84R29764 MTB-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 1296
 
  (Giddings)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1296:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various
  laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications
  enacted by the 83rd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
  ARTICLE 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         SECTION 1.001.  This Act is enacted as part of the state's
  continuing statutory revision program under Chapter 323,
  Government Code. This Act is a revision for purposes of Section 43,
  Article III, Texas Constitution, and has the purposes of:
               (1)  codifying without substantive change or providing
  for other appropriate disposition of various statutes that were
  omitted from enacted codes;
               (2)  conforming codifications enacted by the 83rd
  Legislature to other Acts of that legislature that amended the laws
  codified or added new law to subject matter codified;
               (3)  making necessary corrections to enacted
  codifications; and
               (4)  renumbering or otherwise redesignating titles,
  chapters, and sections of codes that duplicate title, chapter, or
  section designations.
         SECTION 1.002.  (a)  The repeal of a statute by this Act does
  not affect an amendment, revision, or reenactment of the statute by
  the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015. The amendment,
  revision, or reenactment is preserved and given effect as part of
  the code provision that revised the statute so amended, revised, or
  reenacted.
         (b)  If any provision of this Act conflicts with a statute
  enacted by the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, the statute
  controls.
         SECTION 1.003.  (a)  A transition or saving provision of a
  law codified by this Act applies to the codified law to the same
  extent as it applied to the original law.
         (b)  The repeal of a transition or saving provision by this
  Act does not affect the application of the provision to the codified
  law.
         (c)  In this section, "transition provision" includes any
  temporary provision providing for a special situation in the
  transition period between the existing law and the establishment or
  implementation of the new law.
         SECTION 1.004.  (a)  The repeal of a law, including a
  validating law, by this Act does not remove, void, or otherwise
  affect in any manner a validation under the repealed law. The
  validation is preserved and continues to have the same effect that
  it would have if the law were not repealed.
         (b)  Subsection (a) of this section does not diminish the
  saving provisions prescribed by Section 311.031, Government Code.
  ARTICLE 2.  CHANGES RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE
         SECTION 2.001.  Section 11.72, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as
  amended by Chapters 451 (S.B. 828) and 1190 (S.B. 1090), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 11.72.  DISCIPLINE FOR ACTIONS OF AGENT.  The
  commission or administrator may suspend or revoke the permit of a
  person who is represented by the holder of an agent's permit under
  Section 15.01, 35.01 [or a manufacturer's agent's permit as
  described by Section 36.01], or 36.01 or otherwise discipline the
  person based on an act or omission of the holder of the agent's [or
  manufacturer's agent's] permit only if an individual employed by
  the person in a supervisory position:
               (1)  was directly involved in the act or omission of the
  holder of the agent's [or manufacturer's agent's] permit;
               (2)  had notice or knowledge of the act or omission; or
               (3)  failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the act
  or omission.
         SECTION 2.002.  Section 14.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code,
  as amended by Chapters 106 (S.B. 905), 195 (S.B. 642), and 1171
  (S.B. 652), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted and amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may:
               (1)  manufacture distilled spirits;
               (2)  rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits and
  wines;
               (3)  mix wines, distilled spirits, or other liquors;
               (4)  bottle, label, and package the permit holder's
  finished products;
               (5)  sell the finished products in this state to
  holders of wholesaler's permits and to qualified persons outside
  the state;
               (6)  purchase distilled spirits, to be used only for
  manufacturing or rectification purposes, from holders of
  nonresident seller's permits or distiller's and rectifier's
  permits;
               (7)  dispense free distilled spirits for consumption on
  the permitted premises under Section 14.04; [and]
               (8)  sell bulk alcohol produced by the permit holder to
  holders of industrial permits in this state; and
               (9) [(8)]  if located in a wet area, sell distilled
  spirits to ultimate consumers under Section 14.04 or 14.05.
  ARTICLE 3.  CHANGES RELATING TO CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
         SECTION 3.001.  Section 51.014(a), Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, as amended by Chapters 44 (H.B. 200) and 1042 (H.B.
  2935), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted and amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person may appeal from an interlocutory order of a
  district court, county court at law, statutory probate court, or
  county court that:
               (1)  appoints a receiver or trustee;
               (2)  overrules a motion to vacate an order that
  appoints a receiver or trustee;
               (3)  certifies or refuses to certify a class in a suit
  brought under Rule 42 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;
               (4)  grants or refuses a temporary injunction or grants
  or overrules a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction as
  provided by Chapter 65;
               (5)  denies a motion for summary judgment that is based
  on an assertion of immunity by an individual who is an officer or
  employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state;
               (6)  denies a motion for summary judgment that is based
  in whole or in part upon a claim against or defense by a member of
  the electronic or print media, acting in such capacity, or a person
  whose communication appears in or is published by the electronic or
  print media, arising under the free speech or free press clause of
  the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or Article
  I, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution, or Chapter 73;
               (7)  grants or denies the special appearance of a
  defendant under Rule 120a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, except
  in a suit brought under the Family Code;
               (8)  grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction by a
  governmental unit as that term is defined in Section 101.001;
               (9)  denies all or part of the relief sought by a motion
  under Section 74.351(b), except that an appeal may not be taken from
  an order granting an extension under Section 74.351;
               (10)  grants relief sought by a motion under Section
  74.351(l);
               (11)  denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section
  90.007; [or]
               (12)  denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section
  27.003; or
               (13) [(12)]  denies a motion for summary judgment filed
  by an electric utility regarding liability in a suit subject to
  Section 75.0022.
         SECTION 3.002.  Section 51.014(b), Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, as amended by Chapters 916 (H.B. 1366) and 1042 (H.B.
  2935), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted to read as follows:
         (b)  An interlocutory appeal under Subsection (a), other
  than an appeal under Subsection (a)(4) or in a suit brought under
  the Family Code, stays the commencement of a trial in the trial
  court pending resolution of the appeal.  An interlocutory appeal
  under Subsection (a)(3), (5), (8), or (12) also stays all other
  proceedings in the trial court pending resolution of that appeal.
  ARTICLE 4.  CHANGES RELATING TO CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
         SECTION 4.001.  Articles 39.14(f) and (g), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to correct references to read as follows:
         (f)  The attorney representing the defendant, or an
  investigator, expert, consulting legal counsel, or agent for the
  attorney representing the defendant, may allow a defendant,
  witness, or prospective witness to view the information provided
  under this article, but may not allow that person to have copies of
  the information provided, other than a copy of the witness's own
  statement.  Before allowing that person to view a document or the
  witness statement of another under this subsection, the person
  possessing the information shall redact the address, telephone
  number, driver's license number, social security number, date of
  birth, and any bank account or other identifying numbers contained
  in the document or witness statement.  For purposes of this article
  [section], the defendant may not be the agent for the attorney
  representing the defendant.
         (g)  Nothing in this article [section] shall be interpreted
  to limit an attorney's ability to communicate regarding his or her
  case within the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct,
  except for the communication of information identifying any victim
  or witness, including name, except as provided in Subsections (e)
  and (f), address, telephone number, driver's license number, social
  security number, date of birth, and bank account information or any
  information that by reference would make it possible to identify a
  victim or a witness.  Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the
  disclosure of identifying information to an administrative, law
  enforcement, regulatory, or licensing agency for the purposes of
  making a good faith complaint.
         SECTION 4.002.  Article 56.02(a), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as amended by Chapters 651 (H.B. 899) and 1345 (S.B.
  1192), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted and amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a
  deceased victim is entitled to the following rights within the
  criminal justice system:
               (1)  the right to receive from law enforcement agencies
  adequate protection from harm and threats of harm arising from
  cooperation with prosecution efforts;
               (2)  the right to have the magistrate take the safety of
  the victim or his family into consideration as an element in fixing
  the amount of bail for the accused;
               (3)  the right, if requested, to be informed:
                     (A)  by the attorney representing the state of
  relevant court proceedings, including appellate proceedings, and
  to be informed if those proceedings have been canceled or
  rescheduled prior to the event; and
                     (B)  by an appellate court of decisions of the
  court, after the decisions are entered but before the decisions are
  made public;
               (4)  the right to be informed, when requested, by a
  peace officer concerning the defendant's right to bail and the
  procedures in criminal investigations and by the district
  attorney's office concerning the general procedures in the criminal
  justice system, including general procedures in guilty plea
  negotiations and arrangements, restitution, and the appeals and
  parole process;
               (5)  the right to provide pertinent information to a
  probation department conducting a presentencing investigation
  concerning the impact of the offense on the victim and his family by
  testimony, written statement, or any other manner prior to any
  sentencing of the offender;
               (6)  the right to receive information regarding
  compensation to victims of crime as provided by Subchapter B,
  including information related to the costs that may be compensated
  under that subchapter and the amount of compensation, eligibility
  for compensation, and procedures for application for compensation
  under that subchapter, the payment for a medical examination under
  Article 56.06 for a victim of a sexual assault, and when requested,
  to referral to available social service agencies that may offer
  additional assistance;
               (7)  the right to be informed, upon request, of parole
  procedures, to participate in the parole process, to be notified,
  if requested, of parole proceedings concerning a defendant in the
  victim's case, to provide to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for
  inclusion in the defendant's file information to be considered by
  the board prior to the parole of any defendant convicted of any
  crime subject to this subchapter, and to be notified, if requested,
  of the defendant's release;
               (8)  the right to be provided with a waiting area,
  separate or secure from other witnesses, including the offender and
  relatives of the offender, before testifying in any proceeding
  concerning the offender; if a separate waiting area is not
  available, other safeguards should be taken to minimize the
  victim's contact with the offender and the offender's relatives and
  witnesses, before and during court proceedings;
               (9)  the right to prompt return of any property of the
  victim that is held by a law enforcement agency or the attorney for
  the state as evidence when the property is no longer required for
  that purpose;
               (10)  the right to have the attorney for the state
  notify the employer of the victim, if requested, of the necessity of
  the victim's cooperation and testimony in a proceeding that may
  necessitate the absence of the victim from work for good cause;
               (11)  the right to request victim-offender mediation
  coordinated by the victim services division of the Texas Department
  of Criminal Justice;
               (12)  the right to be informed of the uses of a victim
  impact statement and the statement's purpose in the criminal
  justice system, to complete the victim impact statement, and to
  have the victim impact statement considered:
                     (A)  by the attorney representing the state and
  the judge before sentencing or before a plea bargain agreement is
  accepted; and
                     (B)  by the Board of Pardons and Paroles before an
  inmate is released on parole;
               (13)  for a victim of an assault or sexual assault who
  is younger than 17 years of age or whose case involves family
  violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code, the right to
  have the court consider the impact on the victim of a continuance
  requested by the defendant; if requested by the attorney
  representing the state or by counsel for the defendant, the court
  shall state on the record the reason for granting or denying the
  continuance; and
               (14) [(16)]  if the offense is a capital felony, the
  right to:
                     (A)  receive by mail from the court a written
  explanation of defense-initiated victim outreach if the court has
  authorized expenditures for a defense-initiated victim outreach
  specialist;
                     (B)  not be contacted by the victim outreach
  specialist unless the victim, guardian, or relative has consented
  to the contact by providing a written notice to the court; and
                     (C)  designate a victim service provider to
  receive all communications from a victim outreach specialist acting
  on behalf of any person.
         SECTION 4.003.  Article 56.02(c), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as amended by Chapters 651 (H.B. 899) and 1345 (S.B.
  1192), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted to read as follows:
         (c)  The office of the attorney representing the state, and
  the sheriff, police, and other law enforcement agencies shall
  ensure to the extent practicable that a victim, guardian of a
  victim, or close relative of a deceased victim is afforded the
  rights granted by this article and Article 56.021 and, on request,
  an explanation of those rights.
         SECTION 4.004.  Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as amended by Chapters 427 (S.B. 529) and 1357 (S.B.
  1451), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted and amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Contraband" means property of any nature,
  including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
                     (A)  used in the commission of:
                           (i)  any first or second degree felony under
  the Penal Code;
                           (ii)  any felony under Section 15.031(b),
  20.05, 21.11, 38.04, or Chapter 43, 20A, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33A, or
  35, Penal Code;
                           (iii)  any felony under The Securities Act
  (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
                           (iv)  any offense under Chapter 49, Penal
  Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state
  jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three
  times of an offense under that chapter;
                     (B)  used or intended to be used in the commission
  of:
                           (i)  any felony under Chapter 481, Health
  and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
                           (ii)  any felony under Chapter 483, Health
  and Safety Code;
                           (iii)  a felony under Chapter 151, Finance
  Code;
                           (iv)  any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
  Code;
                           (v)  a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
  B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
  previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter;
                           (vi)  any felony under Chapter 32, Human
  Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
  involves the state Medicaid program;
                           (vii)  a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
  522, Business & Commerce Code;
                           (viii)  a Class A misdemeanor under Section
  306.051, Business & Commerce Code;
                           (ix)  any offense under Section 42.10, Penal
  Code;
                           (x)  any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1)
  or 46.14, Penal Code;
                           (xi)  any offense under Chapter 71, Penal
  Code;
                           (xii)  any offense under Section 20.05,
  Penal Code; or
                           (xiii) [(xiv)] an offense under Section
  326.002, Business & Commerce Code;
                     (C)  the proceeds gained from the commission of a
  felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a
  misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(vii), (ix), (x), or (xi) of
  this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
                     (D)  acquired with proceeds gained from the
  commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
  subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(vii), (ix), (x),
  or (xi) of this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
                     (E)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
  facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
  43.25, Penal Code; or
                     (F)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
  facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 20A.02 or
  Chapter 43, Penal Code.
  ARTICLE 5.  CHANGES RELATING TO EDUCATION CODE
         SECTION 5.001.  (a) Section 7.111(a), Education Code, as
  amended by Chapters 339 (H.B. 2058) and 1217 (S.B. 1536), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to read
  as follows:
         (a)  The board shall provide for the administration of high
  school equivalency examinations.
         (b)  Section 7.111(a-1), Education Code, is amended to
  conform to the amendment of Section 7.111(a), Education Code, by
  Chapter 1217 (S.B. 1536), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A person who does not have a high school diploma may
  take the examination in accordance with rules adopted by the board
  if the person is:
               (1)  over 17 years of age;
               (2)  16 years of age or older and:
                     (A)  is enrolled in a Job Corps training program
  under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801
  et seq.), and its subsequent amendments;
                     (B)  a public agency providing supervision of the
  person or having custody of the person under a court order
  recommends that the person take the examination; or
                     (C)  is enrolled in the Texas Military
  Department's [adjutant general's department's] Seaborne ChalleNGe
  Corps; or
               (3)  required to take the examination under a court
  order.
         SECTION 5.002.  Section 25.007(b), Education Code, as
  amended by Chapters 688 (H.B. 2619) and 1354 (S.B. 1404), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In recognition of the challenges faced by students in
  substitute care, the agency shall assist the transition of
  substitute care students from one school to another by:
               (1)  ensuring that school records for a student in
  substitute care are transferred to the student's new school not
  later than the 10th working day after the date the student begins
  enrollment at the school;
               (2)  developing systems to ease transition of a student
  in substitute care during the first two weeks of enrollment at a new
  school;
               (3)  developing procedures for awarding credit,
  including partial credit if appropriate, for course work, including
  electives, completed by a student in substitute care while enrolled
  at another school;
               (4)  promoting practices that facilitate access by a
  student in substitute care to extracurricular programs, summer
  programs, credit transfer services, electronic courses provided
  under Chapter 30A, and after-school tutoring programs at nominal or
  no cost;
               (5)  establishing procedures to lessen the adverse
  impact of the movement of a student in substitute care to a new
  school;
               (6)  entering into a memorandum of understanding with
  the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding the
  exchange of information as appropriate to facilitate the transition
  of students in substitute care from one school to another;
               (7)  encouraging school districts and open-enrollment
  charter schools to provide services for a student in substitute
  care in transition when applying for admission to postsecondary
  study and when seeking sources of funding for postsecondary study;
               (8)  requiring school districts, campuses, and
  open-enrollment charter schools to accept a referral for special
  education services made for a student in substitute care by a school
  previously attended by the student;
               (9)  requiring school districts to provide notice to
  the child's educational decision-maker and caseworker regarding
  events that may significantly impact the education of a child,
  including:
                     (A)  requests or referrals for an evaluation under
  Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), or
  special education under Section 29.003;
                     (B)  admission, review, and dismissal committee
  meetings;
                     (C)  manifestation determination reviews required
  by Section 37.004(b);
                     (D)  any disciplinary actions under Chapter 37 for
  which parental notice is required;
                     (E)  citations issued for Class C misdemeanor
  offenses on school property or at school-sponsored activities;
                     (F)  reports of restraint and seclusion required
  by Section 37.0021; and
                     (G)  use of corporal punishment as provided by
  Section 37.0011; [and]
               (10)  developing procedures for allowing a student in
  substitute care who was previously enrolled in a course required
  for graduation the opportunity, to the extent practicable, to
  complete the course, at no cost to the student, before the beginning
  of the next school year;
               (11)  ensuring that a student in substitute care who is
  not likely to receive a high school diploma before the fifth school
  year following the student's enrollment in grade nine, as
  determined by the district, has the student's course credit accrual
  and personal graduation plan reviewed; [and]
               (12)  ensuring that a student in substitute care who is
  in grade 11 or 12 be provided information regarding tuition and fee
  exemptions under Section 54.366 for dual-credit or other courses
  provided by a public institution of higher education for which a
  high school student may earn joint high school and college credit;
  and
               (13) [(10)]  providing other assistance as identified
  by the agency.
         SECTION 5.003.  Section 39.0302(a), Education Code, is
  amended to correct a reference to read as follows:
         (a)  During an agency investigation or audit of a school
  district under Section 39.0301(e) or (f), an accreditation
  investigation under Section 39.057(a)(8) or (14) [(13)], or an
  investigation by the State Board for Educator Certification of an
  educator for an alleged violation of an assessment instrument
  security procedure established under Section 39.0301(a), the
  commissioner may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a
  relevant witness or the production, for inspection or copying, of
  relevant evidence that is located in this state.
         SECTION 5.004.  Section 39.057(a), Education Code, as
  amended by Chapters 211 (H.B. 5) and 509 (S.B. 123), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioner may authorize special accreditation
  investigations to be conducted:
               (1)  when excessive numbers of absences of students
  eligible to be tested on state assessment instruments are
  determined;
               (2)  when excessive numbers of allowable exemptions
  from the required state assessment instruments are determined;
               (3)  in response to complaints submitted to the agency
  with respect to alleged violations of civil rights or other
  requirements imposed on the state by federal law or court order;
               (4)  in response to established compliance reviews of
  the district's financial accounting practices and state and federal
  program requirements;
               (5)  when extraordinary numbers of student placements
  in disciplinary alternative education programs, other than
  placements under Sections 37.006 and 37.007, are determined;
               (6)  in response to an allegation involving a conflict
  between members of the board of trustees or between the board and
  the district administration if it appears that the conflict
  involves a violation of a role or duty of the board members or the
  administration clearly defined by this code;
               (7)  when excessive numbers of students in special
  education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, are assessed
  through assessment instruments developed or adopted under Section
  39.023(b);
               (8)  in response to an allegation regarding or an
  analysis using a statistical method result indicating a possible
  violation of an assessment instrument security procedure
  established under Section 39.0301, including for the purpose of
  investigating or auditing a school district under that section;
               (9)  when a significant pattern of decreased academic
  performance has developed as a result of the promotion in the
  preceding two school years of students who did not perform
  satisfactorily as determined by the commissioner under Section
  39.0241(a) on assessment instruments administered under Section
  39.023(a), (c), or (l);
               (10)  when excessive numbers of students eligible to
  enroll fail to complete an Algebra II course or any other advanced
  course as determined by the commissioner;
               (11)  when resource allocation practices as evaluated
  under Section 39.0821 indicate a potential for significant
  improvement in resource allocation;
               (12)  when a disproportionate number of students of a
  particular demographic group is graduating with a particular
  endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
               (13)  when an excessive number of students is
  graduating with a particular endorsement under Section
  28.025(c-1);
               (14) [(13)]  in response to a complaint submitted to
  the agency with respect to alleged inaccurate data that is reported
  through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)
  or through other reports required by state or federal law or rule or
  court order and that is used by the agency to make a determination
  relating to public school accountability, including accreditation,
  under this chapter; or
               (15) [(14)]  as the commissioner otherwise determines
  necessary.
