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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 251.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 251 / Section 251.012
§ 251.012. EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

The following facilities are not required to be licensed under this chapter:

(1) a home and community support services agency licensed under Chapter 142 with a home dialysis designation;

(2) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that provides dialysis only to individuals receiving:

(A) inpatient services from the hospital; or

(B) outpatient services due to a disaster declared by the governor or a federal disaster declared by the president of the United States occurring in this state or another state during the term of the disaster declaration;

(3) a hospital operated by or on behalf of the state as part of the managed health care provider network established under Chapter 501, Government Code, that provides dialysis only to individuals receiving:

(A) inpatient services from the hospital; or

(B) outpatient services while serving a term of confinement in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;

(4) an end stage renal disease facility operated by or on behalf of the state as part of the managed health care provider network established under Chapter 501, Government Code, that provides dialysis only to individuals receiving those services while serving a term of confinement in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or

(5) the office of a physician unless the office is used primarily as an end stage renal disease facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5007.226 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5007 / Section 5007.226
§ 5007.226. INTERNAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The port commission shall establish an internal audit procedure consistent with the purposes, duties, and standards for state agency internal audit procedures under Chapter 2102, Government Code.

(b) The port commission shall create an internal audit task force consisting of port commissioners.

(c) The port commission only shall hire and may fire or suspend a chief audit executive, who shall report to the internal audit task force. The chief audit executive shall coordinate all audit activity, including:

(1) compliance reviews;

(2) reviews of internal controls;

(3) audits by the county auditor of Harris County;

(4) contracted audits;

(5) performance reviews; and

(6) investigations of alleged fraud, waste, abuse, or ethics violations reported under Section 5007.214(b).

(d) The chief audit executive shall monitor the authority's compliance with statutory requirements governing use of the promotion and development fund, as defined by Section 5007.219(a).

(e) The port commission shall create, approve, and make available on the authority's website a risk-based annual audit plan.

(f) The port commission shall make internal audits available on request to:

(1) the county auditor of Harris County; and

(2) any entity with the authority to appoint a port commissioner.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.061 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.061
§ 60.061. ANNEXATION; EXCLUDING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 or 49.302, Water Code, except that the references in those sections related to taxes do not apply. As provided by those sections, the district may annex land that is not adjacent or contiguous to the district.

(b) A district may not annex territory within the corporate limits of a municipality unless the governing body of the municipality consents in writing to the annexation.

(c) The board on its own motion may call a hearing on the question of the exclusion of land from the district in the manner provided by Section 49.304 or 49.307, Water Code, if the proposed exclusion is practicable, just, or desirable.

(d) The board shall call a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district in the manner provided by Section 49.304 or 49.307, Water Code, if a property owner in the district files with the board secretary a written petition requesting the hearing before the district issues any bonds.

(e) The district may annex land only with the written consent of the owner of the land to be annexed. The consent must include a statement that the owner of the land to be annexed understands that the land, once included in the district, will be subject to assessments imposed by the district.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.304 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.304
§ 302.304. GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may award a grant to an eligible nonprofit organization under the program only if the organization enters into a contract with the commission that includes conditions providing the commission with sufficient control to ensure the public purpose of improving rural workforce development is accomplished and the state receives a return benefit.

(b) Grant money awarded to an eligible nonprofit organization under the program may be used by the organization only for costs associated with providing technical assistance and support to an institution of higher education or school district located in a rural area of this state in aligning and delivering workforce training and higher education programs to address skills gaps to meet the area's urgent workforce demands.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3975.0602 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3975 / Section 3975.0602
§ 3975.0602. ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize the adoption of the sales and use tax. The election may be held on any uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district election.

(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in the Richfield Ranch Management District of Harris County, Texas, at a rate not to exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent).
Tex. Education Code § 10.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 10 / Section 10.005
§ 10.005. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the lead agency shall submit to the governor and the legislature a report on the progress in developing, establishing, and operating the system.

(b) The initial report required by Subsection (a) must include:

(1) an interagency data governance plan that includes:

(A) objectives relevant to the system and a framework for achieving those objectives;

(B) the roles and responsibilities of all state entities involved in establishing and maintaining the system; and

(C) documentation of relevant state and federal privacy, cybersecurity, and data collection laws, including rules;

(2) a design plan that includes:

(A) data integration, security, storage, retention, management, processing, and analytics and other products; and

(B) roles and responsibilities of relevant state entity personnel regarding data integration; and

(3) information on the status of:

(A) hiring staff described by Section 10.003(3);

(B) funding applied for and secured; and

(C) the development of an Internet website that includes a preliminary, publicly available consumer data dashboard.

