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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.021
§ 841.021. NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PREDATOR.
Status: repealed

(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1) and except as provided by Subsection (d), before the person's anticipated release date, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall give to the multidisciplinary team established under Section 841.022 written notice of the anticipated release of a person who:

(1) is serving a sentence for:

(A) a sexually violent offense described by Section 841.002(8)(A), (B), or (C); or

(B) what is, or as described by this chapter what the department reasonably believes may be determined to be, a sexually violent offense described by Section 841.002(8)(D); and

(2) may be a repeat sexually violent offender.

(a-1) Regardless of whether any exigent circumstances are present, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may give notice under this section with respect to a person who is scheduled to be released on parole or to mandatory supervision only if the person's anticipated release date is not later than 24 months after the date on which the notice will be given. The department may not give notice with respect to a person who is currently released on parole or to mandatory supervision, but the multidisciplinary team may perform the functions described by Section 841.022(c) within the applicable period required by that subsection if the written notice required by this section was received by the team before the date of the person's release.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 , Sec. 39(2), eff. June 17, 2015.

(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall give the notice described by Subsection (a) not later than the first day of the 24th month before the person's anticipated release date, but under exigent circumstances may give the notice at any time before that date, except as provided by Subsection (a-1). The notice must contain the following information:

(1) the person's name, identifying factors, anticipated residence after release, and criminal history;

(2) documentation of the person's institutional adjustment and actual treatment; and

(3) an assessment of the likelihood that the person will commit a sexually violent offense after release.

(d) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice may not provide notice under Subsection (a) of the anticipated release of a person for whom the department has previously provided notice under this section and who has been previously recommended for an assessment under Section 841.022 unless, after the recommendation for assessment was made:

(1) the person is convicted of a new sexually violent offense; or

(2) the person's parole or mandatory supervision is revoked based on:

(A) the commission of a new sexually violent offense;

(B) failure to adhere to the requirements of sex offender treatment or supervision; or

(C) failure to register as a sex offender.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 299.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 299 / Section 299.002
§ 299.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to the Harris County Hospital District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7904.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7904 / Section 7904.003
§ 7904.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3836.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3836 / Section 3836.054
§ 3836.054. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum, the following are not counted:

(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;

(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest; or

(3) a nonvoting director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.057
§ 3868.057. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation a director may receive each year may not exceed $6,000. A director who is an employee of the town may not receive compensation under this subsection.

(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a director.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.068 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.068
§ 32.068. IN-PERSON EVALUATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A medical assistance provider may order or otherwise authorize the provision of home health services for a recipient only if the provider has conducted an in-person evaluation of the recipient within the 12-month period preceding the date the order or other authorization was issued.

(b) A physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse-midwife that orders or otherwise authorizes the provision of durable medical equipment for a recipient in accordance with Chapter 157, Occupations Code, and other applicable law, including rules, must certify on the order or other authorization that the person conducted an in-person evaluation of the recipient within the 12-month period preceding the date the order or other authorization was issued.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The executive commissioner may by rule adopt limited exceptions to the requirements of this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 156.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 156 / Section 156.001
§ 156.001. TRANSFER SYSTEM AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer may establish and operate an electronic funds transfer system to make any authorized transfer from the county treasury.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.161
§ 1017.161. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate of not more than 10 percent a year on district notes to pay the obligations if the board declares that money is not available to meet authorized district obligations, which creates an emergency.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) Money obtained from a loan under this section may be spent only for:

(1) a purpose for which the board declared an emergency; and

(2) if district taxes or bonds are pledged to pay the loan, the purposes for which the taxes were imposed or the bonds were authorized.
Tex. Education Code § 51.826 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.826
§ 51.826. ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for admission to the program or for selection as a program alternate, an undergraduate student must:

(1) be enrolled at a general academic teaching institution or a private or independent institution of higher education at the time of application to the program;

(2) be a Texas resident for purposes of tuition under Subchapter B, Chapter 54;

(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), successfully complete at least 27 semester credit hours during the student's freshman year;

(4) apply for admission to the program not later than a date, as designated by the council, that occurs during the fall semester of the student's sophomore year at the general academic teaching institution or the private or independent institution of higher education; and

(5) meet criteria established by the council regarding:

(A) minimum high school and undergraduate grade point averages;

(B) financial need and any other indication of economic disadvantage; and

(C) any other matter the council considers appropriate.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), a student is not a Texas resident as described by that subdivision solely because the student is eligible to pay tuition at the resident tuition rate.

