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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.104
§ 8888.104. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be a qualified voter in the voting district from which the person is elected or appointed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.357 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.357
§ 351.357. FITTING AND DISPENSING CONTACT LENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Contact lenses may be fitted only by an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician.

(b) An ophthalmic dispenser may dispense contact lenses on a fully written contact lens prescription issued by an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician. The ophthalmic dispenser may:

(1) fabricate or order the contact lenses and dispense them to the patient with appropriate instructions for the care and handling of the lenses; and

(2) mechanically adjust the lenses.

(c) The ophthalmic dispenser may not measure the eye or cornea or evaluate the physical fit of the contact lenses in any way.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician who issues a contact lens prescription remains professionally responsible to the patient.
Tex. Water Code § 13.513 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.513
§ 13.513. ELECTION BY ELIGIBLE CITY TO EXEMPT SERVICE PROVIDER FROM UTILITY COMMISSION JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

A service provider shall not constitute a "water and sewer utility," a "public utility," a "utility," or a "retail public utility" within the meaning of this chapter as a result of entering into or performing a privatization contract, if the governing body of the eligible city shall so elect by ordinance and provide notice thereof in writing to the utility commission; provided, however, this provision shall not affect the application of this chapter to an eligible city itself. Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any service provider who seeks to extend or render sewer service to any person or municipality other than, or in addition to, an eligible city may be a "public utility" for the purposes of this chapter with respect to such other person or municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.001
§ 4051.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter and Subchapters B-E, G, and I apply to each agent of an insurer authorized to engage in the business of property and casualty insurance in this state.

(b) This subchapter and Subchapters B-E, G, and I apply to each person who performs the acts of an agent, as described by Section 4001.051, whether through an oral, written, electronic, or other form of communication, by soliciting, negotiating, procuring, or collecting a premium on an insurance contract offered by any kind of insurer authorized to engage in the business of property and casualty insurance in this state, including:

(1) a fidelity or surety company;

(2) a mutual insurance company, including a farm mutual or a county mutual;

(3) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange; and

(4) a Lloyd's plan.
Tex. Government Code § 2258.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2258 / Section 2258.051
§ 2258.051. DUTY OF PUBLIC BODY TO HEAR COMPLAINTS AND WITHHOLD PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A public body awarding a contract, and an agent or officer of the public body, shall:

(1) take cognizance of complaints of all violations of this chapter committed in the execution of the contract; and

(2) withhold money forfeited or required to be withheld under this chapter from the payments to the contractor under the contract, except that the public body may not withhold money from other than the final payment without a determination by the public body that there is good cause to believe that the contractor has violated this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3869.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3869 / Section 3869.054
§ 3869.054. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) an assistant city manager of the city appointed by the city manager of the city;

(2) the chief financial officer of the city; and

(3) the economic development director of the city.

(b) If an office described in Subsection (a) is renamed, changed, or abolished, the governing body of the city may appoint another officer or employee of the city who performs duties comparable to those performed by the officer described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Tax Code § 151.257 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.257
§ 151.257.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.257. FORFEITURE OF SECURITY: DETERMINATION. (a) If a person who has filed a security under this subchapter fails to pay the taxes imposed by this chapter or by a city under the Local Sales and Use Tax Act or fails to file a tax return required by this chapter or under the Local Sales and Use Tax Act, the comptroller shall issue a deficiency or jeopardy determination containing a demand for the amount of taxes, penalties, and interest due. The determination shall state that if payment is not made on or before the last day that the deficiency may be paid without incurring further penalty, the security or a part of the security may be forfeited.

(b) If the security filed by the person is a surety bond, the comptroller shall send a copy of the determination to each surety on the bond and shall demand payment from both the person filing the bond and each surety. A surety's obligation under the bond is not affected by whether the surety has a record of the receipt of a copy of the comptroller's determination notice or payment demand.
Tex. Penal Code § 47.03 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 47 / Section 47.03
§ 47.03. GAMBLING PROMOTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly does any of the following acts:

(1) operates or participates in the earnings of a gambling place;

(2) engages in bookmaking;

(3) for gain, becomes a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;

(4) sells chances on the partial or final result of or on the margin of victory in any game or contest or on the performance of any participant in any game or contest or on the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or on the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate; or

(5) for gain, sets up or promotes any lottery or sells or offers to sell or knowingly possesses for transfer, or transfers any card, stub, ticket, check, or other device designed to serve as evidence of participation in any lottery.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Election Code § 63.0102 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 63 / Section 63.0102
§ 63.0102. USE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An election officer may access electronically readable information on a driver's license or personal identification card for proof of identification when determining whether a voter shall be accepted for voting.

