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Tex. Transportation Code § 225.087 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.087
§ 225.087. RUDY VILLARREAL ROAD.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 907 between U.S. Highway 281 and Owassa Road in Hidalgo County is designated as Rudy Villarreal Road.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as Rudy Villarreal Road, and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the road and at appropriate intermediate sites along the road.

(c) The requirement that a recognized individual be deceased under Section 225.001 does not apply to this section.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.911 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.911
§ 152.911. AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A document filed under this subchapter or an application for registration filed under Section 9.007 may be amended by filing with the secretary of state an application for amendment of registration in accordance with Chapter 4.

(b) The application for amendment must contain:

(1) the name of the partnership;

(2) the taxpayer identification number of the partnership;

(3) the identity of the document being amended;

(4) a reference to the date on which the document being amended was filed;

(5) the part of the document being amended; and

(6) the amendment or correction.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.206 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.206
§ 348.206. INSURANCE MAY BE FURNISHED BY BUYER.
Status: in_force

(a) If insurance is requested or required in connection with a retail installment contract and the retail installment contract includes a premium or rate of charge that is not fixed or approved by the commissioner of insurance, the retail buyer is entitled to furnish the insurance coverage not later than the 10th day after the date of the contract or the delivery or mailing of the written statement required under Section 348.204, as appropriate, through:

(1) an existing insurance policy owned or controlled by the buyer; or

(2) an insurance policy obtained from an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.

(b) When a retail installment contract is executed, the retail buyer is entitled to purchase the insurance described by Section 348.210 and select:

(1) the agent or broker; and

(2) an insurance company acceptable to the holder.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 541.106 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 541 / Section 541.106
§ 541.106. DEIDENTIFIED OR PSEUDONYMOUS DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) A controller in possession of deidentified data shall:

(1) take reasonable measures to ensure that the data cannot be associated with an individual;

(2) publicly commit to maintaining and using deidentified data without attempting to reidentify the data; and

(3) contractually obligate any recipient of the deidentified data to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) This chapter may not be construed to require a controller or processor to:

(1) reidentify deidentified data or pseudonymous data;

(2) maintain data in identifiable form or obtain, retain, or access any data or technology for the purpose of allowing the controller or processor to associate a consumer request with personal data; or

(3) comply with an authenticated consumer rights request under Section 541.051, if the controller:

(A) is not reasonably capable of associating the request with the personal data or it would be unreasonably burdensome for the controller to associate the request with the personal data;

(B) does not use the personal data to recognize or respond to the specific consumer who is the subject of the personal data or associate the personal data with other personal data about the same specific consumer; and

(C) does not sell the personal data to any third party or otherwise voluntarily disclose the personal data to any third party other than a processor, except as otherwise permitted by this section.

(c) The consumer rights under Sections 541.051(b)(1)-(4) and controller duties under Section 541.101 do not apply to pseudonymous data in cases in which the controller is able to demonstrate any information necessary to identify the consumer is kept separately and is subject to effective technical and organizational controls that prevent the controller from accessing the information.

(d) A controller that discloses pseudonymous data or deidentified data shall exercise reasonable oversight to monitor compliance with any contractual commitments to which the pseudonymous data or deidentified data is subject and shall take appropriate steps to address any breach of the contractual commitments.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1357.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1357 / Section 1357.057
§ 1357.057. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.060 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.060
§ 363.060. DISSOLUTION OF TEMPORARY BOARD.
Status: in_force

If a district has not been created under this chapter before the fifth anniversary of the date a district is proposed by the governing body, the temporary board is dissolved on that date and a district may not be created under this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 92.108 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.108
§ 92.108. LIABILITY FOR WITHHOLDING LAST MONTH'S RENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The tenant may not withhold payment of any portion of the last month's rent on grounds that the security deposit is security for unpaid rent.

(b) A tenant who violates this section is presumed to have acted in bad faith. A tenant who in bad faith violates this section is liable to the landlord for an amount equal to three times the rent wrongfully withheld and the landlord's reasonable attorney's fees in a suit to recover the rent.
Tex. Government Code § 24.6002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.6002
§ 24.6002.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.6002. 458TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). The 458th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County.
Tex. Water Code § 6.111 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.111
§ 6.111. SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the executive administrator and the staff of the board.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.0226 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.0226
§ 201.0226. DAM STRUCTURAL REPAIR GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The state board shall develop and implement a program to provide grants for the structural repair and maintenance of flood control dams.

(b) With input from stakeholders, the state board shall:

(1) establish goals, criteria, and metrics for the grant program; and

(2) assess the need for funding the structural repair and maintenance of flood control dams throughout this state, including the number of projects a grant sponsor can complete each year.