         SECTION 5.0045.  Section 54.5191(a), Education Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of regents of the University of North Texas
  System may charge each student enrolled at the University of North
  Texas an intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount not to exceed
  $10 per semester credit hour for each semester or summer session
  unless the amount is increased as provided by Subsection (g).
         SECTION 5.0046.  Section 54.5381(a), Education Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student
  enrolled at a component institution of the Texas State University
  System, other than Texas State University, in an amount not to
  exceed:
               (1)  $8.75 per semester credit hour for each regular
  semester unless increased as provided by Subsection (d); and
               (2)  $4.50 per semester credit hour for each summer
  session unless increased as provided by Subsection (d).
         SECTION 5.005.  Section 58.001(a), Education Code, as
  amended by Chapter 65 (S.B. 120), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed to conform to the repeal of
  Section 58.001, Education Code, by Chapter 1155 (S.B. 215), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 5.006.  (a)  Section 61.0662, Education Code, as
  redesignated from Section 61.051(h), Education Code, and
  transferred and amended by Chapter 1155 (S.B. 215), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to incorporate
  amendments to Section 61.051(h), Education Code, made by Chapter
  507 (S.B. 67), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013,
  and amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.0662.  INFORMATION ON RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY
  INSTITUTIONS. (a)  The board shall maintain an inventory of all
  institutional and programmatic research activities being conducted
  by the various institutions of higher education, whether
  state-financed or not.
         (b)  Once a year, on dates prescribed by the board, each
  institution of higher education shall report to the board all
  research conducted at that institution during the preceding year.
  Each institution's report must include the amounts spent by the
  institution on human embryonic stem cell research and adult stem
  cell research during the year covered by the report and the source
  of the funding for that research.
         (c)  All reports required by this section shall be made
  subject to the limitations imposed by security regulations
  governing defense contracts for research.
         (d)  Not later than January 1 of each year, the board shall
  submit to the legislature information regarding human stem cell
  research obtained by the board from reports required by this
  section [subsection].
         (b)  Section 61.051(h), Education Code, as amended by
  Chapter 507 (S.B. 67), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is repealed.
         SECTION 5.007.  Section 61.051(i), Education Code, as
  amended by Chapter 1312 (S.B. 59), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed to conform to the repeal of that
  subsection by Chapter 1155 (S.B. 215), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 5.008.  Section 73.115(g), Education Code, as added
  by Chapter 1366 (S.B. 1604), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is repealed as duplicative of Section 73.115(g),
  Education Code, as added by Chapter 1346 (S.B. 1195), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
  ARTICLE 6.  CHANGES RELATING TO ELECTION CODE
         SECTION 6.001.  Section 143.003(b), Election Code, is
  repealed as executed.
         SECTION 6.002.  Section 171.024(b), Election Code, as
  amended by Chapters 1054 (H.B. 3102) and 1262 (H.B. 630), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  [The state executive committee shall adopt rules
  regarding how many members of the county executive committee
  constitute a quorum for the purpose of filling a vacancy.] A
  majority of the committee's membership must participate in filling
  a vacancy in the office of county chair. To be elected, a person
  must receive a favorable vote of a majority of the members voting.
  ARTICLE 7.  CHANGES RELATING TO FAMILY CODE
         SECTION 7.001.  Section 31.006, Family Code, is amended to
  correct a reference to read as follows:
         Sec. 31.006.  EFFECT OF GENERAL REMOVAL. Except for
  specific constitutional and statutory age requirements, a minor
  whose disabilities are removed for general purposes has the
  capacity of an adult, including the capacity to contract. Except as
  provided by federal law, all educational rights accorded to the
  parent of a student, including the right to make education
  decisions under Section 151.001(a)(10) [151.003(a)(10)], transfer
  to the minor whose disabilities are removed for general purposes.
         SECTION 7.002.  Section 58.00711, Family Code, as amended by
  Chapters 1257 (H.B. 528) and 1319 (S.B. 394), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 58.00711.  RECORDS RELATING TO CHILDREN CHARGED WITH,
  [OR] CONVICTED OF, OR RECEIVING DEFERRED DISPOSITION FOR FINE-ONLY
  MISDEMEANORS. (a)  This section applies only to a misdemeanor
  offense punishable by fine only, other than a traffic offense.
         (b)  Except as provided by Article 45.0217(b), Code of
  Criminal Procedure, all records and files and information stored by
  electronic means or otherwise, from which a record or file could be
  generated, relating to a child who is charged with, is convicted of,
  is found not guilty of, had a charge dismissed for, [or who has
  received a dismissal after deferral of disposition for] or is
  granted deferred disposition for an offense described by Subsection
  (a) are confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.
         SECTION 7.003.  Section 58.204(b), Family Code, as amended
  by Chapters 871 (H.B. 694) and 1299 (H.B. 2862), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  On certification of records in a case under Section
  58.203, the department may permit access to the information in the
  juvenile justice information system relating to the case of an
  individual only:
               (1)  by a criminal justice agency for a criminal
  justice purpose, as those terms are defined by Section 411.082,
  Government Code;
               (2)  for research purposes, by the Texas Juvenile
  Justice Department;
               (3)  by the person who is the subject of the records on
  an order from the juvenile court granting the petition filed by or
  on behalf of the person who is the subject of the records;
               (4)  with the permission of the juvenile court at the
  request of the person who is the subject of the records; [or]
               (5)  with the permission of the juvenile court, by a
  party to a civil suit if the person who is the subject of the records
  has put facts relating to the person's records at issue in the suit;
  or
               (6) [(3)]  with the written permission of the
  individual, by military personnel, including a recruiter, of this
  state or the United States if the individual is an applicant for
  enlistment in the armed forces.
         SECTION 7.004.  Section 264.121(a-1), Family Code, as
  amended by Chapters 168 (S.B. 1589) and 342 (H.B. 2111), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The department shall require a foster care provider to
  provide or assist youth who are age 14 or older in obtaining
  experiential life-skills training to improve their transition to
  independent living. Experiential life-skills training must be
  tailored to a youth's skills and abilities and must include
  training in practical activities that include grocery shopping,
  meal preparation and cooking, [and] performing basic household
  tasks, and, when appropriate, using public transportation.
         SECTION 7.005.  Section 264.121(f), Family Code, as amended
  by Chapters 168 (S.B. 1589) and 342 (H.B. 2111), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  The department shall require a person with whom the
  department contracts for transitional living services for foster
  youth to provide or assist youth in obtaining:
               (1)  housing services;
               (2)  job training and employment services;
               (3)  college preparation services;
               (4)  services that will assist youth in obtaining a
  general education development certificate;
               (5)  services that will assist youth in developing
  skills in food preparation;
               (6)  nutrition education that promotes healthy food
  choices; [and]
               (7) [(5)]  a savings or checking account if the youth
  is at least 18 years of age and has a source of income; and
               (8) [(7)]  any other appropriate transitional living
  service identified by the department.
  ARTICLE 8.  CHANGES RELATING TO FINANCE CODE
         SECTION 8.001.  Section 348.005, Finance Code, as amended by
  Chapters 355 (H.B. 2462), 1135 (H.B. 2741), and 1287 (H.B. 2202),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted
  and amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 348.005.  ITEMIZED CHARGE.  An amount in a retail
  installment contract is an itemized charge if the amount is not
  included in the cash price and is the amount of:
               (1)  fees for registration, certificate of title, and
  license and any additional registration fees charged by a deputy as
  authorized by rules adopted under Section 520.0071 [520.008],
  Transportation Code;
               (2)  any taxes;
               (3)  fees or charges prescribed by law and connected
  with the sale or inspection of the motor vehicle; and
               (4)  charges authorized for insurance, service
  contracts, warranties, automobile club memberships, or a debt
  cancellation agreement by Subchapter C.
  ARTICLE 9.  CHANGES RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CODE
  PART A.  GENERAL CHANGES
         SECTION 9.001.  Section 411.081(d), Government Code, is
  amended to correct an error in punctuation to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
  if a person is placed on deferred adjudication community
  supervision under Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, subsequently receives a discharge and dismissal under
  Section 5(c), Article 42.12, and satisfies the requirements of
  Subsection (e), the person may petition the court that placed the
  defendant on deferred adjudication for an order of nondisclosure
  under this subsection. Except as provided by Subsection (e), a
  person may petition the court for an order of nondisclosure
  regardless of whether the person has been previously placed on
  deferred adjudication community supervision for another offense.
  After notice to the state, an opportunity for a hearing, and a
  determination that the person is entitled to file the petition and
  issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, the court
  shall issue an order prohibiting criminal justice agencies from
  disclosing to the public criminal history record information
  related to the offense giving rise to the deferred adjudication. A
  criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history record
  information that is the subject of the order only to other criminal
  justice agencies[,] for criminal justice or regulatory licensing
  purposes, an agency or entity listed in Subsection (i), or the
  person who is the subject of the order. A person may petition the
  court that placed the person on deferred adjudication for an order
  of nondisclosure only on or after:
               (1)  the discharge and dismissal, if the offense for
  which the person was placed on deferred adjudication was a
  misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor described by Subdivision (2);
               (2)  the second anniversary of the discharge and
  dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on
  deferred adjudication was a misdemeanor under Chapter 20, 21, 22,
  25, 42, or 46, Penal Code; or
               (3)  the fifth anniversary of the discharge and
  dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on
  deferred adjudication was a felony.
         SECTION 9.002.  Section 411.081(i), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 42 (S.B. 966), 266 (H.B. 729), and 583 (S.B.
  869), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  reenacted and amended to read as follows:
         (i)  A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history
  record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure
  under Subsection (d) to the following noncriminal justice agencies
  or entities only:
               (1)  the State Board for Educator Certification;
               (2)  a school district, charter school, private school,
  regional education service center, commercial transportation
  company, or education shared service arrangement;
               (3)  the Texas Medical Board;
               (4)  the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
  Impaired;
               (5)  the Board of Law Examiners;
               (6)  the State Bar of Texas;
               (7)  a district court regarding a petition for name
  change under Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code;
               (8)  the Texas School for the Deaf;
               (9)  the Department of Family and Protective Services;
               (10)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
               (11)  the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
  Services;
               (12)  the Department of State Health Services, a local
  mental health service, a local mental retardation authority, or a
  community center providing services to persons with mental illness
  or retardation;
               (13)  the Texas Private Security Board;
               (14)  a municipal or volunteer fire department;
               (15)  the Texas Board of Nursing;
               (16)  a safe house providing shelter to children in
  harmful situations;
               (17)  a public or nonprofit hospital or hospital
  district, or a facility as defined by Section 250.001, Health and
  Safety Code;
               (18)  the securities commissioner, the banking
  commissioner, the savings and mortgage lending commissioner, the
  consumer credit commissioner, or the credit union commissioner;
               (19)  the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy;
               (20)  the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
               (21)  the Health and Human Services Commission;
               (22)  the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
               (23)  the Texas Education Agency;
               (24)  the Judicial Branch Certification Commission;
               (25)  a county clerk's office in relation to a
  proceeding for the appointment of a guardian under Title 3, Estates 
  [Chapter XIII, Texas Probate] Code;
               (26)  the Department of Information Resources but only
  regarding an employee, applicant for employment, contractor,
  subcontractor, intern, or volunteer who provides network security
  services under Chapter 2059 to:
                     (A)  the Department of Information Resources; or
                     (B)  a contractor or subcontractor of the
  Department of Information Resources;
               (27)  the Texas Department of Insurance;
               (28)  the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; and
               (29) [(30)]  the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
         SECTION 9.003.  Section 411.179(a), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 396 (S.B. 164) and 1302 (H.B. 3142), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The department by rule shall adopt the form of the
  license.  A license must include:
               (1)  a number assigned to the license holder by the
  department;
               (2)  a statement of the period for which the license is
  effective;
               (3)  a color photograph of the license holder;
               (4)  the license holder's full name, date of birth, hair
  and eye color, height, weight, and signature;
               (5)  the license holder's residence address or, as
  provided by Subsection (d), the street address of the courthouse in
  which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a
  federal judge or the license holder serves as a state judge;
               (6)  the number of a driver's license or an
  identification certificate issued to the license holder by the
  department; and
               (7) [(8)]  the designation "VETERAN" if required under
  Subsection (e).
         SECTION 9.004.  Section 411.185(a), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 156 (S.B. 864) and 1387 (H.B. 48), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to read as
  follows:
         (a)  To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before
  the date the license expires, submit to the department by mail or,
  in accordance with the procedure adopted under Subsection (f), on
  the Internet:
               (1)  a renewal application on a form provided by the
  department;
               (2)  payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee as set by
  the department; and
               (3)  the informational form described by Subsection (c)
  signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
         SECTION 9.005.  Section 411.188(a), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 156 (S.B. 864) and 1302 (H.B. 3142), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to conform to
  Chapter 1387 (H.B. 48), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, to read as follows:
         (a)  The director by rule shall establish minimum standards
  for handgun proficiency and shall develop a course to teach handgun
  proficiency and examinations to measure handgun proficiency. The
  course to teach handgun proficiency is required for each person who
  seeks to obtain [or renew] a license and must contain training
  sessions divided into two parts. One part of the course must be
  classroom instruction and the other part must be range instruction
  and an actual demonstration by the applicant of the applicant's
  ability to safely and proficiently use a handgun. An applicant must
  be able to demonstrate, at a minimum, the degree of proficiency that
  is required to effectively operate a handgun of .32 caliber or
  above. The department shall distribute the standards, course
  requirements, and examinations on request to any qualified handgun
  instructor.
         SECTION 9.006.  Section 411.188(j), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapter 156 (S.B. 864), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed to conform to the repeal of
  Section 411.188(j), Government Code, by Chapter 1387 (H.B. 48),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 9.007.  Section 411.199(e), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapter 1302 (H.B. 3142), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed to conform to the repeal of
  Section 411.199(e), Government Code, by Chapter 1387 (H.B. 48),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 9.008.  Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 937 (H.B. 1632) and 1033 (H.B. 2733), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure;
               (2)  county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001,
  Occupations Code;
               (3)  current or former employees of the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
  the department or any division of the department;
               (4)  commissioned security officers as defined by
  Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
               (5)  employees of a district attorney, criminal
  district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
  jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
  matters;
               (6)  officers and employees of a community supervision
  and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
  a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
               (7)  criminal investigators of the United States as
  described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (8)  police officers and inspectors of the United
  States Federal Protective Service;
               (9)  current and former employees of the office of the
  attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
  office the duties of which involve law enforcement; [and]
               (10)  juvenile probation and detention officers
  certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or the
  predecessors in function of the department, under Title 12, Human
  Resources Code;
               (11)  employees of a juvenile justice program or
  facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405, Family
  Code; [and]
               (12)  current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile
  Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
  department; and
               (13) [(10)]  federal judges and state judges as defined
  by Section 13.0021, Election Code.
         SECTION 9.009.  Section 772.0061(a)(2), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 747 (S.B. 462) and 1167 (S.B. 484), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to conform to changes made by Chapter 747 (S.B. 462), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and Section 21.001 of this
  Act to read as follows:
               (2)  "Specialty court" means:
                     (A)  a prostitution prevention program
  established under Chapter 126 or former law [Chapter 169A, Health
  and Safety Code];
                     (B)  a family drug court program established under
  Chapter 122 or former law;
                     (C) [(B)]  a drug court program established under
  Chapter 123 or former law;
                     (D) [(C)]  a veterans court program established
  under Chapter 124 or former law; and
                     (E) [(D)]  a mental health court program
  established under Chapter 125 or former law.
         SECTION 9.010.  Section 2262.101, Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 676 (H.B. 1965) and 1227 (S.B. 1681), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2262.101.  CREATION; DUTIES. (a)  The Contract
  Advisory Team is created to assist state agencies in improving
  contract management practices by:
               (1)  reviewing and making recommendations on the
  solicitation documents and contract documents for contracts of
  state agencies that have a value of at least $10 million;
               (2)  reviewing any findings or recommendations made by
  the state auditor, including those made under Section 2262.052(b),
  regarding a state agency's compliance with the contract management
  guide;
               (3)  providing recommendations to the comptroller
  regarding:
                     (A)  the development of the contract management
  guide; and
                     (B)  the training under Section 2262.053;
               (4)  providing recommendations and assistance to state
  agency personnel throughout the contract management process;
               (5)  coordinating and consulting with the quality
  assurance team established under Section 2054.158 on all contracts
  relating to a major information resources project; [and]
               (6) [(4)]  developing and recommending policies and
  procedures to improve state agency contract management practices;
               (7) [(5)]  developing and recommending procedures to
  improve state agency contracting practices by including
  consideration for best value; and
               (8) [(6)]  creating and periodically performing a risk
  assessment to determine the appropriate level of management and
  oversight of contracts by state agencies.
         (b)  The risk assessment created and performed [reviewed]
  under Subsection (a)(8) [(a)(6)] must include[, but is not limited
  to] the following criteria:
               (1)  the amount of appropriations to the agency;
               (2)  total contract value as a percentage of
  appropriations to the agency; or
               (3)  the impact of the functions and duties of the state
  agency on the health, safety, and well-being of residents
  [citizens].
         (c)  The comptroller shall oversee the activities of the
  team, including ensuring that the team carries out its duties under
  Subsections [Subsection] (a)(5) and (a)(7).
         (d)  A state agency shall:
               (1)  comply with a recommendation made under Subsection
  (a)(1); or
               (2)  submit a written explanation regarding why the
  recommendation is not applicable to the contract under review.
         (e)  The team may review documents under Subsection (a)(1)
  only for compliance with contract management and best practices
  principles and may not make a recommendation regarding the purpose
  or subject of the contract.
         (f)  The team may develop an expedited process for reviewing
  solicitations under Subsection (a)(1) for contracts:
               (1)  that the team identifies as posing a low risk of
  loss to the state; or
               (2)  for which templates will be used more than once by
  a state agency.
         SECTION 9.011.  Sections 2306.5621(a)(10), (11), (12),
  (13), (14), and (15), Government Code, as added by Chapter 405 (S.B.
  286), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are
  repealed as duplicative of Sections 2306.5621(a)(11), (12), (13),
  (14), (15), and (16), Government Code, as added by Chapter 1219
  (S.B. 1553), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 9.012.  Section 2306.6719(e), Government Code, as
  added by Chapter 556 (S.B. 659), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed as duplicative of Section
  2306.6719(e), Government Code, as added by Chapter 1079 (H.B.
  3361), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
  PART B.  UPDATE OF COURT FEES AND COSTS
         SECTION 9.101.  Section 51.709, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1246 (S.B. 1891), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 51.710, Government Code.
         SECTION 9.102.  (a)  Section 101.021, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.021.  SUPREME COURT FEES AND COSTS:  GOVERNMENT
  CODE.  The clerk of the supreme court shall collect fees and costs
  as follows:
               (1)  application for petition for review (Sec. 51.005,
  Government Code) . . . $50;
               (2)  additional fee if application for petition for
  review is granted (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
               (3)  motion for leave to file petition for writ of
  mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and other similar proceedings
  originating in the supreme court (Sec. 51.005, Government Code)
  . . . $50;
               (4)  additional fee if a motion under Subdivision (3)
  is granted (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
               (5)  certified question from a federal court of appeals
  to the supreme court (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
               (6)  case appealed to the supreme court from the
  district court by direct appeal (Sec. 51.005, Government Code)
  . . . $100;
               (7)  any other proceeding filed in the supreme court
  (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
               (8)  administering an oath and giving a sealed
  certificate of the oath (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $5;
               (9)  making certain copies, including certificate and
  seal (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $5, or $0.50 per page if
  more than 10 pages;
               (10)  any official service performed by the clerk for
  which a fee is not otherwise provided (Sec. 51.005, Government
  Code) . . . reasonable amount set by order or rule of supreme court;
               (10-a)  supreme court support account filing fee (Sec.