(c) The council shall adopt rules to admit to the program or to select as a program alternate an otherwise eligible undergraduate student who, for good cause, has not successfully completed the number of semester credit hours required under Subsection (a)(4). The council may not admit to the program or select as a program alternate an undergraduate student who has successfully completed fewer than 18 semester credit hours.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.0204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.0204
§ 394.0204. SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The surety bond required of an applicant for a license under Section 394.0202 must be:

(1) in the amount of $2,500 for each county in the state in which the person erects or maintains an off-premise sign; and

(2) payable to the commission for reimbursement for removal costs of an off-premise sign that the license holder unlawfully erects or maintains.

(b) A person may not be required to provide more than $10,000 in surety bonds.
Tex. Transportation Code § 367.065 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 367 / Section 367.065
§ 367.065. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS OR WARRANTS TO REPAIR, IMPROVE, OR BUILD TOLL BRIDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that has acquired a toll bridge under this subchapter may issue and deliver revenue bonds or revenue time warrants:

(1) to repair, improve, alter, reconstruct, or replace the bridge;

(2) to build an additional bridge; or

(3) for one or more of those purposes.

(b) The municipality shall issue the bonds or warrants:

(1) in the manner prescribed by this subchapter; and

(2) subject to any restriction in an ordinance authorizing or a deed of indenture securing the original or a subsequent issue of toll bridge bonds or warrants.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.077 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.077
§ 46B.077. INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The facility or jail-based competency restoration program to which the defendant is committed or the outpatient competency restoration program to which the defendant is released on bail shall:

(1) develop an individual program of treatment;

(2) assess and evaluate whether the defendant is likely to be restored to competency in the foreseeable future; and

(3) report to the court and to the local mental health authority or to the local intellectual and developmental disability authority on the defendant's progress toward achieving competency.

(b) If the defendant is committed to an inpatient mental health facility, residential care facility, or jail-based competency restoration program, the facility or program shall report to the court at least once during the commitment period.

(c) If the defendant is released to an outpatient competency restoration program, the program shall report to the court:

(1) not later than the 14th day after the date on which the defendant's competency restoration services begin; and

(2) until the defendant is no longer released to the program, at least once during each 30-day period following the date of the report required by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Insurance Code § 551.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 551 / Section 551.252
§ 551.252. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to an authorized insurer writing property and casualty insurance in this state, including:

(1) a county mutual insurance company;

(2) a Lloyd's plan;

(3) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(4) a farm mutual insurance company; and

(5) a fire or casualty insurance company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.203
§ 1039.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds payable from taxes only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters.

(b) The order calling the election shall provide for clerks as in county elections and must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding and alternate election judges for each polling place;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a copy of the election order in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must appear at least 30 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0103
§ 526.0103. REVISION AND EVALUATION OF MAJOR QUALITY INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other law, the commission shall revise major quality initiatives of the health and human services system in accordance with the operational plan and health care quality improvement goals developed under Section 526.0102. To the extent possible, the commission shall ensure that outcome measure data is collected and reported consistently across all major quality initiatives to improve the evaluation of the initiatives' statewide impact.
Tex. Government Code § 2252.091 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2252 / Section 2252.091
§ 2252.091. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "governmental entity" means a state agency or a political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.259 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.259
§ 2025.259. LICENSE VALID THROUGHOUT STATE.
Status: in_force

A license issued under this subchapter is valid, as determined by the commission, at all race meetings conducted in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 38.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.005
§ 38.005. PROTECTIVE EYE DEVICES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

Each teacher and student must wear industrial-quality eye-protective devices in appropriate situations as determined by school district policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7817.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7817 / Section 7817.0303
§ 7817.0303. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR SERVICES THROUGH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance an improvement project or service through an assessment imposed under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that improvement or service 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 appraisal rolls for Denton and Dallas Counties; or

(2) the owners of a majority of the surface area of real property in the district subject to assessment as determined by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.553 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.553
§ 2054.553. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TRAINING POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a policy for training department staff in contract management.

(b) The policy must establish contract management training requirements for all staff involved in contract management, including contract managers, program staff, and executive management.

(c) The policy must specify the department's overall approach to procuring and managing contracts, as well as contract-specific procedures developed in the contract management guide and under Subchapter O.
Tex. Family Code § 231.106 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 231 / Section 231.106
§ 231.106. NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF ASSIGNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On termination of support rights to the Title IV-D agency, the Title IV-D agency shall, after providing notice to the obligee and the obligor, send a notice of termination of assignment to the obligor or other payor, which may direct that all or a portion of the payments be made payable to the agency and to other persons who are entitled to receive the payments.

