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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.103
§ 1117.103. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) The management and control of the district is vested in the board.

(b) The district, through the board, has every power, right, and privilege incident to the ownership of land, buildings, and personal property and the complete operation, management, and maintenance of a hospital or hospital system, including the power to:

(1) negotiate and contract with any person to purchase or lease land or a hospital;

(2) construct and equip a hospital or hospital system;

(3) acquire and own land and a hospital and lease the land and hospital, with all hospital equipment and facilities, to any person to conduct the complete operation, management, and maintenance of a hospital or hospital system in consideration of a fair and reasonable annual payment to defray all or part of the district's annual capital outlay or debt service requirements; and

(4) negotiate and contract with other political subdivisions of this state or private individuals, associations, or corporations for a purpose described by this subsection.

(c) A contract or lease described by Subsection (b) must assure the provision of medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.052
§ 1952.052. USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OR ADOPTED POLICY FORMS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

An insurer may continue to use a policy form or endorsement approved or adopted by the commissioner under Article 5.06 before June 11, 2003, on notification in writing to the commissioner that the insurer will continue to use the policy form or endorsement.
Tex. Education Code § 130.069 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.069
§ 130.069. DISANNEXATION OF OVERLAPPED TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) All junior college districts whose boundaries have or may hereafter become established so that they include territory which prior to such establishment lay, and shall continue to lie, within the boundaries of another junior college district shall have the power to disannex such overlapped territory.

(b) Upon certification by the governing board of such a junior college district to the county board of school trustees of the county in which its college is located that such an overlapping condition exists, the county board may by resolution disannex the overlapped territory from the district, describing such territory by metes and bounds.
Tex. Water Code § 17.028 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.028
§ 17.028. PAYMENT ENFORCEABLE BY MANDAMUS.
Status: in_force

Payment of the bonds and performance of official duties prescribed by Article III, Sections 49-c, 49-d, 49-d-1, 49-d-2, 49-d-6, and 49-d-7, of the Texas Constitution and by this subchapter may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.025
§ 142.025. ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF HOME HEALTH MEDICATION AIDE PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) To be issued or to have renewed a home health medication aide permit, a person shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department and under department rules.

(b) The department shall prepare and conduct an examination for the issuance of a permit.

(c) The department shall require a permit holder to satisfactorily complete a continuing education course approved by the department for renewal of the permit.

(d) The department shall issue a permit or renew a permit to an applicant who:

(1) meets the minimum requirements adopted under Section 142.023;

(2) successfully completes the examination or the continuing education requirements; and

(3) pays a nonrefundable application fee specified in department rules.

(e) A permit is valid for one year and is not transferable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.252
§ 1076.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of taxes, which may not exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.806 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.806
§ 171.806. CARRYFORWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) If a taxable entity is awarded a credit that exceeds the limitation under Section 171.805(a), the entity may carry the unused credit forward for not more than five consecutive reports.

(b) A carryforward is considered the remaining portion of a credit awarded to a taxable entity that cannot be claimed on a report because of the limitation under Section 171.805(a).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1901.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.057
§ 1901.057. CONSIDERATIONS IN APPROVING RATES.
Status: in_force

In approving rates under this chapter, the department shall consider the impact of risk management courses taken by physicians and health care providers in this state.
Tex. Water Code § 152.054 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.054
§ 152.054. SUPERVISION BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RIVER AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The budget of a corporation created under Section 152.051 must be approved by the board of directors of the river authority.

(b) The activities of the corporation are subject to the continuing review and supervision of the river authority's board of directors.

(c) The issuance of bonds or other obligations under this chapter by a corporation created under Section 152.051 must be approved by the board of directors of the river authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.052
§ 3878.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS ON INCREASE IN BOARD SIZE.
Status: in_force

If the board increases the number of directors under Section 3878.051, the board shall appoint eligible persons to fill the new director positions and shall provide for the staggering of terms of the new directors. On expiration of the term of a director appointed under this section, a succeeding director shall be appointed and qualified as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code. The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Houston shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.301
§ 846.301. MARKETING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

On request, each employer purchasing a health benefit plan shall be given a summary of the plans for which the employer is eligible.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.064 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.064
§ 345.064. COMPLETION OF CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not sign a retail installment contract that contains a blank space for an item that is an essential provision of the transaction.

(b) If delivery of the goods is not made at the time the contract is executed, the identifying numbers or marks of the goods or similar information and the due date of the first installment may be inserted by the retail seller in the seller's counterpart of the contract after the contract has been signed by the retail buyer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 152.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 152 / Section 152.001
§ 152.001. TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Medical Board is an agency of the executive branch of state government with the power to regulate the practice of medicine.

(b) A reference in any other law to the former Texas State Board of Medical Examiners means the Texas Medical Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8183.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8183 / Section 8183.003
§ 8183.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All territory in the district will benefit from the works and improvements of the district.