  51.0051, Government Code) . . . amount set by the supreme court,
  not to exceed $50;
               (11)  issuance of attorney's license or certificate
  (Sec. 51.006, Government Code) . . . $10; [and]
               (12)  additional filing fee to fund civil legal
  services for the indigent (Sec. 51.941, Government Code) . . . $25;
  and
               (13)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (b)  Section 101.0211, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.103.  (a)  Section 101.041, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.041.  COURT OF APPEALS FEES AND COSTS:  GOVERNMENT
  CODE. The clerk of a court of appeals shall collect fees and costs
  as follows:
               (1)  for cases appealed to and filed in the court of
  appeals from the district and county courts within its court of
  appeals district (Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . . $100;
               (2)  motion for leave to file petition for writ of
  mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and other similar proceedings
  originating in the court of appeals (Sec. 51.207, Government Code)
  . . . $50;
               (3)  additional fee if the motion under Subdivision (2)
  is granted (Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . . $75;
               (4)  motion to file or to extend time to file record on
  appeal from district or county court (Sec. 51.207, Government Code)
  . . . $10;
               (5)  administering an oath and giving a sealed
  certificate of oath (Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . . $5;
               (6)  certified copy of papers of record in court
  offices, including certificate and seal (Sec. 51.207, Government
  Code) . . . $5, or $1 per page if more than five pages;
               (7)  comparing any document with the original filed in
  the offices of the court for purposes of certification (Sec.
  51.207, Government Code) . . . $5, or $1 per page if more than five
  pages;
               (8)  any official service performed by the clerk for
  which a fee is not otherwise provided (Sec. 51.207, Government
  Code) . . . a reasonable fee set by the order or rule of the supreme
  court;
               (8-a)  supreme court support account filing fee (Sec.
  51.208, Government Code) . . . amount set by the supreme court, not
  to exceed $50; [and]
               (9)  additional filing fee to fund civil legal services
  for the indigent (Sec. 51.941, Government Code) . . . $25; and
               (10)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (b)  Section 101.0411, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.104.  (a)  Section 101.0611, Government Code, as
  amended by Section 1.03, Chapter 927 (H.B. 1513), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0611.  DISTRICT COURT FEES AND COSTS:  GOVERNMENT
  CODE.  The clerk of a district court shall collect fees and costs
  under the Government Code as follows:
               (1)  appellate judicial system filing fees for:
                     (A)  First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals District
  (Sec. 22.2021, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (B)  Second Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2031, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (C)  Third Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2041, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (D)  Fourth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2051, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E)  Fifth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2061, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E-1)  Sixth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2071, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-2)  Seventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2081, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-3)  Eighth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2091, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  Ninth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2101, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G)  Eleventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2121, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G-1)  Twelfth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2131, Government Code) . . . $5; and
                     (H)  Thirteenth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2141, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
               (2)  when administering a case for the Rockwall County
  Court at Law (Sec. 25.2012, Government Code) . . . civil fees and
  court costs as if the case had been filed in district court;
               (3)  additional filing fees:
                     (A)  for each suit filed for insurance contingency
  fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.302,
  Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
                     (B)  to fund the improvement of Dallas County
  civil court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (B-1)  to fund the improvement of Bexar County
  court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court
  (Sec. 51.706, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (C)  to fund the improvement of Hays County court
  facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; [and]
                     (D)  to fund the preservation of court records
  (Sec. 51.708, Government Code) . . . not more than $10;
                     (E)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Rockwall County court facilities, if authorized by
  the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.709, Government Code) . . .
  not more than $15; and
                     (F)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Travis County court facilities, if authorized by the
  county commissioners court (Sec. 51.710, Government Code) . . . not
  more than $15;
               (4)  for filing a suit, including an appeal from an
  inferior court:
                     (A)  for a suit with 10 or fewer plaintiffs (Sec.
  51.317, Government Code) . . . $50;
                     (B)  for a suit with at least 11 but not more than
  25 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $75;
                     (C)  for a suit with at least 26 but not more than
  100 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $100;
                     (D)  for a suit with at least 101 but not more than
  500 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $125;
                     (E)  for a suit with at least 501 but not more than
  1,000 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $150; or
                     (F)  for a suit with more than 1,000 plaintiffs
  (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $200;
               (5)  for filing a cross-action, counterclaim,
  intervention, contempt action, motion for new trial, or third-party
  petition (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $15;
               (6)  for issuing a citation or other writ or process not
  otherwise provided for, including one copy, when requested at the
  time a suit or action is filed (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . .
  $8;
               (7)  for records management and preservation (Sec.
  51.317, Government Code) . . . $10;
               (7-a)  for district court records archiving, if adopted
  by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.317(b)(5), Government
  Code) . . . not more than $10;
               (8)  for issuing a subpoena, including one copy (Sec.
  51.318, Government Code) . . . $8;
               (9)  for issuing a citation, commission for deposition,
  writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of
  sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment,
  or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any
  other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one
  copy if required by law (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . $8;
               (10)  for searching files or records to locate a cause
  when the docket number is not provided (Sec. 51.318, Government
  Code) . . . $5;
               (11)  for searching files or records to ascertain the
  existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's office
  (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . $5;
               (12)  for abstracting a judgment (Sec. 51.318,
  Government Code) . . . $8;
               (13)  for approving a bond (Sec. 51.318, Government
  Code) . . . $4;
               (14)  for a certified copy of a record, judgment,
  order, pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district
  clerk's office, including certificate and seal, for each page or
  part of a page (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . not to exceed
  $1;
               (15)  for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of
  a page (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1;
               (16)  fee for performing a service:
                     (A)  related to the matter of the estate of a
  deceased person (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee
  allowed the county clerk for those services;
                     (B)  related to the matter of a minor (Sec.
  51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee allowed the county
  clerk for the service;
                     (C)  of serving process by certified or registered
  mail (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee a sheriff or
  constable is authorized to charge for the service under Section
  118.131, Local Government Code; and
                     (D)  prescribed or authorized by law but for which
  no fee is set (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . a reasonable fee;
               (17)  jury fee (Sec. 51.604, Government Code) . . .
  $30;
               (18)  additional filing fee for family protection on
  filing a suit for dissolution of a marriage under Chapter 6, Family
  Code (Sec. 51.961, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $15; [and]
               (19)  at a hearing held by an associate judge appointed
  under Subchapter B, Chapter 54A, Government Code, a court cost to
  preserve the record, in the absence of a court reporter, by any
  means approved by the associate judge (Sec. 54A.110, Government
  Code) . . . as assessed by the referring court or associate judge;
  and
               (20)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (b)  Section 101.0611, Government Code, as amended by
  Section 2.03, Chapter 927 (H.B. 1513), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, effective September 1, 2019, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0611.  DISTRICT COURT FEES AND COSTS:  GOVERNMENT
  CODE.  The clerk of a district court shall collect fees and costs
  under the Government Code as follows:
               (1)  appellate judicial system filing fees for:
                     (A)  First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals District
  (Sec. 22.2021, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (B)  Second Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2031, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (C)  Third Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2041, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (D)  Fourth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2051, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E)  Fifth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2061, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E-1)  Sixth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2071, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-2)  Seventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2081, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-3)  Eighth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2091, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  Ninth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2101, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G)  Eleventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2121, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G-1)  Twelfth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2131, Government Code) . . . $5; and
                     (H)  Thirteenth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2141, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
               (2)  when administering a case for the Rockwall County
  Court at Law (Sec. 25.2012, Government Code) . . . civil fees and
  court costs as if the case had been filed in district court;
               (3)  additional filing fees:
                     (A)  for each suit filed for insurance contingency
  fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.302,
  Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
                     (B)  to fund the improvement of Dallas County
  civil court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (B-1)  to fund the improvement of Bexar County
  court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court
  (Sec. 51.706, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (C)  to fund the improvement of Hays County court
  facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; [and]
                     (D)  to fund the preservation of court records
  (Sec. 51.708, Government Code) . . . not more than $10;
                     (E)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Rockwall County court facilities, if authorized by
  the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.709, Government Code) . . .
  not more than $15; and
                     (F)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Travis County court facilities, if authorized by the
  county commissioners court (Sec. 51.710, Government Code) . . . not
  more than $15;
               (4)  for filing a suit, including an appeal from an
  inferior court:
                     (A)  for a suit with 10 or fewer plaintiffs (Sec.
  51.317, Government Code) . . . $50;
                     (B)  for a suit with at least 11 but not more than
  25 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $75;
                     (C)  for a suit with at least 26 but not more than
  100 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $100;
                     (D)  for a suit with at least 101 but not more than
  500 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $125;
                     (E)  for a suit with at least 501 but not more than
  1,000 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $150; or
                     (F)  for a suit with more than 1,000 plaintiffs
  (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $200;
               (5)  for filing a cross-action, counterclaim,
  intervention, contempt action, motion for new trial, or third-party
  petition (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $15;
               (6)  for issuing a citation or other writ or process not
  otherwise provided for, including one copy, when requested at the
  time a suit or action is filed (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . .
  $8;
               (7)  for records management and preservation (Sec.
  51.317, Government Code) . . . $10;
               (7-a)  for district court records archiving, if adopted
  by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.317(b)(5), Government
  Code) . . . not more than $5;
               (8)  for issuing a subpoena, including one copy (Sec.
  51.318, Government Code) . . . $8;
               (9)  for issuing a citation, commission for deposition,
  writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of
  sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment,
  or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any
  other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one
  copy if required by law (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . $8;
               (10)  for searching files or records to locate a cause
  when the docket number is not provided (Sec. 51.318, Government
  Code) . . . $5;
               (11)  for searching files or records to ascertain the
  existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's office
  (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . $5;
               (12)  for abstracting a judgment (Sec. 51.318,
  Government Code) . . . $8;
               (13)  for approving a bond (Sec. 51.318, Government
  Code) . . . $4;
               (14)  for a certified copy of a record, judgment,
  order, pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district
  clerk's office, including certificate and seal, for each page or
  part of a page (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . not to exceed
  $1;
               (15)  for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of
  a page (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1;
               (16)  fee for performing a service:
                     (A)  related to the matter of the estate of a
  deceased person (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee
  allowed the county clerk for those services;
                     (B)  related to the matter of a minor (Sec.
  51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee allowed the county
  clerk for the service;
                     (C)  of serving process by certified or registered
  mail (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee a sheriff or
  constable is authorized to charge for the service under Section
  118.131, Local Government Code; and
                     (D)  prescribed or authorized by law but for which
  no fee is set (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . a reasonable fee;
               (17)  jury fee (Sec. 51.604, Government Code) . . .
  $30;
               (18)  additional filing fee for family protection on
  filing a suit for dissolution of a marriage under Chapter 6, Family
  Code (Sec. 51.961, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $15; [and]
               (19)  at a hearing held by an associate judge appointed
  under Subchapter B, Chapter 54A, Government Code, a court cost to
  preserve the record, in the absence of a court reporter, by any
  means approved by the associate judge (Sec. 54A.110, Government
  Code) . . . as assessed by the referring court or associate judge;
  and
               (20)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (c)  Sections 101.06118, 101.061191, and 101.06120,
  Government Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 9.105.  Section 101.0616, Government Code, is
  amended to conform to Chapter 680 (H.B. 2502), Acts of the 81st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and Chapter 982 (H.B. 2080),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and is further
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0616.  DISTRICT COURT FEES AND COSTS:  ESTATES 
  [TEXAS PROBATE] CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect
  fees and costs under the Estates [Texas Probate] Code as follows:
               (1)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the personal representative of an estate, an application,
  complaint, or opposition in relation to the estate, if required by
  the clerk (Sec. 53.052, Estates Code) [(Sec. 12, Texas Probate
  Code)] . . . probable cost of the proceeding;
               (2)  fee on filing an application, complaint, petition,
  or other paper in a guardianship proceeding, which includes a
  deposit for payment to an attorney ad litem (Sec. 1052.051, Estates
  Code) . . . cost of filing and payment of attorney ad litem;
               (3)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem, an
  application, complaint, or opposition in relation to a guardianship
  matter, if required by the clerk (Sec. 1053.052, Estates Code)
  [(Sec. 622, Texas Probate Code)] . . . probable cost of the
  guardianship proceeding; [and]
               (4)  nonrefundable fee to cover the cost of
  administering Subchapter G, Chapter 1104, Estates Code (Sec.
  1104.303, Estates Code) . . . $40; and
               (5) [(3)]  costs for attorney ad litem appointed to
  pursue the restoration of a ward's capacity or modification of the
  ward's guardianship (Sec. 1202.102, Estates Code) [(Secs. 694C and
  694L, Texas Probate Code)] . . . reasonable compensation.
         SECTION 9.106.  (a)  Section 101.0811, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0811.  STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS:  
  GOVERNMENT CODE.  The clerk of a statutory county court shall
  collect fees and costs under the Government Code as follows:
               (1)  appellate judicial system filing fees:
                     (A)  First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals District
  (Sec. 22.2021, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (B)  Second Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2031, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (C)  Third Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2041, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (D)  Fourth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2051, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E)  Fifth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2061, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E-1)  Sixth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2071, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-2)  Seventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2081, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-3)  Eighth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2091, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  Ninth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2101, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G)  Eleventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2121, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G-1)  Twelfth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2131, Government Code) . . . $5; and
                     (H)  Thirteenth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2141, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
               (2)  an official court reporter fee, County Court at
  Law No. 2 of Bexar County (Sec. 25.0172, Government Code) . . . $3;
               (3)  in Brazoria County, in matters of concurrent
  jurisdiction with the district court, fees (Sec. 25.0222,
  Government Code) . . . as prescribed by law for district judges
  according to the nature of the matter;
               (4)  a court reporter fee when testimony is taken in a
  county court at law in McLennan County (Sec. 25.1572, Government
  Code) . . . $3;
               (5)  a stenographer fee, if a record or part of a record
  is made:
                     (A)  in a county court at law in Hidalgo County
  (Sec. 25.1102, Government Code) . . . $20; and
                     (B)  in the 1st Multicounty Court at Law (Sec.
  25.2702, Government Code) . . . $25 [in a county court at law in
  Nolan County (Sec. 25.1792, Government Code) .   .   . $25];
               (6)  jury fee (Sec. 51.604, Government Code) . . . $22;
               (7)  an additional filing fee:
                     (A)  for each civil case filed to be used for
  court-related purposes for the support of the judiciary (Sec.
  51.702, Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (B)  to fund the improvement of Dallas County
  civil court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (B-1)  to fund the improvement of Bexar County
  court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court
  (Sec. 51.706, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (C)  to fund the improvement of Hays County court
  facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; [and]
                     (D)  to fund the preservation of court records
  (Sec. 51.708, Government Code) . . . not more than $10;
                     (E)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Rockwall County court facilities, if authorized by
  the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.709, Government Code) . . .
  not more than $15; and
                     (F)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Travis County court facilities, if authorized by the
  county commissioners court (Sec. 51.710, Government Code) . . . not
  more than $15;
               (8)  the official court reporter's fee taxed as costs in
  civil actions in a statutory county court:
                     (A)  in Bexar County Courts at Law Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6,
  7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 (Sec. 25.0172, Government Code)
  . . . taxed in the same manner as the fee is taxed in district
  court;
                     (B)  in Galveston County (Sec. 25.0862,
  Government Code) . . . taxed in the same manner as the fee is taxed
  in civil cases in the district courts; and
                     (C)  in Parker County (Sec. 25.1862, Government
  Code) . . . taxed in the same manner as the fee is taxed in civil
  cases in the district courts;
               (9)  [a stenographer's fee as costs in each civil,
  criminal, and probate case in which a record is made by the official
  court reporter in a statutory county court in Nolan County (Sec.
  25.1792, Government Code) .   .   . $25;
               [(10)]  in Nueces County, in matters of concurrent
  jurisdiction with the district court, with certain exceptions, fees
  (Sec. 25.1802, Government Code) . . . equal to those in district
  court cases;
               (10) [(11)]  a fee not otherwise listed in this
  subchapter that is required to be collected under Section 25.0008,
  Government Code, in a county other than Brazos, Cameron, Ellis,
  Guadalupe, Harris, Henderson, Liberty, Moore, Nolan, Panola,
  Parker, Starr, Victoria, and Williamson . . . as prescribed by law
  relating to county judges' fees; [and]
               (11) [(12)]  at a hearing held by an associate judge
  appointed under Subchapter B, Chapter 54A, Government Code, a court
  cost to preserve the record, in the absence of a court reporter, by
  any means approved by the associate judge (Sec. 54A.110, Government
  Code) . . . as assessed by the referring court or associate judge;
  and
               (12)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (b)  The following are repealed:
               (1)  Section 101.08117, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1059 (H.B. 3153), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013;
               (2)  Section 101.08117, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1290 (H.B. 2302), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013;
               (3)  Section 101.08119, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1238 (S.B. 1827), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013; and
               (4)  Section 101.08119, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1246 (S.B. 1891), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013.
         SECTION 9.107.  (a)  Section 101.0814, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0814.  STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS:  
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court shall
  collect fees and costs under the Local Government Code as follows:
               (1)  additional filing fee to fund contingency fund for
  liability insurance, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 82.003, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (2)  civil court actions (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code):
                     (A)  filing of original action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.053, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  garnishment after judgment (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $15; and
                           (ii)  all others (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (B)  filing of action other than original (Secs.
  118.052 and 118.054, Local Government Code) . . . $30; and
                     (C)  services rendered after judgment in original
  action (Secs. 118.052 and 118.0545, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  abstract of judgment (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $5; and
                           (ii)  execution, order of sale, writ, or
  other process (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
               (3)  probate court actions (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code):
                     (A)  probate original action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.055, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  probate of a will with independent
  executor, administration with will attached, administration of an
  estate, guardianship or receivership of an estate, or muniment of
  title (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (ii)  community survivors (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (iii)  small estates (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (iv)  declarations of heirship (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (v)  mental health or chemical dependency
  services (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40; and
                           (vi)  additional, special fee (Secs. 118.052
  and 118.064, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (B)  services in pending probate action (Secs.
  118.052 and 118.056, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  filing an inventory and appraisement
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.056(d), Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (ii)  approving and recording bond (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $3;
                           (iii)  administering oath (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $2;
                           (iv)  filing annual or final account of
  estate (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (v)  filing application for sale of real or
  personal property (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (vi)  filing annual or final report of
  guardian of a person (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . .
  $10; and
                           (vii)  filing a document not listed under
  this paragraph after the filing of an order approving the inventory
  and appraisement or after the 120th day after the date of the
  initial filing of the action, whichever occurs first (Secs. 118.052
  and 191.007, Local Government Code), if more than 25 pages . . .
  $25;
                     (C)  adverse probate action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.057, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (D)  claim against estate (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.058, Local Government Code) . . . $2; [and]
                     (E)  supplemental court-initiated guardianship
  fee (Secs. 118.052 and 118.067, Local Government Code) . . . $20;
  and
                     (F)  supplemental public probate administrator
  fee (Secs. 118.052 and 118.068, Local Government Code) . . . $10;
               (4)  other fees (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code):
                     (A)  issuing document (Secs. 118.052 and 118.059,
  Local Government Code):
                           (i)  original document and one copy (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $4; and
                           (ii)  each additional set of an original and
  one copy (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $4;
                     (B)  certified papers (Secs. 118.052 and 118.060,
  Local Government Code):
                           (i)  for the clerk's certificate (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $5; and
                           (ii)  a fee per page or part of a page (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $1;
                     (C)  noncertified papers, for each page or part of
  a page (Secs. 118.052 and 118.0605, Local Government Code) . . .