(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe any necessary procedures to implement this section.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 604.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.102
§ 604.102. REQUIRED PRINTING OF CERTAIN DISCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

In addition to the disclosure required under Section 604.101, a disclosure regarding the expiration of a stored value card or a periodic fee that reduces the unredeemed value of a stored value card must be legibly printed on the card.
Tex. Transportation Code § 702.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 702 / Section 702.003
§ 702.003. REFUSAL TO REGISTER VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A county assessor-collector or the department may refuse to register a motor vehicle if the assessor-collector or the department receives under a contract information from a municipality that the owner of the vehicle has an outstanding warrant from that municipality for failure to appear or failure to pay a fine on a complaint that involves the violation of a traffic law.

(b) A municipality may contract with a county in which the municipality is located or the department to provide information to the county assessor-collector or department necessary to make a determination under Subsection (a).

(c) A municipality that has a contract under Subsection (b) shall notify the county assessor-collector or the department regarding a person for whom the county assessor-collector or the department has refused to register a motor vehicle on:

(1) entry of a judgment against the person and the person's payment to the court of the fine for the violation and of all court costs;

(2) perfection of an appeal of the case for which the arrest warrant was issued; or

(3) dismissal of the charge for which the arrest warrant was issued.

(d) After notice is received under Subsection (c), the county assessor-collector or the department may not refuse to register the motor vehicle under Subsection (a).

(e) A contract under Subsection (b) must be entered into in accordance with Chapter 791, Government Code, and is subject to the ability of the parties to provide or pay for the services required under the contract.

(e-1) A municipality that has a contract under Subsection (b) may impose an additional $20 reimbursement fee to a person who has an outstanding warrant from the municipality for failure to appear or failure to pay a fine on a complaint that involves the violation of a traffic law. The additional reimbursement fee may be used only to reimburse the department or the county assessor-collector for its expenses for providing services under the contract, or another county department for expenses related to services under the contract.

(f) This section does not apply to the registration of a motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.1055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.1055
§ 452.1055. PROHIBITION OF CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A board by resolution may prohibit the consumption of an alcoholic beverage on property an authority possesses or controls. The resolution must describe with particularity each place where consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited.

(b) The authority shall post a sign in each place where consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited under this section. The sign must indicate that a person may not consume an alcoholic beverage in that place.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person consumes an alcoholic beverage in a place where the consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited under this section.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(e) In this section, "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.102
§ 2602.102. PLAN OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall perform its functions under a plan of operation. The plan of operation must contain provisions necessary or proper for the execution of the association's powers and duties. The plan of operation must, in addition to the other requirements of this chapter:

(1) establish:

(A) procedures for handling the assets of the association;

(B) the amount and method of reimbursing board members;

(C) regular places and times for board meetings;

(D) procedures for maintaining records of all financial transactions of the association, its agents, and the board; and

(E) procedures for determining the amount of guaranty fees, for collecting those fees, and for assessments;

(2) provide for the establishment of a claims filing procedure that includes:

(A) notice by the association to claimants;

(B) procedures for filing claims seeking recovery from the association; and

(C) a procedure for appealing the denial of claims by the association; and

(3) contain additional provisions necessary or proper for the execution of the association's powers and duties.

(b) The association shall submit to the commissioner any amendment to the plan of operation necessary or suitable to ensure the fair, reasonable, and equitable administration of the association. The amendment takes effect on the commissioner's written approval or the 90th day after the date the amendment is submitted unless disapproved by the commissioner.

(c) If the association does not submit a suitable amendment to the plan of operation, the commissioner after notice and hearing may adopt reasonable rules as necessary or advisable to implement this chapter. A rule continues in effect until modified by the commissioner or superseded by an amendment submitted by the association and approved by the commissioner.

(d) Each title insurance company shall comply with the plan of operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.0515 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.0515
§ 1001.0515. OFFICE OF CHIEF STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall:

(1) establish an Office of Chief State Epidemiologist within the department to provide expertise in public health activities and policy in this state by:

(A) evaluating epidemiologic, medical, and health care information; and

(B) identifying pertinent research and evidence-based best practices; and

(2) appoint a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state as the chief state epidemiologist to administer the Office of Chief State Epidemiologist.

(b) The chief state epidemiologist must:

(1) be board certified in a medical specialty; and

(2) have significant experience in public health and an advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, or a related field.

(c) The chief state epidemiologist serves as:

(1) the department expert on epidemiological matters and on communicable and noncommunicable diseases; and

(2) the department's senior science representative and primary contact for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies related to epidemiologic science and disease surveillance.

(d) The chief state epidemiologist may provide professional and scientific consultation regarding epidemiology and disease control, harmful exposure, and injury prevention to state agencies, health facilities, health service regions, local health authorities, local health departments, and other entities.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the chief state epidemiologist may access information from the department to implement duties of the epidemiologist's office. Reports, records, and information provided to the Office of Chief State Epidemiologist that relate to an epidemiologic or toxicologic investigation of human illness or conditions and of environmental exposure that are harmful or believed to be harmful to the public health are confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released or made public on subpoena or otherwise, except for statistical purposes if released in a manner that prevents identification of any person.
Tex. Education Code § 32.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 32 / Section 32.001
§ 32.001. DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education shall develop a long-range plan for:

(1) acquiring and using technology in the public school system;

(2) fostering professional development related to the use of technology for educators and others associated with child development;

(3) fostering computer literacy among public school students so that by the year 2000 each high school graduate in this state has computer-related skills that meet standards adopted by the board; and

(4) identifying and, through regional education service centers, distributing information on emerging technology for use in the public schools.

