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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.103
§ 1101.103.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1101.103. EXCEPTION: WAIVER. (a) The privilege established by Section 1101.101 does not apply to the extent the privilege is expressly waived by the owner or operator who prepared the audit report or caused the report to be prepared.

(b) Disclosure of an audit report or any information generated by an environmental or health and safety audit does not waive the privilege established by Section 1101.101 if the disclosure:

(1) is made to address or correct a matter raised by the audit and is made only to:

(A) a person employed by the owner or operator, including a temporary or contract employee;

(B) a legal representative of the owner or operator;

(C) an officer or director of the regulated facility or operation or a partner of the owner or operator;

(D) an independent contractor of the owner or operator;

(E) a person considering the acquisition of the regulated facility or operation that is the subject of the audit; or

(F) an employee, temporary employee, contract employee, legal representative, officer, director, partner, or independent contractor of a person described by Paragraph (E);

(2) is made under the terms of a confidentiality agreement between the person for whom the audit report was prepared or the owner or operator of the audited facility or operation and:

(A) a partner or potential partner of the owner or operator of the facility or operation;

(B) a transferee or potential transferee of the facility or operation;

(C) a lender or potential lender for the facility or operation;

(D) a governmental official of a state; or

(E) a person engaged in the business of insuring, underwriting, or indemnifying the facility or operation; or

(3) is made under a claim of confidentiality to a governmental official or agency by the person for whom the audit report was prepared or by the owner or operator.

(c) A party to a confidentiality agreement described by Subsection (b)(2) who violates that agreement is liable for damages caused by the disclosure and for any other penalties stipulated in the confidentiality agreement.

(d) Information that is disclosed under Subsection (b)(3) is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. A public entity, public employee, or public official who discloses information in violation of this subsection is subject to any penalty provided by Chapter 552, Government Code. It is an affirmative defense to the clerical dissemination of a privileged audit report that the report was not clearly labeled "COMPLIANCE REPORT: PRIVILEGED DOCUMENT" or labeled with words of similar import. The lack of labeling may not be raised as a defense if the entity, employee, or official knew or had reason to know that the document was a privileged audit report.

(e) This section may not be construed to circumvent the protections provided by federal or state law for individuals who disclose information to law enforcement authorities.
Tex. Labor Code § 307.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 307 / Section 307.001
§ 307.001. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The commission is the agency of this state designated to cooperate with the United States Employment Service as necessary to perform the duties of this state under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Section 49 et seq.) required to establish and maintain free public employment offices.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2651.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2651 / Section 2651.151
§ 2651.151.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2651.151. ANNUAL AUDIT OF TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS: TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND DIRECT OPERATIONS. (a) Each title insurance agent and direct operation shall have an annual audit made of trust fund accounts. The agent or direct operation shall pay for the audit.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date of the end of the agent's or direct operation's fiscal year, the agent or direct operation shall file with the department one copy of the audit report with a transmittal letter. The agent shall also send a copy of the audit report and transmittal letter to each title insurance company that the agent represents.
Tex. Government Code § 483.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 483 / Section 483.201
§ 483.201. TEXAS ADVANCED NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas advanced nuclear development fund is created as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. The fund consists of:

(1) subject to Section 483.101(d), gifts, grants, or donations to the fund; and

(2) money from any other source designated by the legislature.

(b) The office may use money in the fund:

(1) to provide reimbursement-based grants to eligible businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities, including institutions of higher education, through the programs established in this subchapter; and

(2) to pay for reasonable and necessary costs for staff support necessary to facilitate the work of the office.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.003
§ 683.003. CONFLICT OF LAWS; EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 683.051-683.055 may not be read as conflicting with Sections 683.074-683.078.

(b) This chapter does not affect a law authorizing the immediate removal of a vehicle left on public property that is an obstruction to traffic.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8441.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8441 / Section 8441.153
§ 8441.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.253 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1704 / Section 1704.253
§ 1704.253.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1704.253. MANDATORY LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION: GROUNDS. (a) A board shall immediately suspend a license if the license holder fails to maintain the amount of security required by Section 1704.160. A board is not required to provide notice or a hearing before suspending a license under this subsection. A license suspended under this subsection shall be immediately reinstated if the license holder deposits or executes the amount of security required by Section 1704.160.

(b) After notice and hearing as provided by Section 1704.254, a board shall revoke a license if:

(1) the license holder fails to pay a judgment in accordance with Section 1704.204; and

(2) the amount of security maintained by the license holder under Section 1704.160 is insufficient to pay the judgment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.116
§ 1078.116. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility, the district administrator or a person designated by the board may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

(b) To the extent that a patient or a relative of the patient legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay for care and treatment provided by the district, the district shall supply the care and treatment without charging the patient or the patient's relative.