  $1;
                     (D)  letters testamentary, letter of
  guardianship, letter of administration, or abstract of judgment
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.061, Local Government Code) . . . $2;
                     (E)  safekeeping of wills (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.062, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  mail service of process (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.063, Local Government Code) . . . same as sheriff; and
                     (G)  records management and preservation fee
  (Secs. 118.052, 118.0546, and 118.0645, Local Government Code)
  . . . $5;
               (5)  additional filing fee for filing any civil action
  or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on
  the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention,
  interpleader, or third-party action requiring a filing fee, to fund
  civil legal services for the indigent (Sec. 133.153, Local
  Government Code) . . . $10;
               (6)  on the filing of a civil suit, an additional filing
  fee to be used for court-related purposes for the support of the
  judiciary (Sec. 133.154, Local Government Code) . . . $42;
               (7)  additional filing fee to fund the courthouse
  security fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court
  (Sec. 291.008, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (8)  additional filing fee for filing documents not
  subject to certain filing fees to fund the courthouse security
  fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  291.008, Local Government Code) . . . $1;
               (9)  additional filing fee to fund the courthouse
  security fund in Webb County, if authorized by the county
  commissioners court (Sec. 291.009, Local Government Code) . . . not
  to exceed $20; and
               (10)  court cost in civil cases other than suits for
  delinquent taxes to fund the county law library fund, if authorized
  by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local Government
  Code) . . . not to exceed $35.
         (b)  Section 101.08145, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.108.  Section 101.0815, Government Code, is
  amended to conform to Chapter 680 (H.B. 2502), Acts of the 81st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and Chapter 982 (H.B. 2080),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and is further
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.0815.  STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS:  
  ESTATES [TEXAS PROBATE] CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court
  shall collect fees and costs under the Estates [Texas Probate] Code
  as follows:
               (1)  fee for deposit of a will with the county clerk
  during testator's lifetime (Sec. 252.001, Estates Code) [(Sec. 71,
  Texas Probate Code)] . . . $5;
               (2)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the personal representative of an estate, an application,
  complaint, or opposition in relation to the estate, if required by
  the clerk (Sec. 53.052, Estates Code) [(Sec. 12, Texas Probate
  Code)] . . . probable cost of the proceeding;
               (3)  fee on filing an application, complaint, petition,
  or other paper in a guardianship proceeding, which includes a
  deposit for payment to an attorney ad litem (Sec. 1052.051, Estates
  Code) . . . cost of filing and payment of attorney ad litem;
               (4)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem, an
  application, complaint, or opposition in relation to a guardianship
  matter, if required by the clerk (Sec. 1053.052, Estates Code)
  [(Sec. 622, Texas Probate Code)] . . . probable cost of the
  guardianship proceeding; [and]
               (5)  nonrefundable fee to cover the cost of
  administering Subchapter G, Chapter 1104, Estates Code (Sec.
  1104.303, Estates Code) . . . $40; and
               (6) [(4)]  costs for attorney ad litem appointed to
  pursue the restoration of a ward's capacity or modification of the
  ward's guardianship (Sec. 1202.102, Estates Code) [(Secs. 694C and
  694L, Texas Probate Code)] . . . reasonable compensation.
         SECTION 9.109.  (a)  Section 101.1011, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1011.  STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES AND COSTS:  
  GOVERNMENT CODE.  The clerk of a statutory probate court shall
  collect fees and costs under the Government Code as follows:
               (1)  appellate judicial system filing fees:
                     (A)  First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals District
  (Sec. 22.2021, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (B)  Second Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2031, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (C)  Third Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2041, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (D)  Fourth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2051, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E)  Fifth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2061, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E-1)  Sixth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2071, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-2)  Seventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2081, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-3)  Eighth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2091, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  Ninth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2101, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G)  Eleventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2121, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G-1)  Twelfth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2131, Government Code) . . . $5; and
                     (H)  Thirteenth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2141, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
               (2)  additional filing fees as follows:
                     (A)  for certain cases to be used for
  court-related purposes for support of the judiciary (Sec. 51.704,
  Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (B)  to fund the improvement of Dallas County
  civil court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (B-1)  to fund the improvement of Bexar County
  court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court
  (Sec. 51.706, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; [and]
                     (C)  to fund the improvement of Hays County court
  facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (D)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Rockwall County court facilities, if authorized by
  the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.709, Government Code) . . .
  not more than $15; and
                     (E)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Travis County court facilities, if authorized by the
  county commissioners court (Sec. 51.710, Government Code) . . . not
  more than $15;
               (3)  jury fee for civil case (Sec. 51.604, Government
  Code) . . . $22;
               (4)  the expense of preserving the record as a court
  cost, if imposed on a party by the referring court or associate
  judge (Sec. 54A.211, Government Code) . . . actual cost; [and]
               (5)  a fee not otherwise listed in this subchapter that
  is required to be collected under Section 25.0029, Government Code
  (Sec. 25.0029, Government Code) . . . as prescribed by law relating
  to county judges' fees; and
               (6)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (b)  The following are repealed:
               (1)  Section 101.10116, Government Code;
               (2)  Section 101.10118, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1238 (S.B. 1827), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013; and
               (3)  Section 101.10118, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1246 (S.B. 1891), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013.
         SECTION 9.110.  (a)  Section 101.1013, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1013.  STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES AND COSTS:  
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate court shall
  collect fees and costs under the Local Government Code as follows:
               (1)  additional filing fee for filing any civil action
  or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on
  the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention,
  interpleader, or third-party action requiring a filing fee to fund
  civil legal services for the indigent (Sec. 133.153, Local
  Government Code) . . . $10;
               (2)  additional filing fee to fund contingency fund for
  liability insurance, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 82.003, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (3)  probate court actions (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code):
                     (A)  probate original action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.055, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  probate of a will with independent
  executor, administration with will attached, administration of an
  estate, guardianship or receivership of an estate, or muniment of
  title (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (ii)  community survivors (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (iii)  small estates (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (iv)  declarations of heirship (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (v)  mental health or chemical dependency
  services (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40; and
                           (vi)  additional, special fee (Secs. 118.052
  and 118.064, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (B)  services in pending probate action (Secs.
  118.052 and 118.056, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  filing an inventory and appraisement
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.056(d), Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (ii)  approving and recording bond (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $3;
                           (iii)  administering oath (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $2;
                           (iv)  filing annual or final account of
  estate (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code). . . $25;
                           (v)  filing application for sale of real or
  personal property (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (vi)  filing annual or final report of
  guardian of a person (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . .
  $10; and
                           (vii)  filing a document not listed under
  this paragraph after the filing of an order approving the inventory
  and appraisement or after the 120th day after the date of the
  initial filing of the action, whichever occurs first (Secs. 118.052
  and 191.007, Local Government Code), if more than 25 pages . . .
  $25;
                     (C)  adverse probate action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.057, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (D)  claim against estate (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.058, Local Government Code) . . . $2; [and]
                     (E)  supplemental court-initiated guardianship
  fee (Secs. 118.052 and 118.067, Local Government Code) . . . $20;
  and
                     (F)  supplemental public probate administrator
  fee (Secs. 118.052 and 118.068, Local Government Code) . . . $10;
               (4)  other fees (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code):
                     (A)  issuing document (Secs. 118.052 and 118.059,
  Local Government Code):
                           (i)  original document and one copy (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $4; and
                           (ii)  each additional set of an original and
  one copy (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $4;
                     (B)  certified papers (Secs. 118.052 and 118.060,
  Local Government Code):
                           (i)  for the clerk's certificate (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $5; and
                           (ii)  a fee per page or part of a page (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $1;
                     (C)  noncertified papers, for each page or part of
  a page (Secs. 118.052 and 118.0605, Local Government Code) . . .
  $1;
                     (D)  letters testamentary, letter of
  guardianship, letter of administration, or abstract of judgment
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.061, Local Government Code) . . . $2;
                     (E)  safekeeping of wills (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.062, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  mail service of process (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.063, Local Government Code) . . . same as sheriff; and
                     (G)  records management and preservation fee
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.0645, Local Government Code) . . . $5; and
               (5)  court cost in civil cases other than suits for
  delinquent taxes to fund the county law library fund, if authorized
  by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local Government
  Code) . . . not to exceed $35.
         (b)  Section 101.103, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.111.  Section 101.1014, Government Code, is
  amended to conform to Chapter 680 (H.B. 2502), Acts of the 81st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and Chapter 982 (H.B. 2080),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and is further
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1014.  STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES AND COSTS:  
  ESTATES [TEXAS PROBATE] CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate
  court shall collect fees and costs under the Estates [Texas
  Probate] Code as follows:
               (1)  fee for deposit of a will with the county clerk
  during testator's lifetime (Sec. 252.001, Estates Code) [(Sec. 71,
  Texas Probate Code)] . . . $5;
               (2)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the personal representative of an estate, an application,
  complaint, or opposition in relation to the estate, if required by
  the clerk (Sec. 53.052, Estates Code) [(Sec. 12, Texas Probate
  Code)] . . . probable cost of the proceeding;
               (3)  fee on filing an application, complaint, petition,
  or other paper in a guardianship proceeding, which includes a
  deposit for payment to an attorney ad litem (Sec. 1052.051, Estates
  Code) . . . cost of filing and payment of attorney ad litem;
               (4)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem, an
  application, complaint, or opposition in relation to a guardianship
  matter, if required by the clerk (Sec. 1053.052, Estates Code)
  [(Sec. 622, Texas Probate Code)] . . . probable cost of the
  guardianship proceeding; [and]
               (5)  nonrefundable fee to cover the cost of
  administering Subchapter G, Chapter 1104, Estates Code (Sec.
  1104.303, Estates Code) . . . $40; and
               (6) [(4)]  costs for attorney ad litem appointed to
  pursue the restoration of a ward's capacity or modification of the
  ward's guardianship (Sec. 1202.102, Estates Code) [(Secs. 694C and
  694L, Texas Probate Code)] . . . reasonable compensation.
         SECTION 9.112.  (a)  Section 101.1212, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1212.  COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS:  GOVERNMENT
  CODE.  The clerk of a county court shall collect the following fees
  and costs under the Government Code:
               (1)  appellate judicial system filing fees:
                     (A)  First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals District
  (Sec. 22.2021, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (B)  Second Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2031, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (C)  Third Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2041, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (D)  Fourth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2051, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E)  Fifth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2061, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
                     (E-1)  Sixth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2071, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-2)  Seventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2081, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (E-3)  Eighth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2091, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  Ninth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2101, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G)  Eleventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2121, Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (G-1)  Twelfth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2131, Government Code) . . . $5; and
                     (H)  Thirteenth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
  22.2141, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
               (2)  a jury fee (Sec. 51.604, Government Code) . . .
  $22;
               (3)  a filing fee in each civil case filed to be used
  for court-related purposes for the support of the judiciary (Sec.
  51.703, Government Code) . . . $40; [and]
               (4)  a filing fee to fund the preservation of court
  records (Sec. 51.708, Government Code) . . . not more than $10; and
               (5)  a statewide electronic filing system fund fee
  (Sec. 51.851, Government Code) . . . $20.
         (b)  Section 101.12126, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.113.  (a)  Section 101.1214, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1214.  COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS:  LOCAL
  GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a county court shall collect the
  following fees and costs under the Local Government Code:
               (1)  additional filing fee to fund contingency fund for
  liability insurance, if authorized by the county commissioners
  court (Sec. 82.003, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (2)  civil court actions (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code):
                     (A)  filing of original action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.053, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  garnishment after judgment (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $15; and
                           (ii)  all others (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (B)  filing of action other than original (Secs.
  118.052 and 118.054, Local Government Code) . . . $30; and
                     (C)  services rendered after judgment in original
  action (Secs. 118.052 and 118.0545, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  abstract of judgment (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $5; and
                           (ii)  execution, order of sale, writ, or
  other process (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
               (3)  probate court actions (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code):
                     (A)  probate original action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.055, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  probate of a will with independent
  executor, administration with will attached, administration of an
  estate, guardianship or receivership of an estate, or muniment of
  title (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (ii)  community survivors (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (iii)  small estates (Sec. 118.052, Local
  Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (iv)  declarations of heirship (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                           (v)  mental health or chemical dependency
  services (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $40; and
                           (vi)  additional, special fee (Secs. 118.052
  and 118.064, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (B)  services in pending probate action (Secs.
  118.052 and 118.056, Local Government Code):
                           (i)  filing an inventory and appraisement
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.056(d), Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (ii)  approving and recording bond (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $3;
                           (iii)  administering oath (Sec. 118.052,
  Local Government Code) . . . $2;
                           (iv)  filing annual or final account of
  estate (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (v)  filing application for sale of real or
  personal property (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $25;
                           (vi)  filing annual or final report of
  guardian of a person (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . .
  $10; and
                           (vii)  filing a document not listed under
  this paragraph after the filing of an order approving the inventory
  and appraisement or after the 120th day after the date of the
  initial filing of the action, whichever occurs first (Secs. 118.052
  and 191.007, Local Government Code), if more than 25 pages . . .
  $25;
                     (C)  adverse probate action (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.057, Local Government Code) . . . $40;
                     (D)  claim against estate (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.058, Local Government Code) . . . $2; [and]
                     (E)  supplemental court-initiated guardianship
  fee (Secs. 118.052 and 118.067, Local Government Code) . . . $20;
  and
                     (F)  supplemental public probate administrator
  fee (Secs. 118.052 and 118.068, Local Government Code) . . . $10;
               (4)  other fees (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code):
                     (A)  issuing document (Secs. 118.052 and 118.059,
  Local Government Code):
                           (i)  original document and one copy (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $4; and
                           (ii)  each additional set of an original and
  one copy (Sec. 118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $4;
                     (B)  certified papers (Secs. 118.052 and 118.060,
  Local Government Code):
                           (i)  for the clerk's certificate (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $5; and
                           (ii)  a fee per page or part of a page (Sec.
  118.052, Local Government Code) . . . $1;
                     (C)  noncertified papers, for each page or part of
  a page (Secs. 118.052 and 118.0605, Local Government Code) . . .
  $1;
                     (D)  letters testamentary, letter of
  guardianship, letter of administration, or abstract of judgment
  (Secs. 118.052 and 118.061, Local Government Code) . . . $2;
                     (E)  safekeeping of wills (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.062, Local Government Code) . . . $5;
                     (F)  mail service of process (Secs. 118.052 and
  118.063, Local Government Code) . . . same as sheriff; and
                     (G)  records management and preservation fee
  (Secs. 118.052, 118.0546, and 118.0645, Local Government Code)
  . . . $5;
               (5)  deposit on filing petition requesting permission
  to create a municipal civic center authority (Sec. 281.013, Local
  Government Code) . . . $200;
               (6)  additional filing fee to fund the courthouse
  security fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court
  (Sec. 291.008, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (7)  additional filing fee for filing documents not
  subject to certain filing fees to fund the courthouse security
  fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  291.008, Local Government Code) . . . $1;
               (8)  additional filing fee to fund the courthouse
  security fund in Webb County, if authorized by the county
  commissioners court (Sec. 291.009, Local Government Code) . . . not
  to exceed $20;
               (9)  court cost in civil cases other than suits for
  delinquent taxes to fund the county law library fund, if authorized
  by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local Government
  Code) . . . not to exceed $35;
               (10)  additional filing fee for filing any civil action
  or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on
  the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention,
  interpleader, or third-party action requiring a filing fee, to fund
  civil legal services for the indigent (Sec. 133.153, Local
  Government Code) . . . $10; and
               (11)  on the filing of a civil suit an additional filing
  fee to be used for court-related purposes for the support of the
  judiciary (Sec. 133.154, Local Government Code) . . . $42.
         (b)  Section 101.12145, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.114.  Section 101.1215, Government Code, is
  amended to conform to Chapter 680 (H.B. 2502), Acts of the 81st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and Chapter 982 (H.B. 2080),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and is further
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1215.  COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS:  ESTATES [TEXAS
  PROBATE] CODE. The clerk of a county court shall collect the
  following fees and costs under the Estates [Texas Probate] Code:
               (1)  fee for deposit of a will with the county clerk
  during testator's lifetime (Sec. 252.001, Estates Code) [(Sec. 71,
  Texas Probate Code)] . . . $5;
               (2)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the personal representative of an estate, an application,
  complaint, or opposition in relation to the estate, if required by
  the clerk (Sec. 53.052, Estates Code) [(Sec. 12, Texas Probate
  Code)] . . . probable cost of the proceeding;
               (3)  fee on filing an application, complaint, petition,
  or other paper in a guardianship proceeding, which includes a
  deposit for payment to an attorney ad litem (Sec. 1052.051, Estates
  Code) . . . cost of filing and payment of attorney ad litem;
               (4)  security deposit on filing, by any person other
  than the guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem, an
  application, complaint, or opposition in relation to a guardianship
  matter, if required by the clerk (Sec. 1053.052, Estates Code)
  [(Sec. 622, Texas Probate Code)] . . . probable cost of the
  guardianship proceeding; [and]
               (5)  nonrefundable fee to cover the cost of
  administering Subchapter G, Chapter 1104, Estates Code (Sec.
  1104.303, Estates Code) . . . $40; and
               (6) [(4)]  costs for attorney ad litem appointed to
  pursue the restoration of a ward's capacity or modification of the
  ward's guardianship (Sec. 1202.102, Estates Code) [(Secs. 694C and
  694L, Texas Probate Code)] . . . reasonable compensation.
         SECTION 9.115.  (a)  Section 101.141, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.141.  JUSTICE COURT AND SMALL CLAIMS COURT FEES AND
  COSTS COLLECTED BY CLERK. (a)  A clerk of a justice court shall
  collect fees and costs under the Civil Practice and Remedies Code as
  follows:
               (1)  additional court cost in certain civil cases to
  establish and maintain an alternative dispute resolution system, if
  authorized by the commissioners court (Sec. 152.005, Civil Practice
  and Remedies Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (2)  court fees and costs, if ordered by the court, for
  a suit filed by an inmate in which an affidavit or unsworn
  declaration of inability to pay costs is filed by the inmate (Sec.
  14.006, Civil Practice and Remedies Code) . . . the lesser of:
                     (A)  20 percent of the preceding six months'
  deposits to the inmate's trust account administered by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice under Section 501.014, Government
  Code; or
                     (B)  the total amount of court fees and costs;
               (3)  monthly payment for remaining court fees and costs
  after the initial payment for a suit in which an affidavit or
  unsworn declaration of inability to pay costs is filed by the inmate
  (Sec. 14.006, Civil Practice and Remedies Code) . . . the lesser
  of:
                     (A)  10 percent of that month's deposit to the
  inmate's trust account administered by the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice under Section 501.014, Government Code; or
                     (B)  the total amount of court fees and costs that
  remain unpaid; and
               (4)  the following costs not otherwise charged to the
  inmate under Section 14.006, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, if
  the inmate has previously filed an action dismissed as malicious or
  frivolous (Sec. 14.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code):
                     (A)  expenses of service of process;
                     (B)  postage; and
                     (C)  transportation, housing, or medical care
  incurred in connection with the appearance of the inmate in the
  court for any proceeding.