(c) In adopting rules or policies for the grant program, the state board shall:

(1) ensure any local matching fund requirement adopted by the state board accounts for the financial capacity of the grant sponsor; and

(2) consider dams that are classified as high-hazard by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(d) The state board shall ensure guidance documents for the grant program, including the 10-year dam repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance plan adopted under Section 201.0227, are consistent with the goals, criteria, and metrics established under Subsection (b).
Tex. Education Code § 102.13 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 102 / Section 102.13
§ 102.13. OATH.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall take the constitutional oath of office before assuming the duties of his office.
Tex. Government Code § 26.143 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.143
§ 26.143. COLLIN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Collin County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil or criminal jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1012.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1012 / Section 1012.207
§ 1012.207. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) the transfer and issuance of the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.001
§ 341.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(72), eff. April 2, 2015.

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

(3) "Drinking water" means water distributed by an individual or public or private agency for human consumption, for use in preparing food or beverages, or for use in cleaning a utensil or article used in preparing food or beverages for, or consuming food or beverages by, human beings. The term includes water supplied for human consumption or used by an institution catering to the public.

(3-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) "Human excreta" means the urinary and bowel discharges of a human.

(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, organization, government, business trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity.

(6) "Privy" means a facility for the disposal of human excreta.

(7) "Sanitary" means a condition of good order and cleanliness that precludes the probability of disease transmission.

(8) "Septic tank" means a covered water-tight tank designed for sewage treatment.

(9) "Toilet" means the hopper device for the deposit and discharge of human excreta into a water carriage system.

(10) "Tourist court" means a camping place or group of two or more mobile or permanent housing units operated as rental property for the use of transient trade or trailer units housing humans.

(11) "Water supply" means a source or reservoir of water distributed and used for human consumption.

(12) "Water supply system operator" means a person who:

(A) is trained in the purification or distribution of a public water supply;

(B) has a practical working knowledge of the chemistry and bacteriology essential to the practical mechanics of water purification; and

(C) is capable of conducting and maintaining the purification processes in an efficient manner.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.014 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 117 / Section 117.014
§ 117.014. INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF RECORDS AND PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission and its employees and designated agents may enter property on which is located pipeline facilities or any other property relating to the transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide by pipeline and may inspect and examine the records and property to the extent relevant to determine if a person is acting in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted by the commission under this chapter.

(b) Before the commission or its employees or designated agents enter property for the purposes of this section, the person requesting entry must present proper credentials to the person in charge at the property.

(c) Entry, examination, and inspection under this section may be made only at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.552 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.552
§ 1369.552. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the definition of "health benefit plan" provided by Section 1369.551, this subchapter does not apply to an issuer or provider of health benefits under or a pharmacy benefit manager administering pharmacy benefits under:

(1) the state Medicaid program, including the Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapters 540 and 540A, Government Code;

(2) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code;

(3) the TRICARE military health system;

(4) a basic coverage plan under Chapter 1551;

(5) a basic plan under Chapter 1575;

(6) a coverage plan under Chapter 1579;

(7) a plan providing basic coverage under Chapter 1601; or

(8) a workers' compensation insurance policy or other form of providing medical benefits under Title 5, Labor Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 12.102 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 12 / Section 12.102
§ 12.102. DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the commission employees.
Tex. Education Code § 51.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.004
§ 51.004. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS; TRUST FUNDS; INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) Separate accounts shall be kept on the books of the institution showing the sources of all sums collected and the purposes for which disbursements are made.

(b) All trust funds, including gifts, grants, and bequests received, establishing or adding to endowment funds, loan and scholarship funds, and funds for other current restricted purposes, shall be credited to separate accounts and shall not be commingled with other local or institutional funds.

(c) If the governing board so elects, deposits of all funds not specifically required to be deposited to special accounts may be deposited in a single bank account if the records of the institution clearly reflect the balances attributable to general funds and various categories of trust funds.

(d) Interest received from depository banks for funds on deposit may be credited to an appropriate account in either general funds or trust funds in relation to the sources of temporary investments in time deposits, if the disposition of the earnings was not specified by the grantor. Interest received from the trust funds time deposits shall be available for loans, scholarships, fellowships, institutional research, faculty aid, and other lawful purposes.
Tex. Water Code § 62.107 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.107
§ 62.107. ACQUISITION AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) Any district created under this chapter may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation and may own land adjacent or accessible by road, rail, or water to the navigable water and ports developed by it which may be necessary or required for any and all purposes incident to or necessary for the development and operation of the navigable water or ports within the district, or may be necessary or required for or in aid of the development of industries and businesses on the land.

(b) The district may lease and grant easements on any part of the acquired land to any person and may charge for the lease or easement reasonable tolls, rents, fees, or other charges. The lease or easement may be on terms and conditions considered appropriate or advantageous to the district. The district may use the proceeds both for the maintenance and operation of the business of the district and for the purpose of making the district self-supporting and financially solvent and returning the construction costs of the improvements within a reasonable period.

(c) The acquisition and leasing of land for the purposes included in this section and the operation and industrial and business development of ports and waterways are a public purpose and a matter of public necessity.
Tex. Family Code § 264.114 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.114
§ 264.114. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY; ADVERSE DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A faith-based organization, including the organization's employees and volunteers, that participates in a program under this chapter is subject to civil liability as provided by Chapter 84, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) A faith-based organization that provides financial or other assistance to a foster parent or to a member of the foster parent's household is not liable for damages arising out of the conduct of the foster parent or a member of the foster parent's household.

