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Tex. Education Code § 38.211 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.211
§ 38.211. PRESCRIPTION OF EPINEPHRINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician or person who has been delegated prescriptive authority under Chapter 157, Occupations Code, may prescribe epinephrine delivery systems or medication for respiratory distress in the name of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.

(b) A physician or other person who prescribes epinephrine delivery systems or medication for respiratory distress under Subsection (a) shall provide the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school with a standing order for the administration of, as applicable:

(1) an epinephrine delivery system to a person reasonably believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis; or

(2) medication for respiratory distress to a person reasonably believed to be experiencing respiratory distress.

(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) is not required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine delivery system or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a person without a previously established physician-patient relationship.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, supervision or delegation by a physician is considered adequate if the physician:

(1) periodically reviews the order; and

(2) is available through direct telecommunication as needed for consultation, assistance, and direction.

(e) An order issued under this section must contain:

(1) the name and signature of the prescribing physician or other person;

(2) the name of the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school to which the order is issued;

(3) as applicable, the quantity and types of epinephrine delivery systems or the quantity and types of medications for respiratory distress to be obtained and maintained under the order; and

(4) the date of issue.

(f) A pharmacist may dispense an epinephrine delivery system or medication for respiratory distress to a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school without requiring the name or any other identifying information relating to the user.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.024 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.024
§ 148.024. DELAY IN COLLECTION OF PAYMENT INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

An instrument issued in payment for livestock under this subchapter shall be drawn on banks that are so located as not to artificially delay collection of funds through mail or otherwise cause an undue lapse of time in the clearance process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.205
§ 1058.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board's presiding officer shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Property Code § 54.021 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 54 / Section 54.021
§ 54.021. LIEN.
Status: in_force

A person who leases or rents all or part of a building for nonresidential use has a preference lien on the property of the tenant or subtenant in the building for rent that is due and for rent that is to become due during the current 12-month period succeeding the date of the beginning of the rental agreement or an anniversary of that date.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.504 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56A / Section 56A.504
§ 56A.504. NOTIFICATION REGARDING DEFENDANT SUBJECT TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
Status: in_force

The department, in the case of a defendant released on parole or to mandatory supervision following a term of imprisonment for an offense described by Article 56A.502, or a community supervision and corrections department supervising a defendant convicted of an offense described by Article 56A.502 and subsequently released on community supervision, shall notify a victim or witness described by Article 56A.503(a) when the defendant, if subject to electronic monitoring as a condition of release, ceases to be electronically monitored.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.007
§ 651.007. APPLICABILITY OF CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT AND REGULATION Z.
Status: in_force

A transaction that is subject to this chapter is also subject to:

(1) the Consumer Credit Protection Act; and

(2) the applicable provisions of Regulation Z.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7923A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7923A / Section 7923A.0105
§ 7923A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.253
§ 1011.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The tax assessor-collector of Schleicher County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.3585 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.3585
§ 1071.3585. COURT ORDER FOR REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR TO CROSS LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) A registered professional land surveyor engaged in surveying who is denied permission to cross land owned by a person or entity may seek a court order authorizing the surveyor to cross the land.

(b) A registered professional land surveyor may apply for an order under this section from the district court. Venue for the action is in the county in which the land is located.

(c) If the registered professional land surveyor holds office as a county surveyor and is engaged in surveying in the person's official capacity, the county attorney may apply for an order under this section.

(d) The court shall grant the order on proof that:

(1) the person is a registered professional land surveyor acting in the person's official capacity as a county surveyor; or

(2) the person is a registered professional land surveyor and the issuance of a court order authorizing the person to cross the land is in the public's best interest.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.103
§ 361.103. OTHER AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall define the characteristics that make other areas unsuitable for a hazardous waste management facility, including consideration of:

(1) flood hazards;

(2) discharge from or recharge to a groundwater aquifer;

(3) soil conditions;

(4) areas of direct drainage within one mile of a lake used to supply public drinking water;

(5) active geological processes;

(6) coastal high hazard areas, such as areas subject to hurricane storm surge and shoreline erosion; or

(7) critical habitat of endangered species.
Tex. Education Code § 88.205 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.205
§ 88.205. SALE OF CROPS.
Status: in_force

Proceeds from the sale, barter, or exchange of crops raised on any experiment station shall be applied to defray the expenses of operating the station.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.053
§ 1069.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must:

(1) be signed by not fewer than 25 qualified voters;

(2) be filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005, Election Code; and

(3) specify the commissioners precinct the person wants to represent or specify that the person wants to represent the district at large.

