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TX Educ Code § 162.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 4 - Compacts|Chapter 162 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|Section 162.006. State Advisory Council and Coordination

Sec. 162.006.  STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND COORDINATION.  (a)  The compact commissioner, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, shall establish the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to provide for coordination among state agencies, school districts, and military installations concerning the state's participation in and compliance with the compact and compact activities, as required by Article VIII of the compact.(b)  The State Advisory Council consists of:(1)  the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;(2)  a superintendent of a school district with a high concentration of military children designated by the agency;(3)  the governor or the governor's designee;(4)  the chair of the senate committee on education or the chair's designee;(5)  the chair of the house of representatives committee on public education or the chair's designee;(6)  a representative from each branch of the armed services of the United States that maintains an installation in the state, appointed by each respective branch; and(7)  representatives of other offices and stakeholder groups the agency deems appropriate.(c)  Members of the State Advisory Council may delegate voting authority to another person for a specified meeting or meetings.(d)  Meetings of the State Advisory Council may be conducted face-to-face or by telephone or other means of telecommunication or electronic communication.(e)  The State Advisory Council shall:(1)  meet at least quarterly; and(2)  provide State Advisory Council meeting dates, agendas, minutes, end-of-year reports, and other documentation as required to the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission.(f)  The State Advisory Council shall perform each function or duty required or authorized under Article VIII of the compact.(g)  The State Advisory Council shall establish policies and procedures governing the State Advisory Council's operations.(h)  The State Advisory Council is a governmental body for purposes of Chapter 551, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 3932), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 2000.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 6 - Benefits Consortiums|Chapter 2000 - Benefits Consortiums for Certain Private Educational Institutions|Section 2000.001. Definitions

Sec. 2000.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Employee welfare benefit plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 3(1), Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1002(1)).(2)  "Private educational institution" means any nonpublic, nonprofit, and accredited school that:(A)  is owned and operated by an individual, religious institution, partnership, association, or corporation, or a department, division, or section of one of those entities; and(B)  designates itself as a private educational center that includes a program of elementary, secondary, religious, college, or university education whose primary purpose is to provide private or religious-based education.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 625 (H.B. 2390), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 2000.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 6 - Benefits Consortiums|Chapter 2000 - Benefits Consortiums for Certain Private Educational Institutions|Section 2000.002. Formation of Benefits Consortium

Sec. 2000.002.  FORMATION OF BENEFITS CONSORTIUM.  Two or more private educational institutions may form a benefits consortium for the purpose of establishing a self-funded employee welfare benefit plan by adopting articles of incorporation or a declaration of trust.  The articles of incorporation or declaration of trust must:(1)  limit membership in the benefits consortium to private educational institutions;(2)  list the charter members of the benefits consortium;(3)  include the method by which other institutions may be admitted as members of the benefits consortium;(4)  require that each member agree to an initial membership term of not less than three years;(5)  provide that the directors or trustees of the benefits consortium be elected from or on behalf of the membership of the benefits consortium and prescribe the method for selection of directors or trustees of the benefits consortium;(6)  provide that the directors or trustees have complete fiscal control over the plan and are responsible for all operations of the plan;(7)  list the purposes of the benefits consortium, including the types of risks shared by members of the consortium;(8)  establish bylaws of the benefits consortium; and(9)  provide for amendment of the articles of incorporation or declaration of trust and the bylaws.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 625 (H.B. 2390), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 2000.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 6 - Benefits Consortiums|Chapter 2000 - Benefits Consortiums for Certain Private Educational Institutions|Section 2000.003. Filings by Benefits Consortium

Sec. 2000.003.  FILINGS BY BENEFITS CONSORTIUM.  A benefits consortium formed under this chapter shall:(1)  file with the commissioner of insurance a copy of the consortium's articles of incorporation or declaration of trust and any amendments to the articles of incorporation or declaration of trust; and(2)  comply with all reporting requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.).|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 625 (H.B. 2390), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 2000.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 6 - Benefits Consortiums|Chapter 2000 - Benefits Consortiums for Certain Private Educational Institutions|Section 2000.004. Regulation of Benefits Consortium; Exemption From State Regulation

Sec. 2000.004.  REGULATION OF BENEFITS CONSORTIUM; EXEMPTION FROM STATE REGULATION.  An employee welfare benefit plan established by a benefits consortium under this chapter that is sponsored by a trade association in existence for 10 years or more, is in good standing with the secretary of state, and meets the requirements of this chapter is governed solely by and shall comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), as implemented by the United States Department of Labor.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 625 (H.B. 2390), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 1.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.001. Short Title

Sec. 1.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This code may be cited as the Election Code.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.0015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.0015. Legislative Intent