(c) Each report required by Subsection (a) following the initial report must include:

(1) updates to the information required by Subsection (b);

(2) an overview on business use cases the system can support; and

(3) information on the development of analytic tools based on the business use cases described by Subdivision (2).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 362.035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 362 / Section 362.035
§ 362.035. PLEDGE OF REVENUE AND OTHER AMOUNTS AS SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds are payable solely from and shall be secured by a pledge of:

(1) revenues of the issuer derived from the lease or sale of a system;

(2) amounts attributable to bond proceeds; or

(3) amounts obtained through the exercise of a remedy provided by the governing body's resolution or a security agreement securing the bonds in the manner specified in the resolution or security agreement.

(b) The governing body shall fix and periodically revise payments under a lease or contract for sale of a system so that the payments and other pledged revenue will be sufficient to pay the bonds and interest on the bonds as they mature and become due and to maintain reserve or other funds as provided by the resolution or security agreement.

(c) The governing body may direct the investment of money in the funds created by the resolution or security agreement, and may delegate this authority to its authorized agent.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.355 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.355
§ 841.355. WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSIT AFTER MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR TOTAL REINSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) When two or more domestic insurance companies that have two or more deposits of securities under this subchapter merge, consolidate, or enter into a total reinsurance contract by which the ceding company is dissolved and its assets and liabilities are acquired or assumed by the surviving company, the new, surviving, or reinsuring insurance company, on approval of the commissioner, may withdraw all of the deposits, except for the deposit of the greatest amount and value. The new, surviving, or reinsuring insurance company must demonstrate to the commissioner that the company is the owner of the deposited securities before the commissioner approves the withdrawal of those securities.

(b) In accordance with an order of the commissioner approving a withdrawal of securities under this section, the comptroller shall release, transfer, and deliver the withdrawn securities to their owner.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.612 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.612
§ 33.612. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) Judicial review of rights affected by an action of this state, the commissioner, or land office staff under this subchapter is under the substantial evidence rule. In order to prevail, a person seeking review must prove that the action complained of was arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise not in accordance with law.

(b) Venue for an action relating to this subchapter is in Travis County.
Tex. Government Code § 434.423 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.423
§ 434.423. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall ensure that each grant recipient obtains or secures contributions to match a grant awarded to the recipient in amounts of money or other consideration as required by Section 434.424 or 434.425.

(b) The money or other consideration obtained or secured by the commission may, as the executive director determines, include cash or in-kind contributions from private contributors or local governments but may not include state or federal funds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 244.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 244 / Section 244.001
§ 244.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Birthing Center Licensing Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.163 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.163
§ 8501.163. POWERS RELATING TO CONTRACT, LEASE, AGREEMENT, OR CONVEYANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement necessary or convenient to carry out a power given to the authority by this chapter.

(b) The authority may enter into the contract, lease, or agreement with any person, including:

(1) an individual or artificial entity;

(2) a corporation, including a municipal corporation and a public or private corporation; and

(3) a government or governmental agency, including the United States and this state.

(c) The authority may:

(1) convey or cause to be conveyed any of its property to the United States; and

(2) enter into a lease, regardless of whether it includes a privilege of purchase, with the United States relating to any property and obligate the authority to pay rent under the lease from the income or other revenue of the property.

(d) A contract, lease, or agreement under this section must be approved by resolution of the board and must be executed by the president and attested by the secretary-treasurer.

(e) This section does not authorize the assumption by the authority of any obligation requiring a payment from taxes.

(f) The property to which Subsection (c) applies includes a right, land, tenement, easement, improvement, reservoir, dam, canal, plant, lateral, work, and facility.
Tex. Government Code § 751.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 751 / Section 751.007
§ 751.007. LOBBYIST RESTRICTION.
Status: in_force

A person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 may not act as general counsel of the office.
Tex. Government Code § 448.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 448 / Section 448.102
§ 448.102. COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary governing the operation of the advisory commission. The rules may include the delegation of certain final decisions and authorities to the advisory commission that are appropriate given the advisory commission's advisory status.

(b) The commission, in coordination with the advisory commission, shall adopt rules, policies, and procedures for the matching grants program established to assist in the implementation of the goals and objectives of this chapter. The commission must prescribe for the program an annual budget, a funding cycle, goals, award eligibility criteria, grant application and selection processes, requirements for in-kind services and matching fund waivers, maximum grant awards, conflict of interest policies, data collection and evaluation, and audits of grant recipients.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.567 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.567
§ 2306.567. COMPLIANCE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall provide to the department electronic copies of all compliance information compiled by the corporation.

(b) Before approving an application regarding a housing development, the corporation shall consider any relevant compliance information in the department's database created under Section 2306.081.
Tex. Government Code § 481.681 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.681
§ 481.681. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee of the initiative.

(2) "Initiative" means the Texas Quantum Initiative.

(3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Education Code § 39.034 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.034
§ 39.034. MEASURE OF ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
Status: repealed

(a) The commissioner shall determine a method by which the agency may measure annual improvement in student achievement from one school year to the next on an assessment instrument required under this subchapter.

(b) For emergent bilingual students, as defined by Section 29.052, the agency shall use a student's performance data on reading proficiency assessment instruments in English and one other language to calculate the student's progress toward dual language proficiency.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.012(5), eff. December 4, 2025.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.012(5), eff. December 4, 2025.

