directors must adopt a resolution stating the designation of the class or series and setting and determining the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, of the class or series.

(d) To increase or decrease the number of shares of a class or series of shares or to delete from the certificate of formation a reference to a class or series of shares, the board of directors of an investment company must adopt a resolution setting and determining the new number of shares of each class or series in which the number of shares is increased or decreased or deleting the class or series and any reference to the class or series from the certificate of formation. The shares of a series removed from the certificate of formation shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of the class of shares from which the series was established unless otherwise provided by the resolution or the certificate of formation of the investment company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8013.403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8013 / Section 8013.403
§ 8013.403. NOTICE OF FUTURE CITY ANNEXATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the city consents to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district under Section 8013.004(a), the city shall file, in the real property records of the county, a notice to a purchaser of real property in the district that describes:

(1) the city's authority and intention to annex the district; and

(2) the anticipated date of the annexation.

(b) After the notice is filed, a person who proposes to sell or otherwise convey real property in the district must provide a copy of the notice to a purchaser of the property before selling or conveying the property to the purchaser.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 254 / Section 254.051
§ 254.051. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Section 254.052, a person may not establish or operate a freestanding emergency medical care facility in this state without a license issued under this chapter.

(b) Except as provided by Section 254.052, a facility or person may not hold itself out to the public as a freestanding emergency medical care facility or use any similar term, as defined by department rule, that would give the impression that the facility or person is providing emergency care unless the facility or person holds a license issued under this chapter.

(c) Each separate facility location must have a separate license.

(d) A license issued under this chapter is not transferable or assignable.

(e) A license may be issued only for the establishment or operation of a facility that is in continuous operation 24 hours per day and 7 days per week.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(68), eff. April 2, 2015.
Tex. Education Code § 130.208 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.208
§ 130.208. THE VICTORIA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of The Victoria College District includes the territory within:

(1) Victoria, Lavaca, DeWitt, Gonzales, and Calhoun counties;

(2) Jackson County, except the territory within the Ganado Independent School District; and

(3) Refugio County, except the territory within the Woodsboro Independent School District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.203 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.203
§ 161.203. DISTRIBUTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

A health care provider or health care facility shall provide to the requestor a medical or mental health record requested under Section 161.202 not later than the 30th day after the date on which the provider or facility receives the request.
Tex. Water Code § 20.106 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.106
§ 20.106. INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

The bonds and any interest coupons are investment securities under Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code, and may be issued registrable as to principal or as to both principal and interest or may be made redeemable before maturity at the option of the authority or may contain a mandatory redemption provision.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0017
§ 25.0017. VISITING JUDGE TO TAKE OATH.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is a retired or former judge shall, before accepting an assignment as a visiting judge of a statutory county court, take the oath of office required by the constitution and file the oath with the regional presiding judge.

(b) A regional presiding judge shall maintain a file containing the oaths of office filed with the judge under Subsection (a).

(c) A retired or former judge may be assigned as a visiting judge of a statutory county court only if the judge has filed with the regional presiding judge an oath of office as required by this section.
Tex. Penal Code § 34.021 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 34 / Section 34.021
§ 34.021. PROTECTION FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 1.03(c), a financial institution or an agent of the financial institution acting in a manner described by Section 34.02(c) is not liable for civil damages to a person who:

(1) claims an ownership interest in funds involved in an offense under Section 34.02; or

(2) conducts with the financial institution or an insurer, as defined by Article 1.02, Insurance Code, a transaction concerning funds involved in an offense under Section 34.02.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.039 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.039
§ 361.039. CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided by this chapter, this chapter does not diminish or limit the authority of the commission, the Department of State Health Services, or a local government in performing the powers, functions, and duties vested in those governmental entities by other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7917A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7917A / Section 7917A.0303
§ 7917A.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.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.4561 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.4561
§ 407A.4561.
Status: in_force

Sec. 407A.4561. REVISED PLAN OF OPERATION: WIND DOWN. (a) In this section, "qualified group" means a group that:

(1) holds a current certificate of approval under this chapter; and

(2) has not been determined by the commissioner to be insolvent under Section 407A.355.

(b) The board shall submit to the commissioner for approval a revised plan of operation to wind down and dissolve the guaranty fund and trust fund. The plan must include:

(1) steps for:

(A) distributing any remaining money in the guaranty fund and trust fund to qualified groups; and

(B) notifying interested parties; and

(2) an estimated timeline for the wind down.

(c) The commissioner shall approve the board's revised plan of operation if the commissioner determines that the plan sufficiently describes the actions the board will take to wind down and dissolve the guaranty fund and trust fund.

(d) The board shall:

(1) implement the revised plan of operation approved under Subsection (b); and

(2) provide written notice to the commissioner of the completion of the wind down not later than the 30th day after the date of completion.

(e) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner receives the board's notice under Subsection (d), the commissioner shall determine whether the guaranty fund has met its obligations under the approved revised plan of operation. If the commissioner determines that the guaranty fund met the fund's obligations, the commissioner shall issue an order requiring the distribution of any remaining money in the guaranty fund and trust fund to qualified groups.

(f) On the 30th day after the date the commissioner issues the order under Subsection (e):

(1) the guaranty fund and the trust fund are dissolved; and

(2) the board is abolished.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9038.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9038 / Section 9038.151
§ 9038.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 9038.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.