         (b)  A clerk of a justice court shall collect fees and costs
  under other laws as follows:
               (1)  the cost of a special program that a court may
  order a child to attend after a finding that the child committed an
  offense, if ordered by the court (Art. 45.057, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . costs of the program not to exceed $100;
               (2)  additional filing fees:
                     (A)  to fund Dallas County civil court facilities
  (Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
                     (B)  for filing any civil action or proceeding
  requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on the filing of
  any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention, interpleader, or
  third-party action requiring a filing fee, to fund civil legal
  services for the indigent (Sec. 133.153, Local Government Code)
  . . . $6; [and]
                     (C)  to fund the improvement of Hays County court
  facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
  51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; and
                     (D)  to fund the construction, renovation, or
  improvement of Rockwall County court facilities, if authorized by
  the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.709, Government Code) . . .
  not more than $15;
               (3)  for filing a suit in Comal County (Sec. 152.0522,
  Human Resources Code) . . . $1.50; [and]
               (4)  fee for hearing on probable cause for removal of a
  vehicle and placement in a storage facility if assessed by the court
  (Sec. 2308.457, Occupations Code) . . . $20; and
               (5)  statewide electronic filing system fund fee (Sec.
  51.851, Government Code) . . . $10.
         (b)  Sections 101.1411 and 101.142, Government Code, are
  repealed.
         SECTION 9.116.  (a)  Section 102.0615, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 102.0615.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
  STATUTORY COUNTY COURT:  GOVERNMENT CODE.  The clerk of a statutory
  county court shall collect fees and costs under the Government Code
  as follows:
               (1)  [from a defendant] a court cost on conviction
  (Sec. 51.851, Government Code) . . . $5; and
               (2)  a stenographer fee, if a record or part of a record
  is made in the 1st Multicounty Court at Law (Sec. 25.2702,
  Government Code) . . . $25 [of $5 under Section 51.851, Government
  Code].
         (b)  Section 102.0619, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.117.  (a)  Section 103.021, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 103.021.  ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR
  CIVIL CASES:  CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.  An accused or defendant,
  or a party to a civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following
  fees and costs under the Code of Criminal Procedure if ordered by
  the court or otherwise required:
               (1)  a personal bond fee (Art. 17.42, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . the greater of $20 or three percent of the amount
  of the bail fixed for the accused;
               (2)  cost of electronic monitoring as a condition of
  release on personal bond (Art. 17.43, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . actual cost;
               (3)  a fee for verification of and monitoring of motor
  vehicle ignition interlock (Art. 17.441, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . not to exceed $10;
               (3-a)  costs associated with operating a global
  positioning monitoring system as a condition of release on bond
  (Art. 17.49(b)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual costs,
  subject to a determination of indigency;
               (3-b)  costs associated with providing a defendant's
  victim with an electronic receptor device as a condition of the
  defendant's release on bond (Art. 17.49(b)(3), Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . actual costs, subject to a determination of
  indigency;
               (4)  repayment of reward paid by a crime stoppers
  organization on conviction of a felony (Art. 37.073, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . amount ordered;
               (5)  reimbursement to general revenue fund for payments
  made to victim of an offense as condition of community supervision
  (Art. 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50 for
  a misdemeanor offense or $100 for a felony offense;
               (6)  payment to a crime stoppers organization as
  condition of community supervision (Art. 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50;
               (7)  children's advocacy center fee (Art. 42.12, Code
  of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50;
               (8)  family violence center fee (Art. 42.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;
               (9)  community supervision fee (Art. 42.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not less than $25 or more than $60 per
  month;
               (10)  additional community supervision fee for certain
  offenses (Art. 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 per
  month;
               (11)  for certain financially able sex offenders as a
  condition of community supervision, the costs of treatment,
  specialized supervision, or rehabilitation (Art. 42.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . all or part of the reasonable and
  necessary costs of the treatment, supervision, or rehabilitation as
  determined by the judge;
               (12)  fee for failure to appear for trial in a justice
  or municipal court if a jury trial is not waived (Art. 45.026, Code
  of Criminal Procedure) . . . costs incurred for impaneling the
  jury;
               (13)  costs of certain testing, assessments, or
  programs during a deferral period (Art. 45.051, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . amount ordered;
               (14)  special expense on dismissal of certain
  misdemeanor complaints (Art. 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . not to exceed amount of fine assessed;
               (15)  an additional fee:
                     (A)  for a copy of the defendant's driving record
  to be requested from the Department of Public Safety by the judge
  (Art. 45.0511(c-1), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . amount equal
  to the sum of the fee established by Section 521.048,
  Transportation Code, and the state electronic Internet portal fee;
                     (B)  as an administrative fee for requesting a
  driving safety course or a course under the motorcycle operator
  training and safety program for certain traffic offenses to cover
  the cost of administering the article (Art. 45.0511(f)(1), Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $10; or
                     (C)  for requesting a driving safety course or a
  course under the motorcycle operator training and safety program
  before the final disposition of the case (Art. 45.0511(f)(2), Code
  of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed the maximum amount of the
  fine for the offense committed by the defendant;
               (16)  a request fee for teen court program (Art.
  45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20, if the court
  ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region,
  but otherwise not to exceed $10;
               (17)  a fee to cover costs of required duties of teen
  court (Art. 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20, if the
  court ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border
  region, but otherwise $10;
               (18)  a mileage fee for officer performing certain
  services (Art. 102.001, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.15 per
  mile;
               (19)  certified mailing of notice of hearing date (Art.
  102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $1, plus postage;
               (20)  certified mailing of certified copies of an order
  of expunction (Art. 102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $2,
  plus postage;
               (20-a)  a fee to defray the cost of notifying state
  agencies of orders of expungement (Art. 45.0216, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . $30 per application;
               (20-b)  a fee to defray the cost of notifying state
  agencies of orders of expunction (Art. 45.055, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . $30 per application;
               (21)  sight orders:
                     (A)  if the face amount of the check or sight order
  does not exceed $10 (Art. 102.007, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . not to exceed $10;
                     (B)  if the face amount of the check or sight order
  is greater than $10 but does not exceed $100 (Art. 102.007, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $15;
                     (C)  if the face amount of the check or sight order
  is greater than $100 but does not exceed $300 (Art. 102.007, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $30;
                     (D)  if the face amount of the check or sight order
  is greater than $300 but does not exceed $500 (Art. 102.007, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50; and
                     (E)  if the face amount of the check or sight order
  is greater than $500 (Art. 102.007, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . not to exceed $75;
               (22)  fees for a pretrial intervention program:
                     (A)  a supervision fee (Art. 102.012(a), Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $60 a month plus expenses; and
                     (B)  a district attorney, criminal district
  attorney, or county attorney administrative fee (Art. 102.0121,
  Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $500;
               (23)  parking fee violations for child safety fund in
  municipalities with populations:
                     (A)  greater than 850,000 (Art. 102.014, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not less than $2 and not to exceed $5; and
                     (B)  less than 850,000 (Art. 102.014, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (24)  an administrative fee for collection of fines,
  fees, restitution, or other costs (Art. 102.072, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . not to exceed $2 for each transaction; [and]
               (25)  a collection fee, if authorized by the
  commissioners court of a county or the governing body of a
  municipality, for certain debts and accounts receivable, including
  unpaid fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds, and restitution
  ordered paid (Art. 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . 30
  percent of an amount more than 60 days past due; and
               (26)  a cost on conviction for the truancy prevention
  and diversion fund (Art. 102.015, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
  $2.
         (b)  Section 103.034, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 9.118.  Section 103.0213, Government Code, as
  amended by Chapter 1291 (H.B. 2305), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 103.0213.  ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR
  CIVIL CASES:  TRANSPORTATION CODE.  An accused or defendant, or a
  party to a civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following fees
  and costs under the Transportation Code if ordered by the court or
  otherwise required:
               (1)  administrative fee on dismissal of charge of
  driving with an expired motor vehicle registration (Sec. 502.407,
  Transportation Code) . . . not to exceed $20;
               (2)  administrative fee on dismissal of charge of
  driving with an expired driver's license (Sec. 521.026,
  Transportation Code) . . . not to exceed $20;
               (2-a)  administrative fee on remediation of charge of
  operation of a vehicle without a registration insignia (Sec.
  502.473, Transportation Code) . . . not to exceed $10;
               (3)  administrative fee for failure to appear for a
  complaint or citation on certain offenses (Sec. 706.006,
  Transportation Code) . . . $30 for each violation; and
               (4)  administrative fee for failure to pay or satisfy
  certain judgments (Sec. 706.006, Transportation Code) . . . $30.
         SECTION 9.119.  (a)  Section 103.027(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Fees and costs shall be paid or collected under the
  Government Code as follows:
               (1)  filing a certified copy of a judicial finding of
  fact and conclusion of law if charged by the secretary of state
  (Sec. 51.905, Government Code) . . . $15;
               (2)  cost paid by each surety posting the bail bond for
  an offense other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only under
  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, for the assistant
  prosecutor supplement fund and the fair defense account (Sec.
  41.258, Government Code) . . . $15, provided the cost does not
  exceed $30 for all bail bonds posted at that time for an individual
  and the cost is not required on the posting of a personal or cash
  bond;
               (3)  to participate in a court proceeding in this
  state, a nonresident attorney fee (Sec. 82.0361, Government Code)
  . . . $250 except as waived or reduced under supreme court rules for
  representing an indigent person; [and]
               (4)  on a party's appeal of a final decision in a
  contested case, the cost of preparing the original or a certified
  copy of the record of the agency proceeding, if required by the
  agency's rule, as a court cost (Sec. 2001.177, Government Code)
  . . . as assessed by the court, all or part of the cost of
  preparation;
               (5)  a program fee for a drug court program (Sec.
  123.004, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1,000;
               (6)  an alcohol or controlled substance testing,
  counseling, and treatment fee (Sec. 123.004, Government Code) . . .
  the amount necessary to cover the costs of testing, counseling, and
  treatment;
               (7)  a reasonable program fee for a veterans court
  program (Sec. 124.005, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1,000;
               (8)  a testing, counseling, and treatment fee for
  testing, counseling, or treatment performed or provided under a
  veterans court program (Sec. 124.005, Government Code) . . . the
  amount necessary to cover the costs of testing, counseling, or
  treatment; and
               (9)  a nonrefundable program fee for a prostitution
  prevention program (Sec. 126.006, Government Code) . . . a
  reasonable amount not to exceed $1,000, which must include a
  counseling and services fee in an amount necessary to cover the
  costs of counseling and services provided by the program, a victim
  services fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the total fee, and a
  law enforcement training fee in an amount equal to five percent of
  the total fee.
         (b)  The following are repealed:
               (1)  Section 103.0271, Government Code; and
               (2)  Section 103.0292, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1167 (S.B. 484), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013.
  ARTICLE 10.  CHANGES RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
         SECTION 10.001.  Section 711.052(a), Health and Safety Code,
  as amended by Chapters 123 (S.B. 661) and 220 (H.B. 52), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person who is an individual, firm, association,
  corporation, or municipality, or an officer, agent, or employee of
  an individual, firm, association, corporation, or municipality,
  commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  engages in a business for cemetery purposes in
  this state other than through a corporation organized for that
  purpose, if a corporation is required by law;
               (2)  fails or refuses to keep records of interment as
  required by Sections 711.003 and 711.004;
               (3)  sells, offers to sell, or advertises for sale a
  plot or the exclusive right of sepulture in a plot for purposes of
  speculation or investment;
               (4)  represents through advertising or printed
  material that a retail department will be established for the
  resale of the plots of plot purchasers, that specific improvements
  will be made in the cemetery, or that specific merchandise or
  services will be furnished to a plot owner, unless adequate funds or
  reserves are created by the cemetery organization for the
  represented purpose;
               (5)  makes more than one interment in a plot in a
  cemetery operated by a cemetery organization other than as provided
  by Section 711.0395; [or]
               (6)  removes remains from a plot in a cemetery operated
  by a cemetery organization without complying with Section 711.004;
               (7) [(5)]  offers or receives monetary inducement to
  solicit business for a cemetery broker;
               (8) [(6)]  fails or refuses to keep records of sales or
  resales or to collect and remit fees as required by Section
  711.0381; or
               (9) [(7)]  fails or refuses to register as a cemetery
  broker as required by Subchapter C-1.
         SECTION 10.002.  Section 754.016(c), Health and Safety Code,
  as amended by Chapters 538 (S.B. 540) and 558 (S.B. 673), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to read
  as follows:
         (c)  The executive director shall issue a certificate of
  compliance to the owner.
         SECTION 10.003.  Section 754.023(k), Health and Safety Code,
  as amended by Chapter 538 (S.B. 540), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed to conform to the repeal of
  Section 754.023, Health and Safety Code, by Chapter 558 (S.B. 673),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 10.004.  Section 773.0571, Health and Safety Code,
  as amended by Chapters 1089 (H.B. 3556) and 1311 (S.B. 8), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 773.0571.  REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDER LICENSE.  The
  department shall issue to an emergency medical services provider
  applicant a license that is valid for two years if the department is
  satisfied that:
               (1)  the applicant has adequate staff to meet the
  staffing standards prescribed by this chapter and the rules adopted
  under this chapter;
               (2)  each emergency medical services vehicle is
  adequately constructed, equipped, maintained, and operated to
  render basic or advanced life support services safely and
  efficiently;
               (3)  the applicant offers safe and efficient services
  for emergency prehospital care and transportation of patients;
               (4)  the applicant:
                     (A)  possesses sufficient professional experience
  and qualifications to provide emergency medical services; and
                     (B)  has not been excluded from participation in
  the state Medicaid program;
               (5)  the applicant holds a letter of approval issued
  under Section 773.0573 by the governing body of the municipality or
  the commissioners court of the county in which the applicant is
  located and is applying to provide emergency medical services, as
  applicable; [and]
               (6)  the applicant employs a medical director; and
               (7) [(6)]  the applicant complies with the rules
  adopted under this chapter.
  ARTICLE 11.  CHANGES RELATING TO INSURANCE CODE
         SECTION 11.001.  Section 401.156, Insurance Code, as amended
  by Chapters 489 (S.B. 1665) and 1286 (H.B. 2163), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 401.156.  DEPOSIT AND USE OF ASSESSMENT AND FEE.  
  (a)  The department shall deposit any assessments or fees collected
  under this subchapter relating to the examination of insurers and
  other regulated entities by the financial examinations division or
  actuarial division, as those terms are defined by Section 401.251,
  to the credit of an account with the Texas Treasury Safekeeping
  Trust Company to be used exclusively to pay examination costs, as
  defined by Section 401.251, to reimburse administrative support
  costs for the Texas Department of Insurance operating account, and
  to reimburse premium tax credits for examination costs and
  examination overhead assessments[, reimbursement of the Texas
  Department of Insurance operating account for administrative
  support costs, and reimbursement of premium tax credits for
  examination costs and examination overhead assessments].
         (b)  [(a-1)] Money deposited under Subsection (a)
  accumulates and may be disbursed to the department in a manner
  consistent with that subsection and Subchapter F.
         (c)  Revenue that is not related to the examination of
  insurers or other regulated entities by the financial examinations
  division or actuarial division shall be deposited to the credit of
  the Texas Department of Insurance operating account.
         (d)  To the extent that another provision of law conflicts
  with this section or a provision of this section, this section or
  the provision of this section controls.
         (e)  The department may transfer funds between the account
  described by Subsection (a) and the Texas Department of Insurance
  operating account as necessary to ensure that funds are deposited
  to the correct account and used for the correct purposes.  This
  subsection does not authorize a disbursement or transfer of funds
  in a manner that is inconsistent with the purposes of Subchapter F
  and this section.
         SECTION 11.002.  Section 981.215(a), Insurance Code, as
  amended by Chapters 595 (S.B. 951) and 920 (H.B. 1405), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A surplus lines agent shall maintain a complete record
  of each surplus lines contract obtained by the agent, including any
  of the following, if applicable:
               (1)  a copy of the daily report;
               (2)  the amount of the insurance and risks insured
  against;
               (3)  a brief general description of the property
  insured and the location of that property;
               (4)  the gross premium charged;
               (5)  the return premium paid;
               (6)  the rate of premium charged on the different items
  of property;
               (7)  the contract terms, including the effective date;
               (8)  the insured's name and post office address;
               (9)  the insurer's name and home office address;
               (10)  the amount collected from the insured;
               (11)  an agreement under Section 225.006(c); [and]
               (12)  [(11)] evidence establishing that the insured
  qualified as an exempt commercial purchaser and that the surplus
  lines agent complied with the requirements of Section 981.004(c) if
  a diligent effort to obtain insurance in the admitted market was not
  made pursuant to Section 981.004(a)(1); and
               (13)  [(12)] any other information required by the
  department.
         SECTION 11.003.  (a)  Section 1355.015(a), Insurance Code,
  as amended by Chapters 1070 (H.B. 3276) and 1359 (S.B. 1484), Acts
  of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to
  read as follows:
         (a)  At a minimum, a health benefit plan must provide
  coverage for screening a child for autism spectrum disorder at the
  ages of 18 and 24 months.
         (b)  Section 1355.015(a-1), Insurance Code, as added by
  Chapter 1070 (H.B. 3276), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is reenacted to conform to the changes made to
  Section 1355.015(a), Insurance Code, by Chapter 1359 (S.B. 1484),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, to read as
  follows:
         (a-1)  At a minimum, a health benefit plan must provide
  coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorder as provided by
  this section to an enrollee who is diagnosed with autism spectrum
  disorder from the date of diagnosis, only if the diagnosis was in
  place prior to the child's 10th birthday.
  ARTICLE 12.  CHANGES RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
         SECTION 12.001.  Section 54.012, Local Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 135 (S.B. 654) and 1396 (H.B. 1554), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.012.  CIVIL ACTION.  A municipality may bring a
  civil action for the enforcement of an ordinance:
               (1)  for the preservation of public safety, relating to
  the materials or methods used to construct a building or other
  structure or improvement, including the foundation, structural
  elements, electrical wiring or apparatus, plumbing and fixtures,
  entrances, or exits;
               (2)  relating to the preservation of public health or
  to the fire safety of a building or other structure or improvement,
  including provisions relating to materials, types of construction
  or design, interior configuration, illumination, warning devices,
  sprinklers or other fire suppression devices, availability of water
  supply for extinguishing fires, or location, design, or width of
  entrances or exits;
               (3)  for zoning that provides for the use of land or
  classifies a parcel of land according to the municipality's
  district classification scheme;
               (4)  establishing criteria for land subdivision or
  construction of buildings, including provisions relating to street
  width and design, lot size, building width or elevation, setback
  requirements, or utility service specifications or requirements;
               (5)  implementing civil penalties under this
  subchapter for conduct classified by statute as a Class C
  misdemeanor;
               (6)  relating to dangerously damaged or deteriorated
  structures or improvements;
               (7)  relating to conditions caused by accumulations of
  refuse, vegetation, or other matter that creates breeding and
  living places for insects and rodents;
               (8)  relating to the interior configuration, design,
  illumination, or visibility of business premises exhibiting for
  viewing by customers while on the premises live or mechanically or
  electronically displayed entertainment intended to provide sexual
  stimulation or sexual gratification;
               (9)  relating to point source effluent limitations or
  the discharge of a pollutant, other than from a non-point source,
  into a sewer system, including a sanitary or storm water sewer
  system, owned or controlled by the municipality; [or]
               (10)  relating to floodplain control and
  administration, including an ordinance regulating the placement of
  a structure, fill, or other materials in a designated floodplain;
               (11) [(10)]  relating to animal care and control; or
               (12) [(11)]  relating to water conservation measures,
  including watering restrictions.
         SECTION 12.002.  Section 214.906, Local Government Code, is
  repealed to conform to the expiration of Title 16, Property Code, on
  September 1, 2009.
         SECTION 12.003.  The heading to Section 381.004, Local
  Government Code, is amended to more accurately reflect the
  substance of that section to read as follows:
         Sec. 381.004.  COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
  [IN CERTAIN COUNTIES].