(c) A foster parent, other substitute caregiver, family relative or other designated caregiver, or licensed child placing agency caring for a child in the managing conservatorship of the department is not liable for harm caused to the child resulting from the child's participation in an age-appropriate normalcy activity approved by the caregiver if, in approving the child's participation in the activity, the caregiver exercised the standard of care of a reasonable and prudent parent.

(d) A licensed child placing agency is not subject to adverse action by the department, including contractual action or licensing or other regulatory action, arising out of the conduct of a foster parent who has exercised the standard of care of a reasonable and prudent parent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.051
§ 1011.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 1011.064, the board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) a directors' election shall be held annually on a date authorized by Chapter 41, Election Code.
Tex. Water Code § 58.712 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.712
§ 58.712. DUTY TO ADVISE COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The board shall furnish the commission a detailed description of the land excluded and a detailed description of the land included within 30 days after the exclusion and inclusion of land under the provisions of Sections 58.702-58.711 of this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 446.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 446 / Section 446.001
§ 446.001. SALE OF IVERMECTIN WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION; ESTABLISHING PROTECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A pharmacist may dispense ivermectin to a person, without requiring a prescription order from a licensed health care practitioner, in accordance with any written standardized procedures or protocols issued by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, including, if required, providing the person with instructions on the proper use of ivermectin.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacist acting in a reasonably prudent manner is not criminally or civilly liable or subject to professional disciplinary action for dispensing ivermectin in accordance with this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.202
§ 4152.202. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

An insurer may:

(1) terminate a contract entered into under Section 4152.201 for cause on written notice to the manager by certified mail, return receipt requested; and

(2) suspend the authority of the manager to assume or cede business during any dispute regarding the cause for termination.
Tex. Transportation Code § 341.005 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 341 / Section 341.005
§ 341.005. ACQUIRING NECESSARY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual, corporation, or association authorized to act by this chapter may acquire by purchase or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain any approach the individual, corporation, or association considers necessary for a structure.

(b) Subject to Chapter 51, Natural Resources Code, the state grants to an individual, corporation, or association acting as authorized by this chapter 500 feet on each side of the structure with the right only to dredge from that area or beyond for material required to construct or maintain the causeway.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.389 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.389
§ 623.389. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

The Texas Department of Transportation shall create a pavement management plan for the roadways described by Section 623.382(a).
Tex. Tax Code § 202.153 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.153
§ 202.153. FIRST PURCHASER TO PAY TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A first purchaser shall pay the tax imposed by this chapter on oil that the first purchaser purchases from a producer and takes delivery on the premises where the oil is produced.

(b) A first purchaser shall withhold from payments to the producer the amount of tax that the first purchaser is required by Subsection (a) of this section to pay. This subsection does not affect a lease or contract between the state or a political subdivision of the state and a producer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.054
§ 1087.054. BOND; RECORD OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $1,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

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

(b) The district shall pay for a director's bond.

(c) Each director's bond shall be deposited with a depository bank of the district for safekeeping.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0451 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0451
§ 21.0451. SANCTIONS UNDER ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall propose rules necessary for the sanction of educator preparation programs that do not meet accountability standards or comply with state law or rules and shall at least annually review the accreditation status of each educator preparation program. The rules:

(1) shall provide for the assignment of the following accreditation statuses:

(A) not rated;

(B) accredited;

(C) accredited-warned;

(D) accredited-probation; and

(E) not accredited-revoked;

(2) may provide for the agency to take any necessary action, including one or more of the following actions:

(A) requiring the program to obtain technical assistance approved by the agency or board;

(B) requiring the program to obtain professional services under contract with another person;

(C) appointing a monitor to participate in and report to the board on the activities of the program; and

(D) if a program has been rated as accredited-probation under the Accountability System for Educator Preparation for a period of at least one year, revoking the approval of the program and ordering the program to be closed, provided that the board or agency has provided the opportunity for a contested case hearing;

(3) shall provide for the agency to revoke the approval of the program and order the program to be closed if the program has been rated as accredited-probation under the Accountability System for Educator Preparation for three consecutive years, provided that the board or agency has provided the opportunity for a contested case hearing; and

(4) shall provide the board procedure for changing the accreditation status of a program that:

(A) does not meet the accreditation standards established under Section 21.045(a); or

(B) violates a board or agency regulation.

(b) Any action authorized or required to be taken against an educator preparation program under Subsection (a) may also be taken with regard to a particular field of certification authorized to be offered by an educator preparation program.

(c) A revocation must be effective for a period of at least two years. After two years, the program may seek renewed approval to prepare educators for state certification.

(d) The costs of technical assistance required under Subsection (a)(2)(A) or the costs associated with the appointment of a monitor under Subsection (a)(2)(C) shall be paid by the educator preparation program.