(c) On determining that the patient or a relative legally responsible for the patient's support can pay for all or any part of the care and treatment provided by the district, the district administrator or the person designated by the board shall report that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order directing the patient or the relative to pay the district a specified amount each week. The amount must be based on the person's ability to pay.

(d) The district administrator or the person designated by the board may collect the amount owed to the district from the patient's estate or from that of a relative legally responsible for the patient's support in the manner provided by law for collection of expenses in the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute relating to a person's ability to pay or if the district administrator or the person designated by the board has any doubt concerning a person's ability to pay, the board shall:

(1) call witnesses;

(2) hear and resolve the question; and

(3) issue a final order.

(f) The final order of the board may be appealed to a district court in Houston County. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.0385 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0385
§ 51.0385. DEPOSIT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A penalty collected under this section shall be remitted to the comptroller for deposit in the general revenue fund.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.651 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.651
§ 82.651. ISLAND CHANNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may construct and maintain a channel through Padre Island, Mustang Island, and St. Jo Island, or any of them.

(b) The department may contract for the construction of a channel under this section on approval by the commission and approval from the federal government of an application for authority to construct channels.

(c) The cost of the construction and maintenance of a channel constructed under this section may be paid from the game, fish, and water safety account only.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379A.053 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379A / Section 379A.053
§ 379A.053. NATURE OF CORPORATE PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds for all constitutional and statutory purposes that the corporation owns, uses, and holds its property for public purposes.

(b) Section 25.07(a), Tax Code, does not apply to a leasehold or other possessory interest granted by the corporation.

(c) Property owned by the corporation is exempt from taxation under Section 11.11, Tax Code, while the corporation owns the property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.006
§ 81.006. FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The department may seek, receive, and spend appropriations, grants, fees, or donations for the purpose of identifying, reporting, preventing, or controlling communicable diseases or conditions determined to be injurious or to be a threat to the public health subject to any limitations or conditions prescribed by the legislature.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.104 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.104
§ 46C.104. ORDER COMPELLING DEFENDANT TO SUBMIT TO EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes described by this chapter, the court may order any defendant to submit to examination, including a defendant who is free on bail. If the defendant fails or refuses to submit to examination, the court may order the defendant to custody for examination for a reasonable period not to exceed 21 days. Custody ordered by the court under this subsection may include custody at a facility operated by the commission.

(b) If a defendant who has been ordered to a facility operated by the commission for examination remains in the facility for a period that exceeds 21 days, the head of that facility shall cause the defendant to be immediately transported to the committing court and placed in the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the committing court is located. That county shall reimburse the facility for the mileage and per diem expenses of the personnel required to transport the defendant, calculated in accordance with the state travel rules in effect at that time.

(c) The court may not order a defendant to a facility operated by the commission for examination without the consent of the head of that facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291 / Section 291.153
§ 291.153. INTEREST, PENALTIES, AND DISCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

Interest, penalties, and discounts on mandatory payments required under this chapter are governed by the law applicable to county ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.024 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.024
§ 31.024. APPLICATION FOR NUMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by this state shall file an application for a number with the department, an authorized agent, or a county tax assessor-collector.

(b) The application shall be signed by the owner of the vessel and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in Section 31.026 of this code. If the application is received by a county tax assessor-collector, the application and the portion of the fee not retained by the tax assessor-collector as a collection fee shall be sent to the department. If the application is received by an authorized agent, the application and the fee shall be sent to the department as required by Section 31.006 of this code.

(c) On receipt of the application in approved form, the department shall enter it on the records of its office and issue to the applicant a certificate of number stating the number awarded to the vessel and the name and address of the owner.

(d) The application form, the form of the certificate of number, and the manner of renewal shall be prescribed by the department.

(e) The department, an authorized agent, or a county tax assessor-collector may not issue a certificate of number unless the tax due on the vessel under Chapter 160, Tax Code, is paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3929.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3929 / Section 3929.154
§ 3929.154. CITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

An improvement project in the district must comply with any applicable requirements of the city, including codes and ordinances, unless specifically waived or superseded by the development and operating agreement entered into under Section 3929.156 or another agreement with the city.
Tex. Local Government Code § 25.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 25 / Section 25.051
§ 25.051. OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After a municipality adopts the city manager form of government under this chapter, all municipal officers, except members of the governing body of the municipality, shall be appointed as provided by ordinance. However, an elected officer serving at the time of the adoption of the city manager form of government may continue to serve until the expiration of the officer's term.

(b) This chapter does not limit the authority of the governing body of a general-law municipality to appoint and prescribe the powers and duties of a municipal officer or employee under Chapter 22, 23, or 24.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3803.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3803 / Section 3803.104
§ 3803.104. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) join and pay dues to an organization that qualifies for an exemption from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) of that code; and

(2) perform services or provide activities consistent with the furtherance of the purposes of the district.