(b) The board secretary may accept the petition only if it is accompanied by evidence showing that the candidate has the qualifications required by Section 1069.054.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.2021 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.2021
§ 62.2021.
Status: in_force

Art. 62.2021. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE: INDIVIDUALS RESIDING AT CIVIL COMMITMENT CENTER. (a) Notwithstanding Article 62.060(b), a person subject to registration who is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator and resides at a civil commitment center shall renew the person's department-issued driver's license or personal identification certificate as prescribed by Section 521.103, 521.272, or 522.033, Transportation Code, as applicable.

(b) On the date that a person described by Subsection (a) no longer resides at a civil commitment center, the person is required to renew a driver's license or personal identification certificate only as provided by Article 62.060(b).
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.103 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.103
§ 56.103. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The telecommunications relay access service shall provide a person with an impairment of hearing or speech with access to the telecommunications network in this state equivalent to the access provided other customers.

(b) The service consists of:

(1) switching and transmission of the call;

(2) live or automated verbal and print translations of communications between a person with an impairment of hearing or speech who uses a telecommunications device for the deaf or a similar automated device and a person who does not have such equipment; and

(3) other service enhancements proposed by the carrier and approved by the commission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1101.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.008
§ 1101.008. ADJUSTMENT OF AMOUNT PAYABLE IF AGE OF INSURED IS UNDERSTATED.
Status: in_force

A life insurance policy must provide that if the age of an insured has been understated, the amount payable under the policy is the amount that the premium paid would have purchased if the insured's age had been stated correctly.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8355.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8355 / Section 8355.152
§ 8355.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8355.151, 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3973.0406 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3973 / Section 3973.0406
§ 3973.0406. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of district taxes or assessments on property in the zones.
Tex. Estates Code § 1054.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.001
§ 1054.001. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM IN PROCEEDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding under this title for the appointment of a guardian, the court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the proposed ward's interests.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.106 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.106
§ 2309.106. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 1.25(30), eff. September 1, 2021.

(b) The department may enter and inspect at any time during business hours:

(1) the place of business of any person regulated under this chapter; or

(2) any place in which the department has reasonable cause to believe that a license holder is in violation of this chapter or in violation of a rule or order of the commission or executive director.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 15.004(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 15.004(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(e) In conducting an inspection under this section, the department may inspect a facility, a used automotive part, a business record, or any other place or thing reasonably required to enforce this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.103
§ 3827.103. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a municipality or county to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8084.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8084 / Section 8084.0502
§ 8084.0502. 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. Health and Safety Code § 292C.154 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292C / Section 292C.154
§ 292C.154. PURPOSE; CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to generate revenue by collecting from institutional health care providers a mandatory payment to be used to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.

(b) To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the county may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0852 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0852
§ 540.0852. CARE MANAGEMENT AND CARE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require that care management services made available as provided by Section 540.0851(b)(5)(B):

(1) incorporate best practices as the commission determines;

(2) integrate with a nurse advice line to ensure appropriate redirection rates;

(3) use an identification and stratification methodology that identifies recipients who have the greatest need for services;

(4) include a care needs assessment for a recipient;

(5) are delivered through multidisciplinary care teams located in different geographic areas of this state that use in-person contact with recipients and their caregivers;

(6) identify immediate interventions for transitioning care;

(7) include monitoring and reporting outcomes that, at a minimum, include:

(A) recipient quality of life;

(B) recipient satisfaction; and

(C) other financial and clinical metrics the commission determines appropriate; and

(8) use innovations in providing services.

(b) To improve the care needs assessment tool used for a care needs assessment provided as a component of care management services and to improve the initial assessment and reassessment processes, the commission, in consultation and collaboration with the STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee, shall consider changes that will:

(1) reduce the amount of time needed to complete the initial care needs assessment and a reassessment; and

(2) improve training and consistency in the completion of the care needs assessment using the tool and in the initial assessment and reassessment processes across different Medicaid managed care organizations and different service coordinators within the same Medicaid managed care organization.

(c) To the extent feasible and allowed by federal law, the commission shall streamline the STAR Kids managed care program annual care needs reassessment process for a child who has not had a significant change in function that may affect medical necessity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3915.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3915 / Section 3915.101
§ 3915.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.026
§ 571.026. RECOVERY OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

If the attorney general brings an action to enforce an administrative penalty assessed under this chapter and the court orders the payment of the penalty, the attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in the investigation, initiation, or prosecution of the enforcement suit, including investigative costs, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Tex. Utilities Code § 187.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 187 / Section 187.001
§ 187.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Battery energy storage facility" includes:

(A) a battery energy storage resource; and

(B) any facility or equipment necessary to support the operation of the battery energy storage resource, other than a facility or equipment owned by an electric utility, as defined by Section 31.002.

(2) "Battery energy storage resource" means an electrochemical device, whether connected at the transmission or distribution level, that charges from the grid or a co-located generation resource and discharges that energy at a later time.

(3) "Battery operator" means an electric cooperative, an electric utility, a power generation company, a self-generator, or another person that owns or operates a battery energy storage facility.

(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance.

(5) "Electric cooperative" and "municipally owned utility" have the meanings assigned by Section 11.003.

(6) "Electric utility" and "power generation company" have the meanings assigned by Section 31.002.
Tex. Finance Code § 351.154 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 351 / Section 351.154
§ 351.154. LICENSE FEE.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day before the date the license expires, a license holder shall pay to the commissioner for each license held a fee in an amount determined as provided by Section 14.107.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2205.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.203
§ 2205.203. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF POOL MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The pool manager shall direct the general operation of the pool and perform other duties as directed by the board.

(b) The pool manager shall:

(1) receive and approve applications for liability coverage from the pool;

(2) negotiate contracts for the pool; and

(3) prepare proposed policy forms for board approval.

(c) The pool manager may refuse to renew the coverage of a child-care facility insured by the pool that fails to meet the guidelines included in the plan of operation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.052
§ 56B.052. PERIOD FOR FILING APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, a claimant or victim must file an application not later than the third anniversary of the date of the criminally injurious conduct.

(b) The attorney general may extend the time for filing for good cause shown by the claimant or victim.

(c) If the victim is a child, the application must be filed not later than the third anniversary of the date the claimant or victim is made aware of the offense, but not after the child attains 21 years of age.

(d) If a claimant or victim presents medically documented evidence of a physical or mental incapacity that was incurred by the claimant or victim as a result of the criminally injurious conduct and that reasonably prevented the claimant or victim from filing the application within the limitations period under Subsection (a), the period of the incapacity is not included.

(e) For a claim that is based on criminally injurious conduct in violation of Chapter 19, Penal Code, the claimant must file an application not later than the third anniversary of the date the identity of the victim is established by a law enforcement agency.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.058
§ 2165.058. VENDING MACHINES; ENERGY-SAVING DEVICE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to a vending machine that contains a perishable food product, as defined by Section 96.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) The commission shall require an entity that owns or operates a vending machine located in a building owned or leased by the state to activate and maintain any internal energy-saving or energy-management device or option that is already part of the machine or contained in the machine.

(c) The commission shall require the use of an external energy-saving or energy-management device for each vending machine that:

(1) is located in a building owned or leased by the state;

(2) operates with a compressor; and

(3) does not have an activated and operational internal energy-saving or energy-management device or option.

(d) An entity that owns or operates a vending machine subject to this section is responsible for any expenses associated with the acquisition, installation, or maintenance of an energy-saving device required by this section.

(e) The commission may impose an administrative fine on an entity that operates a vending machine subject to this section in an amount not to exceed $250 a year for each machine found to be in violation of this section or rules adopted by the commission under this section.

(f) The commission shall adopt rules relating to the specifications for and regulation of energy-saving devices required by this section.