Sec. 1.0015.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  It is the intent of the legislature that the application of this code and the conduct of elections be uniform and consistent throughout this state to reduce the likelihood of fraud in the conduct of elections, protect the secrecy of the ballot, promote voter access, and ensure that all legally cast ballots are counted.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 1.04, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 1.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.002. Applicability of Code

Sec. 1.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CODE.  (a)  This code applies to all general, special, and primary elections held in this state.(b)  This code supersedes a conflicting statute outside this code unless this code or the outside statute expressly provides otherwise.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.003. Construction of Code

Sec. 1.003.  CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.  (a)  The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.(a-1)  Election officials and other public officials shall strictly construe the provisions of this code to effect the intent of the legislature under Section 1.0015.(b)  When a provision of this code provides that it supersedes another specifically referenced provision of this code to the extent of any conflict, no conflict is created by the failure of the superseding provision, or of related provisions, to repeat the substance of the referenced provision;  rather, a conflict exists only if the substance of the superseding and any related provisions is irreconcilable with the substance of the referenced provision.  If the substance of the superseding provision, together with any related provisions, and the substance of the referenced provision can each be applied to the same subject or set of circumstances, both provisions shall be given effect.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 1.05, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 1.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.004. Internal References

Sec. 1.004.  INTERNAL REFERENCES.  In this code:(1)  a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of this code;  and(2)  a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit without further identification is a reference to a unit of the next larger unit of this code in which the reference appears.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.006. Effect of Weekend or Holiday

Sec. 1.006.  EFFECT OF WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY.  (a)  If the last day for performance of an act is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, the act is timely if performed on the next regular business day, except as otherwise provided by this code.(b)  If the last day for performance of an act is extended under Subsection (a), the extended date is used to determine any other dates and deadlines, and the dates or times of any related procedures, that are expressly required to be made on a date or at a time determined in relation to the last day for performance of the act.(c)  A declaration of ineligibility of a candidate is considered to be the performance of an act under this section for purposes of causing the candidate's name to be omitted from the ballot.(d)  The filing of a document, including a withdrawal request or resignation, is considered to be the performance of an act under this section for purposes of creating a vacancy to be filled at a subsequent election.(e)  The death of a person is not considered to be the performance of an act under this section.(f)  In this code:(1)  "National holiday" means:(A)  a legal public holiday under 5 U.S.C. Section 6103; and(B)  if a holiday described by Paragraph (A) occurs on a Saturday or Sunday, a holiday taken in lieu of that holiday on which there is no regular United States mail delivery.(2)  "State holiday" means a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (6), Government Code.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Elec COde § 1.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.007. Delivering, Submitting, and Filing Documents

Sec. 1.007.  DELIVERING, SUBMITTING, AND FILING DOCUMENTS.  (a)  When this code provides for the delivery, submission, or filing of an application, notice, report, or other document or paper with an authority having administrative responsibility under this code, a delivery, submission, or filing with an employee of the authority at the authority's usual place for conducting official business constitutes filing with the authority.(b)  The authority to whom a delivery, submission, or filing is required by this code to be made may accept the document or paper at a place other than the authority's usual place for conducting official business.(c)  A delivery, submission, or filing of a document or paper under this code may be made by personal delivery, mail, telephonic facsimile machine, e-mail, or any other method of transmission.(d)  Any other provision of this code supersedes this section to the extent of any conflict.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 1.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.008. Timeliness of Action by Mail

Sec. 1.008.  TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL.  When this code requires an application, notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before a specified deadline, a delivery, submission, or filing by first-class United States mail is timely, except as otherwise provided by this code, if:(1)  it is properly addressed with postage prepaid;  and(2)  it bears a post office cancellation mark indicating a time within the period or before the deadline, or if the person required to take the action furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail within the period or before the deadline.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.009. Time of Receipt of Mailed Document

Sec. 1.009.  TIME OF RECEIPT OF MAILED DOCUMENT.  (a)  When this code provides that an application, notice, or other document or paper that is delivered, submitted, or filed by mail is considered to be delivered, submitted, or filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate authority, the time of receipt is the time at which a post office employee:(1)  places it in the actual possession of the authority or the authority's agent;  or(2)  deposits it in the authority's mailbox or at the usual place of delivery for the authority's official mail.(b)  If the authority cannot determine the time at which a deposit under Subsection (a)(2) occurred or whether it occurred before a specified deadline, the deposit is considered to have occurred at the time the mailbox or usual place of mail delivery, as applicable, was last inspected for removal of mail.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 1.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.010. Availability of Official Forms

Sec. 1.010.  AVAILABILITY OF OFFICIAL FORMS.  (a)  The office, agency, or other authority with whom this code requires an application, report, or other document or paper to be submitted or filed shall make printed forms for that purpose, as officially prescribed, readily and timely available.(b)  The authority shall furnish forms in a reasonable quantity to a person requesting them for the purpose of submitting or filing the document or paper.(c)  The forms shall be furnished without charge, except as otherwise provided by this code.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.011. Signing Document by Witness

Sec. 1.011.  SIGNING DOCUMENT BY WITNESS.  (a)  When this code requires a person to sign an application, report, or other document or paper, except as otherwise provided by this code, the document or paper may be signed for the person by a witness, as provided by this section, if the person required to sign cannot do so because of a physical disability or illiteracy.(b)  The person who cannot sign must affix the person's mark to the document or paper, which the witness must attest.  If the person cannot make the mark, the witness must state that fact on the document or paper.(c)  The witness must state on the document or paper the name, in printed form, of the person who cannot sign.(d)  The witness must affix the witness's own signature to the document or paper and state the witness's own name, in printed form, near the signature.  The witness must also state the witness's residence address unless the witness is an election officer, in which case the witness must state the witness's official title.(e)  The procedure prescribed by this section must be conducted in the presence of the person who cannot sign.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 1.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.012. Public Inspection of Election Records

Sec. 1.012.  PUBLIC INSPECTION OF ELECTION RECORDS.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), an election record that is public information shall be made available to the public during the regular business hours of the record's custodian.(b)  For the purpose of safeguarding the election records or economizing the custodian's time, the custodian may adopt reasonable rules limiting public access.(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this code or Chapter 552, Government Code, all election records are public information.(d)  In this code, "election record" includes:(1)  anything distributed or received by government under this code;(2)  anything required by law to be kept by others for information of government under this code;  or(3)  a certificate, application, notice, report, or other document or paper issued or received by government under this code.(e)  An election record shall be available not later than the 15th day after election day in an electronic format for a fee of not more than $50.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (S.B. 902), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 1.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.013. Destruction of Records

Sec. 1.013.  DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.  After expiration of the prescribed period for preserving voted ballots, election returns, other election records, or other records that are preserved under this code, the records may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of unless, at the expiration of the preservation period, an election contest or a criminal investigation or proceeding in connection with an election to which the records pertain is pending.  In that case, the records shall be preserved until the contest, investigation, or proceeding is completed and the judgment, if any, becomes final.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.014. Election Expenses

Sec. 1.014.  ELECTION EXPENSES.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, the expenses incurred in the conduct of a general or special election shall be paid by the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election.(b)  Each county in the territory covered by an election ordered by the governor shall pay the expenses incurred in that particular county in the conduct of the election.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 1.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.015. Residence

Sec. 1.015.  RESIDENCE.  (a)  In this code, "residence" means domicile, that is, one's home and fixed place of habitation to which one intends to return after any temporary absence.(b)  A person may not establish residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a certain election.(c)  A person does not lose the person's residence by leaving the person's home to go to another place for temporary purposes only.(d)  A person does not acquire a residence in a place to which the person has come for temporary purposes only and without the intention of making that place the person's home.(e)  A person who is an inmate in a penal institution or who is an involuntary inmate in a hospital or eleemosynary institution does not, while an inmate, acquire residence at the place where the institution is located.(f)  A person may not establish a residence at any place the person has not inhabited.  A person may not designate a previous residence as a home and fixed place of habitation unless the person inhabits the place at the time of designation and intends to remain.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 1111), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 1.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 1 - Introductory Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.016. Oaths by Election Officers

Sec. 1.016.  OATHS BY ELECTION OFFICERS.  (a)  An oath or statement required by the Texas Constitution or this code prior to an election officer entering service may be administered and a certificate of the fact given by:(1)  the secretary of state, a member of the secretary of state's staff, or a state inspector appointed by the secretary;(2)  a county or municipal clerk or the clerk's deputies;(3)  a county tax assessor-collector or the county tax assessor-collector's deputies;(4)  a city secretary;(5)  a member of a county election commission or county election board;(6)  a county elections administrator or employee of a county elections administrator;(7)  the secretary of the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county or city or the authority performing the duties of a secretary under this code;(8)  a presiding election judge or alternate presiding judge who has already entered service; (9)  an early voting clerk or a deputy early voting clerk who has already entered service;(10)  a member of an early voting ballot board or signature verification committee who has already entered service; or(11)  a presiding judge, manager, or tabulation supervisor of a central counting station who has already entered service.(b)  An oath, statement, or certificate described under Subsection (a) is valid for the duration of the election officer's term of office and shall be filed with election records for the election in which the election officer is serving.(c)  The secretary of state may prescribe a form of oath, statement, or certificate that incorporates any oaths or statements required by the Texas Constitution or this code for an election officer into a single oath or statement.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|