(b) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state for the improvement of their property and industries. In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the district will be performing an essential public function under the constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2302.203 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2302 / Section 2302.203
§ 2302.203. REGISTRATION OF NEW BUSINESS LOCATION.
Status: in_force

Before moving a place of business or opening an additional place of business, a salvage vehicle dealer must register the new location with the department.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.043 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.043
§ 161.043. REGULATION OF EXHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission may regulate the entry of livestock, domestic animals, and domestic fowl into exhibitions, shows, and fairs and may require treatment or certification of those animals as reasonably necessary to protect against communicable diseases.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 41.008 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 41 / Section 41.008
§ 41.008.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.008. RECIPROCAL LICENSE AGREEMENTS: ANY OTHER STATE. The department may agree with any other state to license sport hunting and fishing by residents of the other state at the same fee as Texas residents are licensed if the other state licenses Texas residents at the same fee as residents of the other state are licensed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8515.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8515 / Section 8515.0104
§ 8515.0104. REVIEW SCHEDULE UNDER SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

A review of the authority under Section 325.025, Government Code, shall be conducted as if the authority were a state agency scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2035, and every 12th year after that year.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.046 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.046
§ 131.046. PROCEDURE ON DETECTION OF VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

On detection of each violation of a requirement of this chapter, each inspector shall inform the operator of the violation orally at the time of the detection and in writing at a later time and shall report the violation in writing to the commission.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.351 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.351
§ 342.351.
Status: in_force

Sec. 342.351. REFUND OF PRECOMPUTED INTEREST: SUM OF THE PERIODIC BALANCES. (a) This section applies to a loan contract that includes precomputed interest authorized under Subchapter F or G and that is a regular transaction.

(b) If the contract is prepaid in full, including payment in cash or by a new loan or renewal of the loan, or if the lender demands payment in full of the unpaid balance, after the first installment due date but before the final installment due date, the lender shall refund or credit to the borrower the amount computed by:

(1) dividing the sum of the periodic balances scheduled to follow the installment date after the date of the prepayment or demand, as appropriate, by the sum of all the periodic balances under the schedule of payments set out in the loan contract; and

(2) multiplying the total interest contracted for under Section 342.252 or 342.301, as appropriate, by the result under Subdivision (1).

(c) If the prepayment in full or demand for payment in full occurs before the first installment due date, the lender shall:

(1) retain an amount computed by:

(A) dividing 30 into the amount that could be retained if the first installment period were one month and the loan were prepaid in full on the date the first installment is due; and

(B) multiplying the result under Paragraph (A) by the number of days in the period beginning on the date the loan was made and ending on the date of the prepayment or demand; and

(2) refund or credit to the borrower the amount computed by subtracting the amount retained under Subdivision (1) from the interest contracted for under Section 342.252 or 342.301, as appropriate.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.358 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.358
§ 2203.358. SOURCE OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter are payable only from:

(1) the surcharge fee established under Section 2203.359; or

(2) other sources the association is authorized to levy and charge and from which the association is authorized to collect in connection with paying any portion of the bonds.

(b) The bonds are obligations solely of the association and do not create a pledge, gift, or loan of the faith, credit, or taxing authority of this state.

(c) Each bond must:

(1) include a statement that the state is not obligated to pay any amount on the bond and that the faith, credit, and taxing authority of this state are not pledged, given, or loaned to those payments; and

(2) state on the bond's face that the bond:

(A) is payable solely from the revenue pledged for that purpose; and

(B) is not a legal or moral obligation of the state.
Tex. Water Code § 17.937 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.937
§ 17.937. REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Annually, the board shall post on the board's Internet website a report detailing each project for which the board has provided financial assistance under this subchapter.

(b) The report must include:

(1) a description of each project;

(2) the location of each project;

(3) the number of residents served by each project;

(4) the amount of financial assistance provided or anticipated to be provided for each project;

(5) a statement of whether each project has been completed and, if not, the expected completion date;

(6) the date on which each appropriate political subdivision adopted the model rules developed under Section 16.343; and

(7) the date on which each appropriate political subdivision certified that it enforces the applicable model rules developed under Section 16.343 or a description of measures taken to mitigate any deficiencies in compliance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 54.033 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 54 / Section 54.033
§ 54.033. BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the municipality may provide for the appointment of a building and standards commission to hear and determine cases concerning alleged violations of ordinances.

(b) A commission appointed for the purpose of hearing cases under this subchapter shall consist of one or more panels, each composed of at least five members, to be appointed for terms of two years.

(c) The appointing authority may remove a commission member for cause on a written charge. Before a decision regarding removal is made, the appointing authority must hold a public hearing on the matter if requested by the commission member subject to the removal action.

(d) A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.