(b) The State Board of Education shall update the plan developed under Subsection (a) at least every five years.

(c) The State Board of Education, in coordination with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and other public agencies and institutions the State Board of Education considers appropriate, shall propose legislation and funding necessary to implement the plan developed under Subsection (a).

(d) In developing the plan, the State Board of Education must consider accessibility of technology to students with disabilities.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.302 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.302
§ 104.302. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN COSTS FOR GROSS PLANT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Gross plant" means a gas utility's plant, facilities, or equipment that has been placed in service.

(2) "Post in-service carrying costs" means the product of an unrecovered gross plant multiplied by a gas utility's pre-tax weighted average cost of capital established in the railroad commission's final order in the gas utility's most recent general rate proceeding until recovery.

(3) "Unrecovered gross plant" means a gross plant whose cost is not yet being recovered in a gas utility's rates and not already being deferred to a regulatory asset.

(b) A gas utility may defer for future recovery as a regulatory asset:

(1) post in-service carrying costs;

(2) depreciation associated with the unrecovered gross plant; and

(3) ad valorem taxes associated with the unrecovered gross plant.

(c) A regulatory asset established under Subsection (b) must be included in the railroad commission's authorized cost recovery mechanism under Section 104.301.

(d) On recovery in rates of a regulatory asset established by a gas utility under Subsection (b), the gas utility shall make appropriate accounting adjustments to reflect the recovery in rates.

(e) The railroad commission shall review the costs included in a regulatory asset established by a gas utility under Subsection (b) in a general rate proceeding. The costs are subject to a refund with interest to the extent the railroad commission by order disallows recovery in rates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3866.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3866 / Section 3866.102
§ 3866.102. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Penal Code § 31.13 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 31 / Section 31.13
§ 31.13. MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, OR ADVERTISEMENT OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO OR INFORMATION SERVICES DEVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person for remuneration intentionally or knowingly manufactures, assembles, modifies, imports into the state, exports out of the state, distributes, advertises, or offers for sale, with an intent to aid in the commission of an offense under Section 31.12, a device, a kit or part for a device, or a plan for a system of components wholly or partly designed to make intelligible an encrypted, encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal carried or caused by a multichannel video or information services provider.

(b) In this section, "device," "encrypted, encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal," and "multichannel video or information services provider" have the meanings assigned by Section 31.12.

(c) This section does not prohibit the manufacture, distribution, advertisement, offer for sale, or use of satellite receiving antennas that are otherwise permitted by state or federal law.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3819.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3819 / Section 3819.155
§ 3819.155. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or

(2) at least 25 owners of real property in the district, if more than 25 persons own real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.038
§ 533A.038. FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR CLIENTS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "department facility" includes the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center.

(a-1) The department may designate all or any part of a department facility as a special facility for the diagnosis, special training, education, supervision, treatment, or care of clients with an intellectual disability.

(b) The department may specify the facility in which a client with an intellectual disability under the department's jurisdiction is placed.

(c) The department may maintain day classes at a department facility for the convenience and benefit of clients with an intellectual disability of the community in which the facility is located and who are not capable of enrollment in a public school system's regular or special classes.

(d) A person with an intellectual disability, or a person's legally authorized representative, seeking residential services shall receive a clear explanation of programs and services for which the person is determined to be eligible, including state supported living centers, community ICF-IID programs, waiver services under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)), or other services. The preferred programs and services chosen by the person or the person's legally authorized representative shall be documented in the person's record. If the preferred programs or services are not available, the person or the person's legally authorized representative shall be given assistance in gaining access to alternative services and the selected waiting list.

(e) The department shall ensure that the information regarding program and service preferences collected under Subsection (d) is documented and maintained in a manner that permits the department to access and use the information for planning activities conducted under Section 533A.032.

(f) The department may spend money appropriated for the state supported living center system only in accordance with limitations imposed by the General Appropriations Act.

(g) In addition to the explanation required under Subsection (d), the department shall ensure that each person inquiring about residential services receives:

(1) a pamphlet or similar informational material explaining that any programs and services for which the person is determined to be eligible, including state supported living centers, community ICF-IID programs, waiver services under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)), or other services, may be an option available to an individual who is eligible for those services; and

(2) information relating to whether appropriate residential services are available in each program and service for which the person is determined to be eligible, including state supported living centers, community ICF-IID programs, waiver services under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)), or other services located nearest to the residence of the proposed resident.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.004
§ 7916.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7916.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.