(b) An expenditure of public money for membership in an organization described by Subsection (a) is considered to further the purposes of the district and to be for a public purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9003.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9003 / Section 9003.058
§ 9003.058. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, a director is entitled to receive an amount determined by the board, not to exceed $40 a day, for:

(1) each day the director attends a meeting of the board; or

(2) each day the director otherwise devotes to the business of the district.

(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in attending to district business, provided the service and expense are expressly approved by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3791.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3791 / Section 3791.0306
§ 3791.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.001
§ 110.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 5.318(1), eff. April 2, 2015.

(2) "Council" means the Council on Sex Offender Treatment.

(3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(3-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the council.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1089, Sec. 31(1), eff. September 1, 2005.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219, Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2007.

(6) "Sex offender" means a person who:

(A) is convicted of committing or adjudicated to have committed a sex crime under state or federal law;

(B) is awarded deferred adjudication for a sex crime under state or federal law; or

(C) is convicted of, adjudicated to have committed, or awarded deferred adjudication for an offense that is based on sexually motivated conduct.

(7) "Sex offender treatment provider" means a person, licensed by the council and recognized based on training and experience to provide assessment and treatment to adult sex offenders or juveniles with sexual behavioral problems who have been convicted, adjudicated, awarded deferred adjudication, or referred by a state agency or a court, and licensed in this state to practice as a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychological associate, provisionally licensed psychologist, licensed professional counselor, licensed professional counselor intern, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed marriage and family associate, licensed clinical social worker, licensed master social worker under a clinical supervision plan approved by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, or advanced practice nurse recognized as a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, who provides mental health or medical services for rehabilitation of sex offenders.

(8) "Sexually motivated conduct" has the meaning assigned by Section 841.002, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.501 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.501
§ 342.501. OBLIGATION UNDER MORE THAN ONE CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) An authorized lender may not induce or permit a person or a husband and wife to be directly or indirectly obligated under more than one loan contract at any time for the purpose or with the effect of obtaining an amount of interest greater than the amount of interest otherwise authorized under this chapter for a loan of that aggregate amount with a maximum interest charge computed under Section 342.201(a), Section 342.201(e), Section 342.252, or any combination of those sections.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the purchase of a bona fide retail installment contract or revolving charge agreement of a borrower for the purchase of goods or services.

(c) A lender who purchases all or substantially all of the loan contracts of another authorized lender and who at the time of purchase has a loan contract with a borrower whose loan contract is purchased may collect principal and authorized charges according to the terms of each loan contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8806.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8806 / Section 8806.102
§ 8806.102. WELL PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may:

(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in the groundwater reservoir; and

(2) issue a permit subject to terms and provisions relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.

(b) The board may not deny an owner of land, or the owner's heirs, assigns, and lessees, a permit to drill a well on that land or the right to produce groundwater from that well subject to rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 883.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 883 / Section 883.206
§ 883.206. FEES.
Status: in_force

Each domestic or foreign mutual insurance company organized or operating under this chapter is subject to a fee imposed by law on a stock insurance company engaging in the same kinds of insurance.
Tex. Estates Code § 455.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 455 / Section 455.003
§ 455.003. FUNDING OF PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.
Status: in_force

A public probate administrator is entitled to commissions under Subchapter A, Chapter 352, to be paid into the county treasury. The public probate administrator's office, including salaries, is funded, in part, by the commissions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.057
§ 1120.057. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3859.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3859 / Section 3859.104
§ 3859.104. CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may contract with:

(1) Harris County or the City of Houston for the county or city to provide law enforcement and security services for a fee; and

(2) a private entity for the private entity to provide supplemental security services.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 5.04-1 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5.04-1
§ 5.04-1. REPORT OF BASIC LIMITS LOSSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A report filed under Article 5.01(a) of this code must include the information necessary to compute a Texas automobile experience modifier as provided by this code or a rule adopted by the State Board of Insurance. In reporting losses under Article 5.01(a) of this code, an insurer may include only the following as basic limits losses:

(1) indemnity losses, up to the basic limits for the losses;

(2) losses based on payments for immediate medical or surgical treatment;

(3) fees paid to an attorney who is not an employee of the insurer, if the fees were for services rendered in the trial of an action arising under a covered claim;

(4) specific expenses incurred as a direct result of defending an action in connection with which the expense is claimed;

(5) specific expenses, other than claims adjustment expenses, incurred in connection with the settlement of a claim with respect to which the expense is claimed;

(6) all medical payments coverage; and

(7) personal injury protection coverage losses.

(b) In reporting its basic limits losses to the State Board of Insurance, each insurer shall disclose the specific nature of each loss expense claimed and shall show to the Board's satisfaction that each specific expense claimed was necessary with respect to the specific risk involved.