(e) The governing body, by charter or ordinance, may provide for the appointment of eight or more alternate members of the commission who shall serve in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the mayor or city manager. The alternate members serve for the same period and are subject to removal in the same manner as the regular members. A vacancy is filled in the same manner as a vacancy among the regular members.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.005
§ 1033.005. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Election Code § 278.007 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 278 / Section 278.007
§ 278.007. AVAILABILITY OF GUIDE.
Status: in_force

If the secretary of state implements a voter information service program, the secretary may make the voter information guide available to the public on the Internet not later than the 45th day before the date of each judicial election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.855 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.855
§ 1131.855. PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTION AND PREMIUM.
Status: in_force

A policy may provide that continuation of coverage for an employee under the policy is contingent on timely payment of:

(1) contributions by the employee; and

(2) the premium by the entity responsible for collecting the individual employee contributions.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.008 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.008
§ 55.008. IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE; INTERCONNECTING SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The commission, after notice and hearing, may:

(1) order a public utility to provide specified improvements in its service in a specified area if:

(A) service in the area is inadequate or substantially inferior to service in a comparable area; and

(B) requiring the company to provide the improved service is reasonable; or

(2) order two or more utilities to establish specified facilities for interconnecting service.
Tex. Government Code § 25.002201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.002201
§ 25.002201. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGE ON RECUSAL OR DISQUALIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), not later than the 15th day after the date an order of recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate court judge is issued in a case, the presiding judge shall assign a statutory probate court judge or a former or retired judge of a statutory probate court or a former or retired justice of an appellate court to hear the case if:

(1) the judge of the statutory probate court recused himself or herself under Section 25.00255(g)(1)(A);

(2) the judge of the statutory probate court disqualified himself or herself under Section 25.00255(g-1);

(3) the order was issued under Section 25.00255(i-3)(1); or

(4) the presiding judge receives notice and a request for assignment from the clerk of the statutory probate court under Section 25.00255(l).

(b) If the judge who is the subject of an order of recusal or disqualification is the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts, the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a statutory probate judge, a former or retired judge of a statutory probate court, or a former or retired justice of an appellate court to hear the case.
Tex. Water Code § 55.652 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.652
§ 55.652. ASSESSMENT RECORD.
Status: in_force

When necessary, the board shall apportion and assess the benefits conferred on property in the district and shall make a record showing the amount and value of benefits to accrue on property in the district and the amount of taxes to be levied and collected on the property. No taxes assessed or adjudged against the property may be more than the benefit which accrues to the property from the organization, operation, and maintenance of the district and its improvements.
Tex. Water Code § 60.074 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.074
§ 60.074. STYLE OF ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

The style of an ordinance enacted by the commission shall be: "Be it ordained by the navigation and canal commissioners of the __________" (inserting the name of the navigation district).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8183.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8183 / Section 8183.105
§ 8183.105. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, each director:

(1) shall receive a fee for attending each meeting of the board not to exceed $20 for a meeting or $40 in one calendar month; and

(2) is entitled to an additional amount not to exceed $20 for each day that the director devotes to serving the business of the district if the service is expressly approved by the board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 233.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 233 / Section 233.001
§ 233.001. REQUIRING REPAIR, REMOVAL, OR DEMOLITION OF BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioners court of a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million finds that a bulkhead or other method of shoreline protection, hereafter called "structure," in an unincorporated area of the county is likely to endanger persons or property, the commissioners may:

(1) order the owner of the structure, the owner's agent, or the owner or occupant of the property on which the structure is located to repair, remove, or demolish the structure or the part of the structure within a specified time; or

(2) repair, remove, or demolish the structure or the part of the structure at the expense of the county on behalf of the owner of the structure or the owner of the property on which the structure is located and assess the repair, removal, or demolition expenses on the property on which the structure was located.

(b) The commissioners court shall provide by order for:

(1) the assessment of repair, removal, or demolition expenses incurred under Subsection (a)(2);

(2) a method of giving notice of the assessment; and

(3) a method of recovering the expenses.

(c) Promptly after the assessment, the county must file for record, in recordable form in the office of the county clerk in which the property is located, a written notice of the imposition of a lien, if any, that is imposed on the property. The notice must contain a legal description of the property, the amount of the assessment, and the owner if known. The lien arises and attaches to the property at the time the notice of the assessment is recorded and indexed in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the property is located. The notice to secure the assessment is inferior to any previously recorded bona fide mortgage lien attached to the property to which the county's lien attaches if the mortgage lien was filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the property is located before the date the notice is recorded and indexed in the office of the county clerk. The assessment lien is superior to all other previously recorded judgment liens.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person does not comply with an order issued under Subsection (a)(1). An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(e) This section does not apply to a:

(1) residential building; or

(2) building or other structure that is owned or held in trust by the state or a political subdivision of this state; or

(3) building or structure used on or in connection with an agricultural operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8037.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0501
§ 8037.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.071 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.071
§ 40.071. DRUG-ENDANGERED CHILD INITIATIVE.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a drug-endangered child initiative aimed at protecting children who are exposed to heroin, cocaine or any of its forms, or methamphetamine or to chemicals and other hazardous materials used in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine.