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Tex. Occupations Code § 502.059 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.059
§ 502.059. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing board operations;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the board;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the board;

(4) the types of board rules, interpretations, and enforcement actions that may implicate federal antitrust law by limiting competition or impacting prices charged by persons engaged in a profession or business the board regulates, including any rule, interpretation, or enforcement action that:

(A) regulates the scope of practice of persons in a profession or business the board regulates;

(B) restricts advertising by persons in a profession or business the board regulates;

(C) affects the price of goods or services provided by persons in a profession or business the board regulates; or

(D) restricts participation in a profession or business the board regulates;

(5) the results of the most recent formal audit of the board;

(6) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosure of conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of the board in performing their duties; and

(7) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the board or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The executive director of the executive council shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each board member. Each member of the board shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Water Code § 15.207 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.207
§ 15.207. CONSIDERATIONS IN PASSING ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

In addition to criteria established in its rules, the board in passing on an application shall consider:

(1) the purpose or purposes for which the issuer is issuing the bonds;

(2) the financial ability of the issuer to meet its obligations under the bonds;

(3) the risk to the State of Texas in insuring the bonds and the ability of the state to pay the insurance coverage; and

(4) the needs of the area to be served by the project and the benefit of the project to the area in relation to the needs of other areas requiring similar state assistance and the benefits of those projects to other areas.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.252
§ 846.252. COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A multiple employer welfare arrangement:

(1) may refuse to provide coverage to an employer in accordance with the arrangement's underwriting standards and criteria;

(2) shall accept or reject the entire group of individuals who meet the participation criteria and who choose coverage; and

(3) may exclude only those employees or dependents who have declined coverage.

(b) On issuance of coverage to an employer, each multiple employer welfare arrangement shall provide coverage to the employees who meet the participation criteria without regard to an individual's health status related factors.
Tex. Education Code § 132.058 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.058
§ 132.058. REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may revoke an issued certificate of approval or place reasonable conditions upon the continued approval represented by the certificate. Prior to revocation or imposition of conditions upon a certificate of approval, the commission shall notify the holder of the certificate, in writing, of the impending action and set forth the grounds for the action. The commission may reexamine a career school or college two or more times during each year in which a notice relating to the school or college has been issued or conditions have been imposed on the school or college under this subsection.

(b) A certificate of approval may be revoked or made conditional if the commission has reasonable cause to believe that the career school or college is guilty of a violation of this chapter or of any rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 82.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 82 / Section 82.005
§ 82.005. CONTENT OF REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) The cancer registry must be a central data bank of accurate, precise, and current information that medical authorities agree serves as an invaluable tool in the early recognition, prevention, cure, and control of cancer.

(b) The cancer registry must include:

(1) a record of the cases of cancer that occur in the state; and

(2) information concerning cancer cases as the executive commissioner considers necessary and appropriate for the recognition, prevention, cure, or control of cancer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9067.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9067 / Section 9067.053
§ 9067.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, a municipality, or a public improvement district within a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, lakes, reservoirs, canals, underground drainage, and water treatment systems, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.101
§ 3874.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by this chapter and by:

(1) the general laws relating to conservation and reclamation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, except that the district's bonds and other securities are not subject to the jurisdiction or supervision of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under Chapter 49, Water Code, or other law;

(2) the general laws relating to road districts and road utility districts created under Section 52(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, including Chapter 441, Transportation Code, except that the district may exercise any power granted by this chapter without regard to any provision or requirement of or procedure prescribed by Chapter 441, Transportation Code;

(3) Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code, in the same manner as a municipality or a county;

(4) Chapter 1371, Government Code;

(5) Chapter 375, Local Government Code; and

(6) Chapter 311, Tax Code.
Tex. Government Code § 845.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.008
§ 845.008. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Each trustee serves without compensation but is entitled to:

(1) reimbursement for reasonable traveling expenses incurred in attending board meetings or authorized committee and association meetings or incurred in the performance of other official board duties; and

(2) payment of an amount equal to any compensation withheld by the trustee's employing subdivision because of the trustee's attendance at board meetings.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.1525 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.1525
§ 204.1525. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician assistant board shall require that an applicant for a license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the board, to the board or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(b) The physician assistant board may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) The physician assistant board shall conduct a criminal history record information check of each applicant for a license using information:

(1) provided by the individual under this section; and

(2) made available to the board by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.

(d) The physician assistant board may:

(1) enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history record information check required under this section; and

(2) authorize the Department of Public Safety to collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety in conducting the criminal history record information check.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9956 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9956
§ 61.9956. ELIGIBLE LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may provide loan repayment assistance under this subchapter for the repayment of any student loan received by an eligible person through any lender for the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education for a semester or other term that ended in the five years immediately preceding the person's initial employment as a peace officer.

(b) If the loan is not a state or federal guaranteed student loan, the promissory note or other loan agreement document governing the terms of the loan must require all the loan proceeds to be used for expenses incurred by a person in attending an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education.

(c) The board may not provide loan repayment assistance under this subchapter for an eligible loan that is in default on the date the person's application for loan repayment assistance is submitted under Section 61.9953 or 61.9954.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00466 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00466
§ 30.00466. COURT REPORTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The municipal judge shall appoint a court reporter under Section 30.00010, whose qualifications shall be determined by the judge or, if there is more than one municipal judge, by the presiding municipal judge.

(b) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(11), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(c) Section 30.00010(d) does not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 24.413 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.413
§ 24.413.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.413. 236TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (a) The 236th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.

(b) The 236th District Court shall give preference to civil matters.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.020 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 33 / Section 33.020
§ 33.020. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) For each newborn screening test that screens for a disorder included in the list of core conditions described by Section 33.011(a-1) that is not required by the department, the department shall, not later than September 1 of each year, prepare and submit a written report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the department. The written report must:

(1) identify any additional program capacity or resources the department would need to:

(A) implement the additional newborn screening test; and

(B) require each newborn in the state to receive the additional newborn screening test; and

(2) summarize the plan for implementing and requiring the additional newborn screening test, including by identifying:

(A) any potential barriers to implementation; and

(B) the anticipated implementation date.

(b) As part of the plan described by Subsection (a)(2), the report must include information on whether the department is capable of implementing the required additional newborn screening test within a 24-month period.
Tex. Estates Code § 202.008 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.008
§ 202.008. REQUIRED PARTIES TO PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP.
Status: in_force

Each of the following persons must be made a party to a proceeding to declare heirship:

(1) each unknown heir of the decedent who is the subject of the proceeding;

(2) each person who is named as an heir of the decedent in the application filed under Section 202.005; and

(3) each person who is, on the filing date of the application, shown as owning a share or interest in any real property described in the application by the deed records of the county in which the property is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8330.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8330 / Section 8330.151
§ 8330.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8330.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.114
§ 1100.114. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment in the hospital, the amount that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's care and support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to their financial ability.

(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from those relatives legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue any appropriate order.

(f) The final order of the board may be appealed to the district court. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.001
§ 1301.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Plumbing License Law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.158
§ 1030.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a sworn statement of the amount of district money; and

(2) an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.905 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.905
§ 552.905. OPERATION OF CABLE TV SYSTEMS BY GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

A general-law municipality may own and/or operate a cable TV system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.205
§ 1088.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 845.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.103
§ 845.103. ADMINISTERING SYSTEM ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may sell, assign, exchange, or trade and transfer any security in which the retirement system's assets are invested. The board may use or reinvest the proceeds as the board determines that the system's needs require.

(b) In handling the funds of the retirement system, the board of trustees has all powers and duties granted to the comptroller that formerly were granted to the State Depository Board.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 84.013 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 84 / Section 84.013
§ 84.013. REPORT TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 10th day after the date of a closing of a purchase of an easement under this chapter, the department shall provide the Texas Department of Transportation a legal description of the property subject to the easement and shall include with the description the date the closing occurred.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.085 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.085
§ 171.085. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may require that an application filed under this chapter:

(1) show the jurisdiction of the court;

(2) have attached a copy of the agreement to arbitrate;

(3) define the issue subject to arbitration between the parties under the agreement;

(4) specify the status of the arbitration before the arbitrators; and

(5) show the need for the court order sought by the applicant.

(b) A court may not find an application inadequate because of the absence of a requirement listed in Subsection (a) unless the court, in its discretion:

(1) requires that the applicant amend the application to meet the requirements of the court; and

(2) grants the applicant a 10-day period to comply.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.732 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.732
§ 82.732. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as permitted by Subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no person may possess, shoot, or hunt with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow in the game sanctuary created by Section 82.731 of this code.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a peace officer of this state, a law enforcement officer of the United States, or a member of the armed forces of the United States or of this state during the time that the officer or member is in the actual discharge of official duties.

(c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to waterfowl hunting on any reservoir owned, operated, or maintained by a governmental entity now existing or to be constructed on the listed rivers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.107
§ 1011.107. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.026 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.026
§ 225.026.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225.026. FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD 390; SCENIC HIGHWAY. (a) Farm-to-Market Road 390 in Washington County is a scenic highway.

(b) The department shall design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as a scenic highway, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the scenic highway and at intermediate sites along the highway that the department determines are appropriate.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.011 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.011
§ 542.011. TIME LIMIT TO APPEAL.
Status: in_force

An insurer affected by a ruling or order of the department under this subchapter may appeal the ruling or order, in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 36, by filing a petition for judicial review not later than the 20th day after the date of the ruling or order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8099.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8099 / Section 8099.0403
§ 8099.0403. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8464.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8464 / Section 8464.105
§ 8464.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1951 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1951
§ 411.1951. WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF FEES FOR MEMBERS OR VETERANS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who:

(1) has served in:

(A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States;

(B) the Texas military forces as defined by Section 437.001; or

(C) an auxiliary service of one of those branches of the armed forces; and

(2) has been honorably discharged from the branch of the service in which the person served.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the department shall waive any fee required for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license under this subchapter if the applicant for the license is:

(1) a member of the United States armed forces, including a member of the reserves, national guard, or state guard; or

(2) a veteran who, within 365 days preceding the date of the application, was honorably discharged from the branch of service in which the person served.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, if the applicant is a veteran who, more than 365 days preceding the date of the application, was honorably discharged from the branch of the service in which the applicant served:

(1) the applicant must pay a fee of $25 for the issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter; and

(2) the department shall reduce by 50 percent any fee required of the applicant for a duplicate or modified license under this subchapter.