(b) The Title IV-D agency shall send a copy of the notice of termination of assignment to the court ordering the support and to the child support registry, and on receipt of the notice the clerk of the court shall file the notice in the appropriate case file. The clerk may not require an order of the court to terminate the assignment and direct support payments to the person entitled to receive the payment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.0625 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.0625
§ 1071.0625. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ a physician and retain all or part of the professional income generated by the physician for medical services provided at a hospital owned or operated by the district if the board satisfies the requirements of this section.

(b) The board shall:

(1) appoint a chief medical officer for the district; and

(2) adopt, maintain, and enforce policies to ensure that a physician employed by the district exercises the physician's independent medical judgment in providing care to patients.

(c) The policies adopted under this section must include:

(1) policies relating to:

(A) credentialing;

(B) quality assurance;

(C) utilization review;

(D) peer review; and

(E) medical decision-making; and

(2) the implementation of a complaint mechanism to process and resolve complaints regarding interference or attempted interference with a physician's independent medical judgment.

(d) The policies adopted under this section:

(1) must be approved by the chief medical officer of the district; and

(2) shall prevail over a conflicting policy of the district.

(e) For all matters relating to the practice of medicine, each physician employed by the board shall ultimately report to the chief medical officer of the district.

(f) The chief medical officer will report immediately to the Texas Medical Board any action or event that the chief medical officer reasonably and in good faith believes constitutes a compromise of the independent medical judgment of a physician in caring for a patient.

(g) The board may not delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire a physician.

(h) This section may not be construed as authorizing the board to supervise or control the practice of medicine as prohibited under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.052
§ 1002.052. BOND; RECORD OF BOND AND OATH OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $5,000 that is:

(1) approved by the Commissioners Court of Brazoria County and the board;

(2) payable to the district; and

(3) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The bond and the constitutional oath of office shall be kept in the permanent records of the district.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.001
§ 302.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Career education and training program" has the meaning assigned by Section 2308A.001, Government Code.

(1-a) "Director" means the director of the division.

(2) "Division" means the division of workforce development of the commission.

(3) "Nonrecipient parent" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.0021, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.152
§ 1071.152.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1071.152. PROPOSED BUDGET: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in Ochiltree County not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district taxpayer is entitled to:

(1) appear at the time and place designated in the notice; and

(2) be heard regarding any item included in the proposed budget.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.302 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.302
§ 2.302. UNCONSCIONABLE CONTRACT OR CLAUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(b) When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
Tex. Local Government Code § 158.0025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 158 / Section 158.0025
§ 158.0025. CREATION OF SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES NOT COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER B.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of 190,000 or more, other than:

(1) a county that has created a civil service system under this subchapter to include those employees of the county described by Section 158.002; or

(2) a county in which the sheriff's department is eligible to create a civil service system under Subchapter B.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the commissioners court of a county to which this section applies may create a civil service system under this section to include only the employees of the sheriff's department of the county.

(c) A sheriff's department civil service system may be created under this section by an order in accordance with Section 158.003 or by an election in accordance with Section 158.004.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 158.005(b), if an election is ordered under Section 158.004 on the question of the creation of a sheriff's department civil service system under this section, the commissioners court shall order the ballot at the election to be printed to provide voting for or against the proposition: "Creation of a civil service system for the sheriff's department of the county."

(e) Notwithstanding Section 158.014(c), if an election is called to determine whether a sheriff's department civil service system created under this section will be dissolved under that section, the commissioners court shall order the ballot at the election to be printed to provide voting for or against the proposition: "Dissolution of the civil service system for the sheriff's department of the county."

(f) Sections 158.0065 and 158.007 do not apply to a sheriff's department civil service system created under this section.

(g) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions of this subchapter that would govern the operation of a civil service system created for all employees of a county under this chapter apply to the operation of a civil service system created for the employees of the sheriff's department of a county under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.158 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.158
§ 22.158. EARNINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) No part of a nonprofit airport facility financing corporation's net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses and other obligations may benefit an individual, private firm, or private corporation.

(b) If the board of directors determines that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, notes, and other obligations of the corporation, any net earnings of the corporation subsequently accruing shall be paid to the joint board for the benefit of the constituent agencies in their respective ownership shares of the airport in accordance with the joint agreement.