(d-1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.012(5), eff. December 4, 2025.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.1525 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.1525
§ 901.1525. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint policy-making and working committees to assist the board in performing its responsibilities under this chapter. The board's policy-making committees shall assist the board in establishing policies, drafting rules, setting budgets, representing the board, and performing other oversight duties necessary to administer this chapter. The board's working committees shall assist the board in carrying out the board's functions, including reviewing enforcement cases and other licensing matters. In establishing committees, the board shall maintain the distinction between the types of committees authorized by this section.

(b) A person may not serve on a policy-making committee unless the person is a board member. A working committee may consist of members who are members of the board and members who are not board members. A member of a working committee who is not a board member may participate as a full voting member of the committee.

(c) A person may not be a non-board member of a committee if:

(1) the person is acting in the capacity of an officer, executive board or executive committee member, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of public accountancy;

(2) the person's spouse is acting in the capacity of an officer, executive board or executive committee member, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of public accountancy; or

(3) the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.

(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), "Texas trade association" has the meaning assigned by Section 901.053.

(e) A committee member who is not a member of the board is subject to the same financial disclosure requirements that apply to a member of the board, except that the financial disclosures shall be maintained by the executive director.

(f) A committee member who is not a member of the board may not serve on the committee if the member:

(1) violates Subsection (c);

(2) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial time;

(3) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled meetings of the committee that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by a majority vote of the committee; or

(4) does not comply with Subsection (e).

(g) The board shall adopt rules that provide that a committee member shall refrain from participating in the discussion of and may not vote on an issue before a committee in which the member has a personal or financial interest. A committee member who is not permitted to vote on a matter described by this subsection shall state at the time of the vote the reason why the member is not voting on the matter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8874.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8874 / Section 8874.001
§ 8874.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the McMullen Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.107
§ 8377.107. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Government Code § 441.1271 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.1271
§ 441.1271. EXTENDING MEMBERSHIP OF SYSTEMS TO CERTAIN NONPUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A major resource system may extend its membership to include libraries that are not public libraries and that are operated by one of the following:

(1) a public school district;

(2) an institution of higher education;

(3) a unit of local, state, or federal government;

(4) accredited nonpublic elementary or secondary schools; or

(5) special or research libraries.

(b) The decision to extend major resource system membership under Subsection (a) must be:

(1) made in accordance with the bylaws of the library system; and

(2) approved by the commission.

(c) A library that is a type of library to which a major resource system has extended its membership under this section:

(1) must be accredited by the commission to be eligible to join the system; and

(2) may join the system by resolution or agreement of its governing body or designee.

(d) The commission may terminate the membership of a library that is not a public library and that joined a major resource system under this section if the library loses its accreditation by ceasing to meet the minimum standards established by the commission.

(e) A library that joins a major resource system under this section must agree to loan materials without charge to users of other libraries in the system.

(f) A major resource system that has extended its membership to some but not all of the types of libraries described by Subsection (a) may extend its membership to one or more of the remaining types of libraries described by Subsection (a). A decision under this subsection must be made and approved in the manner prescribed for a decision under Subsection (b).
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 127A.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 127A / Section 127A.001
§ 127A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Temporary placement service" means an entity or other person that employs individuals or contracts with another entity or person to refer or assign personnel to the placement service's clients to support or supplement the clients' workforce in a special work situation, including:

(A) an employee absence;

(B) a temporary skill shortage;

(C) a seasonal or cyclical workload;

(D) work requiring uniquely skilled personnel; or

(E) a special assignment or project.

(2) "Temporary subcontractor" means an independent contractor who, in connection with performing well or mine services:

(A) is referred to or placed by a temporary placement service with the placement service's client; or

(B) has entered into an agreement with a temporary placement service to provide those services to the placement service's client.

(3) "Well or mine service" has the meaning assigned by Section 127.001.
Tex. Water Code § 16.451 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.451
§ 16.451. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 954 (S.B. 7), Sec. 2.03(3), eff. September 1, 2025.

(2) "Eligible political subdivision" means a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a municipality, or a county.

(3) "Flood project" means a drainage, flood mitigation, or flood control project, including:

(A) planning and design activities;

(B) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide structural and nonstructural flood mitigation and drainage;

(C) construction of structural flood mitigation and drainage infrastructure;

(D) nonstructural or natural flood control strategies; and

(E) a federally authorized project to deepen a ship channel affected by a flooding event.

(4) "Resiliency fund" means the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8269.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8269 / Section 8269.052
§ 8269.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0403
§ 540.0403. ENCOUNTER DATA CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The certifier of encounter data shall certify the completeness, accuracy, and reliability of encounter data for each state fiscal year.

(b) The commission shall make available to the certifier of encounter data all records and data the certifier considers appropriate for evaluating whether to certify the encounter data. The commission shall provide to the certifier selected resources and assistance in obtaining, compiling, and interpreting the records and data.