  ARTICLE 13.  CHANGES RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
         SECTION 13.001.  Section 61.011(d), Natural Resources Code,
  as amended by Chapters 152 (H.B. 2623) and 1086 (H.B. 3459), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The commissioner shall promulgate rules, consistent
  with the policies established in this section, on the following
  matters only:
               (1)  acquisition by local governments or other
  appropriate entities or public dedication of access ways sufficient
  to provide adequate public ingress and egress to and from the beach
  within the area described in Subdivision (6);
               (2)  protection of the public easement from erosion or
  reduction caused by development or other activities on adjacent
  land and beach cleanup and maintenance;
               (3)  local government prohibitions of vehicular
  traffic on public beaches, provision of off-beach parking, the use
  on a public beach of a golf cart, as defined by Section 502.001,
  Transportation Code, for the transportation of a person with a
  physical disability, and other minimum measures needed to mitigate
  for any adverse effect on public access and dune areas;
               (4)  imposition of beach access, user, or parking fees
  and reasonable exercises of the police power by local governments
  with respect to public beaches;
               (5)  contents and certification of beach access and use
  plans and standards for local government review of construction on
  land adjacent to and landward of public beaches, including
  procedures for expedited review of beach access and use plans under
  Section 61.015;
               (6)  construction on land adjacent to and landward of
  public beaches and lying in the area either up to the first public
  road generally parallel to the beach or to any closer public road
  not parallel to the beach, or to within 1,000 feet of mean high
  tide, whichever is greater, that affects or may affect public
  access to and use of public beaches;
               (7)  the temporary suspension under Section 61.0185 of
  enforcement of the prohibition against encroachments on and
  interferences with the public beach easement and the ability of a
  property owner to make repairs to a house while a suspension is in
  effect;
               (8)  the determination of the line of vegetation or
  natural line of vegetation;
               (9)  the factors to be considered in determining
  whether a structure, improvement, obstruction, barrier, or hazard
  on the public beach:
                     (A)  constitutes an imminent hazard to safety,
  health, or public welfare; or
                     (B)  substantially interferes with the free and
  unrestricted right of the public to enter or leave the public beach
  or traverse any part of the public beach;
               (10)  the procedures for determining whether a
  structure is not insurable property for purposes of Section
  2210.004, Insurance Code, because of the factors listed in
  Subsection (h) of that section; [and]
               (11)  the closure of beaches for space flight
  activities; and
               (12) [(11)]  the temporary suspension under Section
  61.0171 of the determination of the "line of vegetation" or the
  "natural line of vegetation."
  ARTICLE 14.  CHANGES RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS CODE
         SECTION 14.001.  The heading to Chapter 55, Occupations
  Code, as amended by Chapters 66 (S.B. 162) and 348 (H.B. 2254), Acts
  of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to
  read as follows:
  CHAPTER 55. LICENSING OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, MILITARY
  VETERANS, AND MILITARY SPOUSES
         SECTION 14.002.  Section 2301.610(d), Occupations Code, as
  amended by Chapters 1135 (H.B. 2741) and 1379 (H.B. 1692), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone
  number to provide information to a person who requests information
  about a condition or defect that was the basis for repurchase or
  replacement by an order issued under this chapter
  [subchapter].  The department shall maintain an effective method
  of providing information to a person who makes a request.
  ARTICLE 15.  CHANGES RELATING TO SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
         SECTION 15.001.  (a)  Chapter 1, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Section 1.005 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.005.  EFFECT OF NONSUBSTANTIVE REVISION ON CERTAIN
  EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY. The revision by Chapter 112 (S.B. 1026),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, effective
  April 1, 2015, of a law regarding eminent domain authority, or any
  other nonsubstantive revision in this code of a law regarding
  eminent domain authority, does not affect any expiration of an
  entity's eminent domain authority that may have occurred under
  Section 2206.101, Government Code, on September 1, 2013.
         (b)  This section takes effect immediately if this Act
  receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
  house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
  effect, this section takes effect September 1, 2015.
         SECTION 15.002.  (a)  Section 8446.006, Special District
  Local Laws Code, as added by Chapter 1250 (S.B. 1910), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to conform to
  Section 8446.006, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by
  Chapter 1309 (H.B. 3954), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, to read as follows:
         Sec. 8446.006.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 4, Chapter 1250, and Section 5, Chapter 1309, Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 [of the Act enacting this
  chapter].
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 4,
  Chapter 1250, and Section 5, Chapter 1309, Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, [of the Act enacting this
  chapter] form a closure.  A mistake made in the field notes or in
  copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect
  the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on a bond;
               (3)  right to impose a tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
         (b)  Section 8446.006, Special District Local Laws Code, as
  added by Chapter 1309 (H.B. 3954), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed.
         SECTION 15.003.  (a)  Section 8469.006, Special District
  Local Laws Code, as added by Chapter 1244 (S.B. 1877), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to conform to
  Section 8469.006, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by
  Chapter 1308 (H.B. 3914), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, to read as follows:
         Sec. 8469.006.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a)  The
  district is initially composed of the territory described by
  Section 2, Chapter 1244, and Section 6, Chapter 1308, Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 [of the Act enacting this
  chapter].
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2,
  Chapter 1244, and Section 6, Chapter 1308, Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, [of the Act enacting this
  chapter] form a closure.  A mistake made in the field notes or in
  copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect
  the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
               (2)  right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
  for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
  interest on a bond;
               (3)  right to impose a tax; or
               (4)  legality or operation.
         (b)  Section 8469.006, Special District Local Laws Code, as
  added by Chapter 1308 (H.B. 3914), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed.
         SECTION 15.004.  (a)  Section 8469.106(c), Special District
  Local Laws Code, as added by Chapter 1244 (S.B. 1877), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to conform to
  Section 8469.106(c), Special District Local Laws Code, as added by
  Chapter 1308 (H.B. 3914), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, to read as follows:
         (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2, Chapter 1244, and Section
  6, Chapter 1308, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session,
  2013 [of the Act creating this chapter].
         (b)  Section 8469.106(c), Special District Local Laws Code,
  as added by Chapter 1308 (H.B. 3914), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed.
  ARTICLE 16.  CHANGES RELATING TO TAX CODE
         SECTION 16.001.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
  Chapters 996 (H.B. 2267) and 1028 (H.B. 2676), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a current or former peace officer as defined by
  Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (2)  a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
  Occupations Code;
               (3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice;
               (4)  a commissioned security officer as defined by
  Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
               (5)  a victim of family violence as defined by Section
  71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
  against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
  misdemeanor;
               (6)  a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
  federal judge or state judge;
               (7)  a current or former employee of a district
  attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
  attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
  protective services matters;
               (8)  an officer or employee of a community supervision
  and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
  Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
  of that code;
               (9)  a criminal investigator of the United States as
  described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (10)  a police officer or inspector of the United
  States Federal Protective Service;
               (11)  a current or former United States attorney or
  assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the
  attorney;
               (12)  a current or former employee of the office of the
  attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
  the duties of which involve law enforcement; [and]
               (13)  a medical examiner or person who performs
  forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
  more political subdivisions of this state; and
               (14) [(13)]  a current or former member of the United
  States armed forces who has served in an area that the president of
  the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
  U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
  States are or have engaged in combat.
         SECTION 16.002.  Section 33.49(a), Tax Code, as amended by
  Chapters 1259 (H.B. 585) and 1290 (H.B. 2302), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a taxing unit is
  not liable in a suit to collect taxes for court costs, including any
  fees for service of process or electronic filing, an attorney ad
  litem, arbitration, or mediation, and may not be required to post
  security for costs.
         SECTION 16.003.  Section 171.052(a), Tax Code, as amended by
  Chapters 569 (S.B. 734) and 1232 (H.B. 500), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an insurance
  organization, title insurance company, or title insurance agent
  authorized to engage in insurance business in this state that is
  required to pay an annual tax measured by its gross premium receipts
  is exempted from the franchise tax.  A nonadmitted insurance
  organization that is required to pay a gross premium receipts tax
  during a tax year is exempted from the franchise tax for that same
  tax year.  A nonadmitted insurance organization that is subject to
  an occupation tax or any other tax that is imposed for the privilege
  of doing business in another state or a foreign jurisdiction,
  including a tax on gross premium receipts, is exempted from the
  franchise tax.
         SECTION 16.004.  Section 351.101(a), Tax Code, as amended by
  Chapters 541 (S.B. 551) and 546 (S.B. 585), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax may be
  used only to promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry,
  and that use is limited to the following:
               (1)  the acquisition of sites for and the construction,
  improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
  maintenance of convention center facilities or visitor information
  centers, or both;
               (2)  the furnishing of facilities, personnel, and
  materials for the registration of convention delegates or
  registrants;
               (3)  advertising and conducting solicitations and
  promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates
  or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity;
               (4)  the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and
  application of the arts, including instrumental and vocal music,
  dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and
  allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft
  arts, motion pictures, radio, television, tape and sound recording,
  and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution,
  and exhibition of these major art forms;
               (5)  historical restoration and preservation projects
  or activities or advertising and conducting solicitations and
  promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention
  delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums:
                     (A)  at or in the immediate vicinity of convention
  center facilities or visitor information centers; or
                     (B)  located elsewhere in the municipality or its
  vicinity that would be frequented by tourists and convention
  delegates;
               (6)  for a municipality located in a county with a
  population of one million or less, expenses, including promotion
  expenses, directly related to a sporting event in which the
  majority of participants are tourists who substantially increase
  economic activity at hotels and motels within the municipality or
  its vicinity;
               (7)  subject to Section 351.1076, the promotion of
  tourism by the enhancement and upgrading of existing sports
  facilities or fields, including facilities or fields for baseball,
  softball, soccer, and flag football, if:
                     (A)  the municipality owns the facilities or
  fields;
                     (B)  the municipality:
                           (i)  has a population of 80,000 or more and
  is located in a county that has a population of 350,000 or less;
                           (ii)  has a population of at least 75,000 but
  not more than 95,000 and is located in a county that has a
  population of less than 200,000 but more than 160,000;
                           (iii)  has a population of at least 36,000
  but not more than 39,000 and is located in a county that has a
  population of 100,000 or less that is not adjacent to a county with
  a population of more than two million;
                           (iv)  has a population of at least 13,000 but
  less than 39,000 and is located in a county that has a population of
  at least 200,000;
                           (v)  has a population of at least 70,000 but
  less than 90,000 and no part of which is located in a county with a
  population greater than 150,000;
                           (vi)  is located in a county that:
                                 (a)  is adjacent to the Texas-Mexico
  border;
                                 (b)  has a population of at least
  500,000; and
                                 (c)  does not have a municipality with
  a population greater than 500,000;
                           (vii)  has a population of at least 25,000
  but not more than 26,000 and is located in a county that has a
  population of 90,000 or less; [or]
                           (viii)  has a population of at least 7,500
  and is located in a county that borders the Pecos River and that has
  a population of not more than 15,000; or
                           (ix) [(viii)]  is located in a county that
  has a population of not more than 300,000 and in which a component
  university of the University of Houston System is located; and
                     (C)  the sports facilities and fields have been
  used, in the preceding calendar year, a combined total of more than
  10 times for district, state, regional, or national sports
  tournaments;
               (8)  for a municipality with a population of at least
  70,000 but less than 90,000, no part of which is located in a county
  with a population greater than 150,000, the construction,
  improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
  maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility;
               (9)  signage directing the public to sights and
  attractions that are visited frequently by hotel guests in the
  municipality;
               (10)  the construction of a recreational venue in the
  immediate vicinity of area hotels, if:
                     (A)  the municipality:
                           (i)  is a general-law municipality;
                           (ii)  has a population of not more than 900;
  and
                           (iii)  does not impose an ad valorem tax;
                     (B)  not more than $100,000 of municipal hotel
  occupancy tax revenue is used for the construction of the
  recreational venue;
                     (C)  a majority of the hotels in the municipality
  request the municipality to construct the recreational venue;
                     (D)  the recreational venue will be used primarily
  by hotel guests; and
                     (E)  the municipality will pay for maintenance of
  the recreational venue from the municipality's general fund;
               (11)  the construction, improvement, enlarging,
  equipping, repairing, operation, and maintenance of a coliseum or
  multiuse facility, if the municipality:
                     (A)  has a population of at least 90,000 but less
  than 120,000; and
                     (B)  is located in two counties, at least one of
  which contains the headwaters of the San Gabriel River; and
               (12)  for a municipality with a population of more than
  175,000 but less than 225,000 that is located in two counties, each
  of which has a population of less than 200,000, the construction,
  improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
  maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility and related
  infrastructure or a venue, as defined by Section 334.001(4), Local
  Government Code, that is related to the promotion of tourism.
  ARTICLE 17.  CHANGES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION CODE
         SECTION 17.001.  Section 222.108(d), Transportation Code,
  as amended by Chapter 1182 (S.B. 971), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, and repealed by Chapter 114 (S.B. 1110),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted
  to give effect to the amendment by Chapter 1182 to read as follows:
         (d)  In this section, "transportation project" includes:
               (1)  transportation projects described by Section
  370.003; and
               (2)  port security, transportation, or facility
  projects described by Section 55.001(5).
         SECTION 17.002.  Section 222.110(e), Transportation Code,
  as amended by Chapters 114 (S.B. 1110) and 1134 (H.B. 2300), Acts of
  the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The sales and use taxes to be deposited into the tax
  increment account under this section may be disbursed from the
  account only to:
               (1)  pay for projects authorized under Section 222.104
  or 222.108; and
               (2)  notwithstanding Sections 321.506 and 323.505, Tax
  Code, satisfy claims of holders of tax increment bonds, notes, or
  other obligations issued or incurred for projects authorized under
  Section 222.104, [or] 222.1071, or 222.108.
         SECTION 17.003.  Section 251.018, Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 1134 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is repealed as duplicative of Section
  251.019, Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 1372 (S.B. 1747),
  Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 17.004.  Section 460.406(c), Transportation Code,
  is amended to correct a reference to read as follows:
         (c)  The board of directors may authorize the negotiation of
  a contract without competitive sealed bids or proposals if:
               (1)  the aggregate amount involved in the contract is
  $50,000 or less;
               (2)  the contract is for construction for which not
  more than one bid or proposal is received;
               (3)  the contract is for services or property for which
  there is only one source or for which it is otherwise impracticable
  to obtain competition;
               (4)  the contract is to respond to an emergency for
  which the public exigency does not permit the delay incident to the
  competitive process;
               (5)  the contract is for personal or professional
  services or services for which competitive bidding is precluded by
  law;
               (6)  the contract, without regard to form and which may
  include bonds, notes, loan agreements, or other obligations, is for
  the purpose of borrowing money or is a part of a transaction
  relating to the borrowing of money, including:
                     (A)  a credit support agreement, such as a line or
  letter of credit or other debt guaranty;
                     (B)  a bond, note, debt sale or purchase, trustee,
  paying agent, remarketing agent, indexing agent, or similar
  agreement;
                     (C)  an agreement with a securities dealer,
  broker, or underwriter; and
                     (D)  any other contract or agreement considered by
  the board of directors to be appropriate or necessary in support of
  the authority's financing activities;
               (7)  the contract is for work that is performed and paid
  for by the day as the work progresses;
               (8)  the contract is for the lease or purchase of an
  interest in land;
               (9)  the contract is for the purchase of personal
  property sold:
                     (A)  at an auction by a state licensed auctioneer;
                     (B)  at a going out of business sale held in
  compliance with Subchapter F, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code;
  or
                     (C)  by a political subdivision of this state, a
  state agency, or an entity of the federal government;
               (10)  the contract is for services performed by blind
  or severely disabled persons;
               (11)  the contract is for the purchase of electricity;
               (12)  the contract is one for an authority project and
  awarded for alternate project delivery using the procedures under
  Subchapters E, F, G, and I, Chapter 2269 [2267], Government Code[,
  as added by Chapter 1129 (H.B. 628), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2011]; or
               (13)  the contract is for fare enforcement officer
  services under Section 460.1092.
         SECTION 17.005.  Section 502.402(a), Transportation Code,
  as amended by Chapters 1273 (H.B. 1198) and 1277 (H.B. 1573), Acts
  of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a county that:
                     (A)  borders the United Mexican States; and
                     (B)  has a population of more than 250,000; and
               (2)  a county that has a population of more than 1.5
  million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority.
         SECTION 17.006.  Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code,
  as amended by Chapters 1012 (H.B. 2512) and 1105 (H.B. 3787), Acts
  of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Information provided on a driver's license application
  that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used
  only by the department or disclosed only to:
               (1)  the child support enforcement division of the
  attorney general's office;
               (2)  another state entity responsible for enforcing the
  payment of child support;
               (3)  the United States Selective Service System as
  provided by Section 521.147;
               (4)  the unclaimed property division of the
  comptroller's office; [or]
               (5)  the Health and Human Services Commission; or
               (6) [(5)]  the secretary of state for the purposes of
  voter registration or the administration of elections.
         SECTION 17.007.  Section 541.201(1), Transportation Code,
  as amended by Chapters 17 (S.B. 223), 254 (H.B. 567), 275 (H.B.
  802), and 630 (S.B. 1917), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Authorized emergency vehicle" means:
                     (A)  a fire department or police vehicle;
                     (B)  a public or private ambulance operated by a
  person who has been issued a license by the Department of State
  Health Services;
                     (C)  an emergency medical services vehicle:
                           (i)  authorized under an emergency medical
  services provider license issued by the Department of State Health
  Services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and
                           (ii)  operating under a contract with an
  emergency services district that requires the emergency medical
  services provider to respond to emergency calls with the vehicle;
                     (D)  a municipal department or public service
  corporation emergency vehicle that has been designated or
  authorized by the governing body of a municipality;
                     (E) [(D)]  a county-owned or county-leased
  emergency management vehicle that has been designated or authorized
  by the commissioners court;
                     (F)  a vehicle that has been designated by the
  department under Section 546.0065;
                     (G) [(E)]  a private vehicle of a volunteer
  firefighter or a certified emergency medical services employee or
  volunteer when responding to a fire alarm or medical emergency;
                     (H) [(F)]  an industrial emergency response
  vehicle, including an industrial ambulance, when responding to an
  emergency, but only if the vehicle is operated in compliance with
  criteria in effect September 1, 1989, and established by the
  predecessor of the Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the
  State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas;
                     (I) [(G)]  a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue
  bank, accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the
  United States, when making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs,
  medicines, or organs;
                     (J) [(H)]  a vehicle used for law enforcement
  purposes that is owned or leased by a federal governmental entity;
  or
                     (K) [(H)]  a private vehicle of an employee or
  volunteer of a county emergency management division in a county
  with a population of more than 46,500 and less than 48,000 that is
  designated as an authorized emergency vehicle by the commissioners
  court of that county.
         SECTION 17.008.  Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code,
  as amended by Chapters 223 (H.B. 120), 309 (H.B. 1514), and 1010
  (H.B. 2485), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013,
  is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A vehicle on which license plates described by
  Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, [Section]
  504.310, 504.315, [or] 504.316, or 504.319 are displayed is exempt
  from the payment of a parking fee collected through a parking meter
  charged by a governmental authority other than a branch of the
  federal government, when being operated by or for the
  transportation of:
               (1)  the person who registered the vehicle under
  Section 504.202(a), [Section] 504.310, 504.315, [or] 504.316, or
  504.319;
               (2)  a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the
  vehicle is registered under that subsection; or
               (3)  the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying
  license plates described by Subsection (a)(2).
  ARTICLE 18.  CHANGES RELATING TO WATER CODE
         SECTION 18.001.  Section 13.1871(s), Water Code, as added by
  Chapter 171 (S.B. 567), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is repealed as duplicative of Section 13.1871(s),
  Water Code, as added by Chapter 170 (H.B. 1600), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
  ARTICLE 19.  CHANGES RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CIVIL
  STATUTES
         SECTION 19.001.  (a) Subtitle D, Title 13, Occupations Code,
  is amended to codify Chapter 528 (S.B. 155), Acts of the 76th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 178d-1, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), by adding Chapter 2158 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 2158.  SPECIAL EVENT PARKING CHARGE LIMITATION
         Sec. 2158.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Institution of higher education" and "private or
  independent institution of higher education" have the meanings
  assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
               (2)  "Parking facility," "parking facility owner," and
  "vehicle" have the meanings assigned by Section 2308.002,
  Occupations Code.
               (3)  "Special event" includes a sporting event,
  convention, concert, exhibit, parade, or political rally.
         Sec. 2158.002.  LIMITATION OF PARKING CHARGE IN CONNECTION
  WITH SPECIAL EVENT. (a)  A parking facility owner may not charge
  for parking a vehicle in the parking facility in connection with a
  special event an amount that is more than two times the amount
  computed using the rate that is normally charged for parking a
  vehicle in the facility on that day of the week and at that time.
         (b)  This section does not apply to an institution of higher
  education or a private or independent institution of higher
  education.
         Sec. 2158.003.  CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a)  A person commits an
  offense if the person violates Section 2158.002(a).
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
         (c)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  the parking facility owner posted a conspicuous sign at least two
  feet wide and two feet high at the entrance to the parking facility
  stating:
               (1)  in print at least six inches in height, the rate
  that is normally charged for parking a vehicle in the facility; and
               (2)  in print at least six inches in height, the rate
  that is charged for parking a vehicle in the facility in connection
  with a special event.
         (b)  Chapter 528 (S.B. 155), Acts of the 76th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1999 (Article 178d-1, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 19.002.  Chapter 294 (S.B. 281), Acts of the 69th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (Article 326k-90, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.003.  Chapter 496 (S.B. 102), Acts of the 47th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 695d, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.004.  (a)  Title 4, Water Code, is amended to
  codify Chapter 702 (S.B. 1358), Acts of the 68th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1983 (Article 717r, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), by adding Chapter 51A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 51A.  METROPOLITAN WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
  AND SUBDISTRICTS
         Sec. 51A.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the board of directors of a
  district.
               (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (3)  "District" means a conservation and reclamation
  district that:
                     (A)  is created by general or special law pursuant
  to Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
                     (B)  is governed by Chapter 51 to the extent the
  provisions of that chapter are not inconsistent with the provisions
  of any special law creating the district; and
                     (C)  contains at least 10,000 acres after all
  exclusions of land have occurred.
               (4)  "Refunding bond" means a refunding bond issued by
  a district.
               (5)  "Residential neighborhood" means an area that, as
  it develops, will consist of detached single-family residences on
  not less than 79 percent of the net residential acreage of the area
  and will consist of condominiums or multifamily rental units with a
  density greater than 15 units per net residential acre on not more
  than 10 percent of the net residential acreage of the area.
  Notwithstanding the foregoing, "residential neighborhood" means an
  area that, as it develops, will consist of detached single-family
  residences on not less than 87-1/2 percent of the net residential
  acreage of the area if the preliminary engineering report adopted
  by the board before the authorization of bonds stipulates that
  approximately 87-1/2 percent of the net residential acreage will
  consist of single-family residences; provided, however, that on the
  full utilization of all facilities constructed with the proceeds of
  the bonds authorized, the definition of "residential neighborhood"
  stated in the first sentence of this subdivision applies. A
  variance of as much as three percent from the percentages set forth
  above is permissible during development if the percentages are met
  on completion of development.
               (6)  "Subdistrict" means a conservation and
  reclamation district created pursuant to Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution, and this chapter to provide fresh water supply
  and distribution, sanitary sewage collection and treatment, and
  storm sewer and drainage facilities and services to residential
  neighborhoods.
               (7)  "Subdistrict board" means the board of directors
  of a subdistrict.
         Sec. 51A.002.  REFUNDING BONDS. (a)  A district may issue
  bonds to refund all or part of its outstanding bonds, notes, or
  other obligations, including matured but unpaid interest. Except
  as otherwise provided by this section, Section 51.438 applies to
  refunding bonds issued under this section.
         (b)  Refunding bonds may be payable from:
               (1)  the same source as the bonds, notes, or other
  obligations being refunded;
               (2)  the source described by Subdivision (1) and
  additional sources; or
               (3)  sources other than the source described by
  Subdivision (1).
         (c)  A district must publish notice of intent to issue
  refunding bonds at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a
  newspaper of general circulation within the district and at least
  15 days before the date of the meeting of the board at which it is
  proposed to issue the bonds.  Before the issuance of the bonds, if a
  petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters
  of the district is filed with the district calling for a referendum
  on the refunding bond issue, the board shall, at its next meeting,
  order an election to be held within the district to determine
  whether the bonds shall be issued. The election shall be held in
  the manner prescribed by Chapter 1251, Government Code, for the
  issuance of municipal bonds.
         Sec. 51A.003.  CREATION OF SUBDISTRICTS. (a)  The
  commission may create subdistricts over designated territory
  within the boundaries of a district as provided by this section.
         (b)  A petition that contains the substance of the
  requirements of Sections 51.013 and 51.014 must be filed with the
  commission.
         (c)  The commission shall have notice of the hearing on the
  petition given in the manner required by Section 51.018.
         (d)  The hearing must be conducted in the manner provided by
  Section 51.020, and the commission shall grant or refuse the
  petition in the manner provided by Section 51.021. An appeal from
  the decision of the commission must be made in the manner provided
  by Sections 51.022 through 51.025. The commission shall appoint
  five directors to serve as the subdistrict board, each of whom must
  meet the qualifications provided by Section 51.072.
         (e)  Not later than the 60th day after the date on which a
  petition for the creation of a subdistrict is granted by the
  commission, the subdistrict board shall adopt an order calling
  elections within the boundaries of the subdistrict in the manner
  provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, to:
               (1)  confirm the creation of the subdistrict in the
  manner provided by Section 49.102;
               (2)  authorize the issuance of bonds by the subdistrict
  or by the district on behalf of the subdistrict to be repaid by ad
  valorem taxes, revenue, or ad valorem taxes and revenue derived by
  the subdistrict;
               (3)  authorize a tax within the boundaries of the
  subdistrict to make payments under a contract with the district to
  support refunding bonds of the district in accordance with the
  exclusions procedure provided by Section 51A.005;
               (4)  authorize a maintenance tax within the boundaries
  of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Section 49.107; and
               (5)  elect a permanent board of directors for the
  subdistrict in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, and
  Section 51.075.
         (f)  A subdistrict:
               (1)  may sue and be sued in its own name;
               (2)  until excluded from the boundaries of the district
  in accordance with Section 51A.005, has concurrent jurisdiction
  with the district that is in the territory within the boundaries of
  the subdistrict; and
               (3)  may exercise the rights and powers of the district
  within the boundaries of the subdistrict.
         (g)  The ad valorem plan of taxation applies to each
  subdistrict, and a hearing for exclusions of land from a
  subdistrict is not necessary before an election under Subsection
  (e) is held.
         (h)  A subdistrict may be dissolved in the same manner as a
  district.
         (i)  A subdistrict is governed by Chapter 51 and all other
  general laws of this state to the extent those laws are not
  inconsistent with this chapter.
         Sec. 51A.004.  SUBDISTRICT BONDS. (a)  Before adopting an
  order calling elections under Section 51A.003(e), the engineer for
  a subdistrict shall present a report to the subdistrict board that
  conforms to Section 51.410 with regard to the bonds to be issued by
  the subdistrict or by the district on behalf of the subdistrict.
         (b)  After the engineer's report is filed and approved, the
  subdistrict board shall order an election within the boundaries of
  the subdistrict to authorize the issuance of bonds by the
  subdistrict or by the district on behalf of the subdistrict in
  accordance with this chapter and Sections 49.106 and 51.411.
         (c)  Bonds authorized at an election within the subdistrict
  may only be repaid from ad valorem taxes imposed on all taxable
  property within the boundaries of the subdistrict or income,
  increment, and revenue derived from the ownership or operation of
  any part of the assets of the subdistrict or any combination of
  those sources. The district is not liable for the repayment of
  those bonds except as provided by this subsection.
         (d)  A subdistrict may issue refunding bonds as provided by
  Section 51A.002.
         (e)  Bonds issued by a subdistrict or by the district on
  behalf of the subdistrict are investment securities under Chapter
  2257, Government Code, are public securities under Chapter 1201,
  Government Code, and are subject to the general laws of this state
  relating to bonds of a water control and improvement district to the
  extent that those general laws are not inconsistent with this
  chapter.
         Sec. 51A.005.  EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY WITHIN SUBDISTRICT.
  (a)  A subdistrict board shall call an election within the
  subdistrict to coincide with the confirmation election under
  Section 51A.003(e) at which a proposition shall be submitted to the
  voters to authorize the subdistrict to enter into a contract with
  the district under which the subdistrict would impose an unlimited
  ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the subdistrict to
  repay to the district a portion of the district's total outstanding
  indebtedness. That portion would be calculated by multiplying the
  total outstanding indebtedness of the district on the date of the
  first payment under the proposed contract by a percentage equal to
  the proportion of the total taxable property within the district
  borne by the total taxable property within the subdistrict, as of
  the date of the preceding tax roll.
         (b)  The ballots in the election under Subsection (a) shall
  be printed to provide for voting for or against the following
  proposition: "The execution of a contract and the imposition of
  taxes to pay for the contract." A copy of the proposed contract
  shall be available at the office of the district for inspection
  before the election. The election shall otherwise be conducted in
  conformity with the provisions of Chapter 51 relating to elections
  to approve a tax-supported contract with the United States.
         (c)  If the proposition is approved at the election under
  Subsection (a), the board of the district shall, on receipt of a
  petition that conforms substantially to Section 49.305 and
  describes the territory within the subdistrict, conduct a hearing
  not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of the
  petition on the exclusion of the subdistrict from the boundaries of
  the district.
         (d)  If the subdistrict board establishes at the hearing that
  the subdistrict has been created, has authorized the issuance of
  bonds by the subdistrict or by the district on behalf of the
  subdistrict, has authorized the tax-supported contract payment,
  and has elected a permanent board of directors, the board of the
  district shall, at the conclusion of the hearing, enter an order
  approving the contract supported by a tax within the subdistrict
  and excluding all land within the subdistrict from the boundaries
  of the district contingent only on the completion of the refunding
  bond issue.
         (e)  Refunding bonds may be issued by a district to implement
  the exclusion of land within a subdistrict under any terms that are
  considered advisable by the board of the district and are only
  subject to the interest rate limitations imposed by the
  constitution and laws of this state. If refunding bonds are not
  issued by a district on or before the 30th day after the date of the
  hearing at which the subdistrict establishes all items in
  Subsection (d), all property within the subdistrict is considered
  excluded from the boundaries of the district on the expiration of
  the 30th day after the date of the hearing.
         (f)  Any subdistrict located within a service area as defined
  by a United States Environmental Protection Agency grant used by a
  district to expand its wastewater treatment plant shall obtain
  wastewater treatment services to the extent of capacity provided
  with the United States Environmental Protection Agency grant
  proceeds from the wastewater treatment plant constructed with the
  prior proceeds of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  grant in accordance with the terms of a contract approved by the
  governing bodies of the subdistrict and the district.
         (g)  To reduce the cost of services to its residents and
  taxpayers, the subdistrict shall use the employees, consultants,
  staff, and services of the district and reimburse the district for
  all costs of furnishing those services. The services may be
  terminated for good cause. The subdistrict and the district shall
  submit to arbitration any dispute between the subdistrict and the
  district.
         Sec. 51A.006.  WATER AND SEWER RATES. A district shall
  establish rates for all services to subdistricts after the
  exclusion of the subdistricts from the boundaries of the district.
  The rates may not exceed 150 percent of the rates for similar
  services for residents of the district.
         Sec. 51A.007.  ELECTION DATES. An election authorized by
  this chapter may be held on any day of the year other than a general
  election date and is not limited to the uniform election dates
  established by Section 41.001(a), Election Code.
         Sec. 51A.008.  PUBLIC PURPOSE. This chapter facilitates and
  advances the conservation and reclamation of the natural resources
  of this state by permitting certain water control and improvement
  districts to extend fresh water supply and distribution facilities,
  storm water and flood control facilities, and sanitary sewage
  collection and treatment facilities into areas that have previously
  not received such facilities. The reclamation of land for
  development and use as residential neighborhoods will be
  implemented and the health, welfare, and safety of residents of
  those neighborhoods will be additionally protected.
         Sec. 51A.009.  CONSTRUCTION. The powers granted by this
  chapter to districts shall be broadly interpreted and liberally
  construed to effect the legislative intent and the purposes of this
  chapter and not as a limitation of powers.
         (b)  Chapter 702 (S.B. 1358), Acts of the 68th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1983 (Article 717r, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 19.005.  (a)  Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended to
  codify Chapter 707 (H.B. 993), Acts of the 69th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1985 (Article 973c, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), by adding Subchapter J-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER J-1. EXCLUSION OF URBAN PROPERTY FROM CERTAIN WATER
  DISTRICTS
         Sec. 49.3181.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this subchapter:
               (1)  "District" means any district or authority created
  under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, the principal purpose of which is,
  or that is principally engaged in, supplying water for the
  irrigation of agricultural lands.
               (2)  "Urban property" means land that:
                     (A)  has been subdivided into town lots, town lots
  and blocks, or small parcels of the same general nature as town lots
  or town lots and blocks and is designed, intended, or suitable for
  residential or other nonagricultural purposes, as distinguished
  from farm acreage, and includes streets, alleys, parkways, parks,
  and railroad property and rights-of-way within that subdivided
  land; and
                     (B)  is in a subdivision:
                           (i)  that is within the corporate limits or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality that has
  subdivision approval jurisdiction under Chapter 212, Local
  Government Code; and
                           (ii)  for which a plat or map has been filed
  and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in
  which the subdivision or any part of the subdivision is located.
         Sec. 49.3182.  CONDITIONS FOR EXCLUSION OF URBAN PROPERTY.
  Urban property that is located in a district may be excluded from
  the district as provided by this subchapter only after the
  following have been paid to the district:
               (1)  all taxes, assessments, and other charges of the
  district accrued on the property to be excluded, together with all
  interest and penalties accrued on those taxes, assessments, and
  charges;
               (2)  the proportionate part of the outstanding bonded
  indebtedness or indebtedness in connection with a loan from an
  agency of the United States for which the property proposed to be
  excluded is liable, as determined under this subchapter; and
               (3)  agreement on a reasonable determined amount to be
  paid by the municipality or other supplier of potable water to
  compensate the district for loss of revenue occasioned by the
  exclusion.
         Sec. 49.3183.  APPLICATION FOR EXCLUSION. (a)  The owner or
  owners of urban property in a district and subject to taxation by
  the district, and on which all amounts due the district under
  Section 49.3182(1) have been paid, may file a written and sworn
  application with the district to exclude that property from the
  district.
         (b)  The application must:
               (1)  include a sworn acknowledgment by the owner or
  owners of the property;
               (2)  describe the property to be excluded by
  identifying the lot or block number of the subdivision and the name
  or designation of the subdivision as shown on the recorded plat of
  the subdivision, or by some other method of identification; and
               (3)  state that the property is used or intended to be
  used for the purposes for which it was subdivided and is not used or
  intended to be used, wholly or partly, for agricultural purposes.
         (c)  A copy of the recorded map or plat of the subdivision
  must accompany the application and must clearly delineate the part
  of the subdivision, if less than the whole, to be excluded from the
  district.
         (d)  The applicant must also provide the district with
  evidence satisfactory to, or required by, the board of the
  applicant's:
               (1)  ownership of the property proposed to be excluded;
  and
               (2)  right to have the property excluded from the
  district.
         Sec. 49.3184.  CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION. (a)  As soon
  as practicable after an application is filed, the board shall
  consider the application and inquire into all the facts relating to
  the application that the board considers necessary for determining
  whether a public hearing on the application should be held.
         (b)  After consideration and investigation, the board shall
  adopt an order approving further consideration of the application
  if the board finds that:
               (1)  all amounts due the district under Section
  49.3182(1) up to the date of the filing of the application have been
  paid;
               (2)  the property described in the application:
                     (A)  is owned by the applicant;
                     (B)  is urban property and is not used or intended
  to be used for agricultural purposes; and
                     (C)  will require a source of treated potable
  water from the municipality in which the subdivision is located;
  and
               (3)  the exclusion of the property will not cut off the
  district or its facilities from ready and convenient access to
  other land remaining in the district for irrigation or other
  district purposes.
         (c)  If the board is unable to make any one of the findings
  under Subsection (b), it shall adopt a resolution rejecting the
  application.
         (d)  A resolution of the board rejecting an application is
  final and not subject to review by any other body, tribunal, or
  authority.
         Sec. 49.3185.  DETERMINATION OF PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
  INDEBTEDNESS. (a)  If the board approves further consideration of
  an application, the board shall determine the proportionate amount
  of the bonded or contractual indebtedness for which the property to
  be excluded is liable as provided by this section.
         (b)  If the district has outstanding bonded indebtedness,
  the board shall obtain from the chief appraiser a certified copy of
  the appraised value of all the property to be excluded for the five
  years preceding the year in which the application is filed, as shown
  by the tax rolls of the district, and the appraised value of all
  taxable property in the district according to the most recent tax
  rolls of the district.  The part of the district's total outstanding
  bonded indebtedness to be paid by the applicant as a condition
  precedent to the exclusion of the property is that proportion of the
  indebtedness, including unpaid interest computed to the date of the
  order, that the appraised value of the property to be excluded bears
  to the appraised value of all taxable property in the district
  according to the most recent tax rolls.
         (c)  If the district has contractual or other indebtedness
  being repaid on the benefit tax basis, the board shall obtain from
  the appropriate records the manner in which the tax is assessed, and
  from those records the district shall calculate the part of the
  total outstanding indebtedness of the district remaining to be paid
  that is attributable to the property to be excluded.
         (d)  The order of the board approving further consideration
  of the application must also state the amounts required to be paid
  under Section 49.3182 as a condition of the exclusion of the
  property.
         Sec. 49.3186.  DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS DUE. The
  order of the board approving further consideration of the
  application has no force or effect and no further proceeding may be
  held on the application unless the applicant deposits with the
  district the amounts due under Section 49.3182 not later than:
               (1)  the 20th day after the date on which the order was
  adopted; or
               (2)  the expiration of a period not to exceed 30 days
  after the date on which the order was adopted as ordered by the
  board.
         Sec. 49.3187.  NOTICE AND HEARING. (a)  If the deposit is
  made within the time provided by Section 49.3186, the board shall
  order a public hearing to be held on the application at the regular
  office of the district not less than 15 or more than 30 days after
  the date of the hearing order.
         (b)  The board shall have notice of the hearing posted in a
  conspicuous place in the office of the district and at the
  courthouse of the county in which the property proposed to be
  excluded is situated.
         Sec. 49.3188.  RESOLUTION EXCLUDING URBAN PROPERTY OR
  REJECTING APPLICATION; EFFECTS OF EXCLUSION.  (a)  If, as a result
  of a hearing ordered under Section 49.3187, the board finds that the
  owners of a majority in acreage of the urban property do not desire
  irrigation of that property or that the urban property is not used
  or intended to be used for agricultural purposes, the board shall
  adopt a resolution setting forth those findings and excluding the
  urban property or the part of the urban property as to which the
  findings are made.
         (b)  If any canals, ditches, pipelines, pumps, or other
  facilities of the district are located on land excluded under the
  resolution, the exclusion does not affect or interfere with any
  district rights to maintain and continue operation of the
  facilities as located to service land remaining in the district.
         (c)  A copy of the resolution excluding urban property from
  the district certified to and acknowledged by the secretary of the
  board must be recorded by the district in the deed records of the
  county in which the excluded property is located as evidence of the
  exclusion.
         (d)  On the passage of the resolution:
               (1)  the property excluded does not constitute a part
  of the district; and
               (2)  the owner of the excluded property:
                     (A)  has no further liability to the district or
  for any bonded or other indebtedness of the district; and
                     (B)  is not subject to further taxation by the
  district.
         (e)  If the board determines from the hearing that for any
  reason the application should not be granted, the board shall adopt
  a resolution rejecting the application, and the deposit made by the
  applicant is subject to withdrawal by the applicant or on the
  board's order.
         Sec. 49.3189.  CONVERSION OF WATER RIGHTS. After a district
  excludes land from the district's territory under this subchapter,
  the municipality or other municipal supplier that proposes to serve
  the land with a potable water supply may petition the district to
  convert the proportionate water rights previously allocated for the
  land from irrigation use rights to municipal use rights for the use
  and benefit of the municipality or other municipal supplier.  The
  district shall compute the proportionate water rights available and
  shall initiate administrative proceedings to convert the
  irrigation use rights to municipal use rights.  Before the district
  is obligated to initiate the administrative proceedings, the
  municipality or other municipal supplier must deposit with the
  district the amount that the district estimates the district will
  incur as reasonable expenses and attorney's fees in those
  proceedings.  On approval of the conversion by the commission, the
  district shall deliver the water to the municipality or other
  municipal supplier in the manner those entities may agree to under
  this code.
         (b)  Chapter 707 (H.B. 993), Acts of the 69th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1985 (Article 973c, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 19.006.  Article 974d-45, Revised Statutes, is
  repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.007.  (a) Chapter 199, Transportation Code, is
  amended to codify Chapter 181 (H.B. 871), Acts of the 69th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (Article 1182k, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), by adding Section 199.002 to read as follows:
         Sec. 199.002.  RAILROAD FUNCTIONS AS PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENTAL
  FUNCTIONS. (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Railroad" means an enterprise created and
  operated to carry passengers, freight, or both on a fixed track.
  The term includes all real estate and interests in real estate,
  equipment, machinery, materials, structures, buildings, stations,
  facilities, and other improvements that are necessary to, or for
  the benefit of, the enterprise.
               (2)  "Municipality" means a home-rule municipality.
         (b)  The planning, acquisition, establishment, development,
  construction, enlarging, improvement, maintenance, equipping,
  operation, regulation, protection, policing, leasing, and
  alienation of a railroad or railroad facility by a municipality or
  other public agency, separately or jointly exercised:
               (1)  are declared to be public and governmental
  functions that are exercised for a public purpose and matters of
  public necessity; and
               (2)  in the case of a municipality, are declared to be
  municipal functions and purposes as well as public and
  governmental.
         (c)  All land and other property and privileges acquired and
  used by or on behalf of a municipality or other public agency for
  railroad purposes:
               (1)  are declared to be acquired for public and
  governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity; and
               (2)  in the case of a municipality, are declared to be
  acquired for a municipal purpose.
         (d)  This section does not confer or convey governmental
  immunity or any other limitation of liability to any entity that is
  not a governmental entity, governmental authority, or public
  agency, or a subdivision of a governmental entity, governmental
  authority, or public agency.
         (b)  Chapter 181 (H.B. 871), Acts of the 69th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1985 (Article 1182k, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 19.008.  Chapter 4 (S.B. 455), page 689, General
  Laws, Acts of the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, 1939 (Article
  2603c1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.009.  Chapter 404 (H.B. 768), Acts of the 47th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 2603c2, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.010.  Section 2, Chapter 3 (S.B. 2), Acts of the
  62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2619b, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as no longer necessary because
  Pan American University was transferred to The University of Texas
  System and renamed by Chapter 181 (S.B. 47), Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989.
         SECTION 19.011.  Chapter 357 (S.B. 319), Acts of the 64th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 4413(32e), Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.012.  Chapter 672 (H.B. 1880), Acts of the 65th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1977 (Article 4413(42a), Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.013.  Article 2, Chapter 4 (S.B. 3), Acts of the
  72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991 (Article 4413(56a),
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.014.  Chapter 685 (H.B. 235), Acts of the 60th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1967 (Article 4413d-3, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed because a portion was revised in
  1975 as Section 12.010, Parks and Wildlife Code, and the remainder
  is obsolete.
         SECTION 19.015.  (a)  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government
  Code, is amended to codify Section 26, Chapter 1027 (H.B. 18), Acts
  of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 4438g,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by adding Section 531.02193 to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 531.02193.  CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON MEDICAID
  REIMBURSEMENT OF RURAL HEALTH CLINICS PROHIBITED. The commission
  may not impose any condition on the reimbursement of a rural health
  clinic under the Medicaid program if the condition is more
  stringent than the conditions imposed by the Rural Health Clinic
  Services Act of 1977 (Pub. L. No. 95-210) or the laws of this state
  regulating the practice of medicine, pharmacy, or professional
  nursing.
         (b)  Section 26, Chapter 1027 (H.B. 18), Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 4438g, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 19.016.  Article 5311b, Revised Statutes, is
  repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.017.  Chapter 128 (S.B. 108), Acts of the 53rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article 5382b-1, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.018.  Chapter 399 (S.B. 238), Acts of the 57th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1961 (Article 5421c-9, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.019.  The following provisions are repealed as
  executed:
               (1)  Chapter 37 (H.B. 12), Acts of the 43rd
  Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1934 (Article 5421f, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes); and
               (2)  Section 1, Chapter 191 (H.B. 56), Acts of the 47th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 5421f-1, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes).
         SECTION 19.020.  Chapter 280 (S.B. 374), Acts of the 54th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1955 (Article 5421o, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.021.  (a)  Sections 11(b), (c), and (d), Chapter
  141, Acts of the 66th Legislature, Regular Session, 1979 (Article
  5920-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are repealed as executed.
         (b)  The headings to Sections 6, 11, and 21, Chapter 141,
  Acts of the 66th Legislature, Regular Session, 1979 (Article
  5920-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are repealed as
  unnecessary.
         SECTION 19.022.  Chapter 292 (H.B. 685), Acts of the 54th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1955 (Article 6070f, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), is repealed as executed.
         SECTION 19.023.  Chapter 466 (H.B. 1910), Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 6701j-2, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed because it was revised in 2003 as
  Section 1001.106, Education Code.
         SECTION 19.024.  (a)  Subchapter Z, Chapter 2175,
  Government Code, is amended to codify Article 9023d, Revised
  Statutes, by adding Section 2175.907 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2175.907.  DISPOSAL OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT BY CHARITABLE
  ORGANIZATION. (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Computer equipment" includes computers,
  telecommunications devices and systems, automated information
  systems, and peripheral devices and hardware that are necessary to
  the efficient installation and operation of that equipment, but
  does not include computer software.
               (2)  "Charitable organization" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 84.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), a
  charitable organization that expends funds received from the state,
  whether by appropriation, grant, or otherwise, to purchase computer
  equipment may not dispose of or discard the equipment before the
  fourth anniversary of the date the organization purchased the
  equipment.
         (c)  This section does not prohibit:
               (1)  the sale or trade of computer equipment; or
               (2)  the disposal of equipment that is not operational.
         (d)  A charitable organization may dispose of computer
  equipment purchased with state funds within the four-year period
  after the date of purchase by donating the equipment to another
  charitable organization.
         (e)  This section applies only to computer equipment that a
  charitable organization purchases for at least $500.
         (f)  The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this
  section.
         (b)  Article 9023d, Revised Statutes, is repealed.
  ARTICLE 20.  CHANGES RELATING TO THE ESTATES CODE AND
  CODIFICATION OF THE TEXAS PROBATE CODE
         SECTION 20.001.  Section 15.007, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 15.007.  CONFLICT WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
  Notwithstanding Sections 15.004, 15.005, and 15.031, to the extent
  that venue under this chapter for a suit by or against an executor,
  administrator, or guardian as such, for personal injury, death, or
  property damage conflicts with venue provisions under the Estates
  [Texas Probate] Code, this chapter controls.
         SECTION 20.002.  Section 21.001(b), Estates Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Consistent with the objectives of the statutory
  revision program, the purpose of this code[, except Subtitle X,
  Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3,] is to make the law
  encompassed by this code[, except Subtitle X, Title 2, and
  Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3,] more accessible and understandable by:
               (1)  rearranging the statutes into a more logical
  order;
               (2)  employing a format and numbering system designed
  to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future
  expansion of the law;
               (3)  eliminating repealed, duplicative,
  unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective
  provisions; and
               (4)  restating the law in modern American English to
  the greatest extent possible.
         SECTION 20.003.  Section 21.002, Estates Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.002.  CONSTRUCTION. [(a)]  Except as provided by
  [this section,] Section 22.027[,] or [Section] 1002.023, Chapter
  311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the
  construction of a provision of this code.
         [(b)     Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act),
  does not apply to the construction of a provision of Subtitle X,
  Title 2, or Subtitle Y or Z, Title 3.]
         SECTION 20.004.  Section 21.003, Estates Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.003.  STATUTORY REFERENCES. [(a)]  A reference in a
  law other than in this code to a statute or a part of a statute
  revised by[, or redesignated as part of,] this code is considered to
  be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or
  part of that statute [or contains the redesignated statute or part
  of the statute, as applicable].
         [(b)     A reference in Subtitle X, Title 2, or Subtitle Y or Z,
  Title 3, to a chapter, a part, a subpart, a section, or any portion
  of a section "of this code" is a reference to the chapter, part,
  subpart, section, or portion of a section as redesignated in the
  Estates Code, except that:
               [(1)     a reference in Subtitle X, Title 2, or Subtitle Y
  or Z, Title 3, to Chapter I is a reference to Chapter I, Estates
  Code, and to the revision of sections derived from Chapter I, Texas
  Probate Code, and any reenactments and amendments to those
  sections; and
               [(2)     a reference in Subtitle X, Title 2, or Subtitle Y
  or Z, Title 3, to a chapter, part, subpart, section, or portion of a
  section that does not exist in the Estates Code is a reference to
  the revision or redesignation of the corresponding chapter, part,
  subpart, section, or portion of a section of the Texas Probate Code
  and any reenactments or amendments.]
         SECTION 20.005.  Section 21.005, Estates Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.005.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.  
  [(a)     Notwithstanding Section 21.002(b) of this code and Section
  311.002, Government Code:
               [(1)     Section 311.032(c), Government Code, applies to
  Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3; and
               [(2)     Sections 311.005(4) and 311.012(b) and (c),
  Government Code, apply to Subtitle X, Title 2, and Subtitles Y and
  Z, Title 3.
         [(b)]  Chapter 132, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, does
  not apply to Subchapter C, Chapter 251.
         SECTION 20.006.  Section 34.001(b), Estates Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle,
  Title 1, [Subtitle X, Title 2,] Chapter 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, or 151,
  or Section 351.001, 351.002, 351.053, 351.352, 351.353, 351.354, or
  351.355, the proper venue for an action by or against a personal
  representative for personal injury, death, or property damages is
  determined under Section 15.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
         SECTION 20.007.  Section 1021.001(a), Estates Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is
  no statutory probate court, a matter related to a guardianship
  proceeding includes:
               (1)  the granting of letters of guardianship;
               (2)  the settling of an account of a guardian and all
  other matters relating to the settlement, partition, or
  distribution of a ward's estate;
               (3)  a claim brought by or against a guardianship
  estate;
               (4)  an action for trial of title to real property that
  is guardianship estate property, including the enforcement of a
  lien against the property;
               (5)  an action for trial of the right of property that
  is guardianship estate property;
               (6)  after a guardianship of the estate of a ward is
  required to be settled as provided by Section 1204.001:
                     (A)  an action brought by or on behalf of the
  former ward against a former guardian of the ward for alleged
  misconduct arising from the performance of the person's duties as
  guardian;
                     (B)  an action calling on the surety of a guardian
  or former guardian to perform in place of the guardian or former
  guardian, which may include the award of a judgment against the
  guardian or former guardian in favor of the surety;
                     (C)  an action against a former guardian of the
  former ward that is brought by a surety that is called on to perform
  in place of the former guardian;
                     (D)  a claim for the payment of compensation,
  expenses, and court costs, and any other matter authorized under
  Chapter 1155 [and Subpart H, Part 2, Subtitle Z]; and
                     (E)  a matter related to an authorization made or
  duty performed by a guardian under Chapter 1204; and
               (7)  the appointment of a trustee for a trust created
  under Section 1301.053 or 1301.054, the settling of an account of
  the trustee, and all other matters relating to the trust.
         SECTION 20.008.  Sections 34.306(a), (b), and (c), Finance
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and Chapters 112
  and 113, Estates [Chapter XI, Probate] Code, a bank may accept and
  administer a deposit account:
               (1)  that is opened with the bank by one or more persons
  expressly as a trustee for one or more other named persons; and
               (2)  for which further notice of the existence and
  terms of a trust is not given in writing to the bank.
         (b)  For a deposit account that is opened with a bank by one
  or more persons expressly as a trustee for one or more other named
  persons under or purporting to be under a written trust agreement,
  the trustee may provide the bank with a certificate of trust to
  evidence the trust relationship. The certificate must be an
  affidavit of the trustee and must include the effective date of the
  trust, the name of the trustee, the name of or method for choosing
  successor trustees, the name and address of each beneficiary, the
  authority granted to the trustee, the disposition of the account on
  the death of the trustee or the survivor of two or more trustees,
  other information required by the bank, and an indemnification of
  the bank. The bank may accept and administer the account, subject
  to Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and Chapters 112 and 113, Estates
  [Chapter XI, Probate] Code, in accordance with the certificate of
  trust without requiring a copy of the trust agreement. The bank is
  not liable for administering the account as provided by the
  certificate of trust, even if the certificate of trust is contrary
  to the terms of the trust agreement, unless the bank has actual
  knowledge of the terms of the trust agreement.
         (c)  On the death of the trustee or of the survivor of two or
  more trustees, the bank may pay all or part of the withdrawal value
  of the account with interest as provided by the certificate of
  trust. If the trustee did not deliver a certificate of trust, the
  bank's right to treat the account as owned by a trustee ceases on
  the death of the trustee. On the death of the trustee or of the
  survivor of two or more trustees, the bank, unless the certificate
  of trust provides otherwise, shall pay the withdrawal value of the
  account with interest in equal shares to the persons who survived
  the trustee, are named as beneficiaries in the certificate of
  trust, and can be located by the bank from its own records. If there
  is not a certificate of trust, payment of the withdrawal value and
  interest shall be made as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and
  Chapters 112 and 113, Estates [Chapter XI, Probate] Code. Any
  payment made under this section for all or part of the withdrawal
  value and interest discharges any liability of the bank to the
  extent of the payment. The bank may pay all or part of the
  withdrawal value and interest in the manner provided by this
  section, regardless of whether it has knowledge of a competing
  claim, unless the bank receives actual knowledge that payment has
  been restrained by court order.
         SECTION 20.009.  Section 34.307(c), Finance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A bank may not exercise its right of set-off under this
  section against an account unless the account is due the depositor
  in the same capacity as the defaulted credit obligation. A trust
  account for which a depositor is trustee, including a trustee under
  a certificate of trust delivered under Section 34.306(b), is not
  subject to the right of set-off under this section unless the trust
  relationship is solely evidenced by the account card as provided by
  Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and Chapters 112 and 113, Estates
  [Chapter XI, Probate] Code.
         SECTION 20.010.  Section 59.105, Finance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 59.105.  EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER ON OTHER LAW. This
  subchapter does not affect Chapter 151, Estates [Sections 36B-36F,
  Texas Probate] Code, or another statute of this state governing
  safe deposit boxes.
         SECTION 20.011.  Section 95.011, Finance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 95.011.  APPLICABILITY OF ESTATES [PROBATE] CODE. The
  applicable provisions of Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and Chapters
  112 and 113, Estates [Chapter XI, Texas Probate] Code, govern
  deposit accounts held in a savings bank.
         SECTION 20.012.  Section 123.207, Finance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 123.207.  FIDUCIARY POWERS. A credit union may:
               (1)  act, under court order or appointment, as
  guardian, receiver, trustee, executor, or administrator without
  giving bond;
               (2)  receive an investment from a person acting as a
  guardian, receiver, trustee, executor, or administrator under the
  Estates [Texas Probate] Code or Subtitle B, Title 9, Property Code;
               (3)  act as depository for money paid to a court or
  constituting the estate of a deceased person, a minor, or an
  incompetent;
               (4)  accept, execute, and administer a trust as
  trustee;
               (5)  accept funds or money for deposit by a fiduciary,
  trustee, receiver, guardian, executor, or administrator; or
               (6)  act as custodian or trustee of a pension or
  profit-sharing plan, including an individual retirement account or
  a pension fund of a self-employed individual or of the sponsor of a
  credit union.
         SECTION 20.013.  Section 125.001, Finance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 125.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "multiple-party
  account" has the meaning assigned by Section 113.004, Estates [436,
  Texas Probate] Code, except that the term includes an account in
  which one or more of the parties is an organization, association,
  corporation, or partnership.
         SECTION 20.014.  Section 125.308(a), Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The death of a trustee does not affect the ownership or
  disposition of a trust account unless:
               (1)  the trust agreement provides otherwise; or
               (2)  there is not a surviving trustee, and:
                     (A)  the account is a trust account subject to
  Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and Chapters 112 and 113, Estates
  [Chapter XI, Texas Probate] Code; or
                     (B)  written evidence of the terms of the trust
  does not exist.
         SECTION 20.015.  Section 125.504(a), Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, Sections
  125.505 through 125.507, Chapter 151, Estates [Sections 36B through
  36F, Texas Probate] Code, or other law, a credit union may not
  relocate a safe deposit box rented for a term of six months or
  longer if the box rental is not delinquent or may not open the box to
  relocate its contents to another location, unless:
               (1)  the lessee is present when the box is opened or
  relocated; or
               (2)  the lessee has given the credit union written
  authorization to relocate the box or to open the box for purposes of
  relocation.
         SECTION 20.016.  Section 182.020(b), Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A foreign corporation or other entity chartered or
  domiciled in another jurisdiction as a trust company or depository
  institution with trust powers may act as a trustee in this state
  only as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 505, Estates [Section
  105A, Texas Probate] Code.
         SECTION 20.017.  Section 187.002(b), Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a trust institution
  that does not maintain a principal office, branch, or trust office
  in this state may act as a fiduciary in this state to the extent
  permitted by Subchapter A, Chapter 505, Estates [Section 105A,
  Probate] Code.
         SECTION 20.018.  Section 187.201(a), Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An out-of-state trust institution may establish a
  representative trust office as permitted by this subchapter to:
               (1)  solicit, but not accept, fiduciary appointments;
               (2)  act as a fiduciary in this state to the extent
  permitted for a foreign corporate fiduciary by Subchapter A,
  Chapter 505, Estates [Section 105A, Probate] Code;
               (3)  perform ministerial duties with respect to
  existing clients and accounts of the trust institution;
               (4)  engage in an activity permitted by Section
  182.021; and
               (5)  to the extent the office is not acting as a
  fiduciary:
                     (A)  receive for safekeeping personal property of
  every description;
                     (B)  act as assignee, bailee, conservator,
  custodian, escrow agent, registrar, receiver, or transfer agent;
  and
                     (C)  act as financial advisor, investment advisor
  or manager, agent, or attorney-in-fact in any agreed capacity.
         SECTION 20.019.  Section 274.113(a), Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An action under this subchapter for a fiduciary account
  resulting from a decedent's estate or guardianship must be brought
  in the county provided for by the Estates [Texas Probate] Code with
  respect to the probate of a will, issuance of letters testamentary
  or of administration, administration of a decedent's estate,
  appointment of a guardian, and administration of a guardianship.
         SECTION 20.020.  Section 74.098(b), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The court may appoint an attorney included on the list
  whose name does not appear first on the list or an attorney not
  included on the list if the appointment of that attorney as attorney
  ad litem is:
               (1)  required on a complex matter because the attorney
  possesses relevant specialized education, training, certification,
  or skill;
               (2)  made pursuant to the Family Code, Health and
  Safety Code, Human Resources Code, Texas Trust Code (Subtitle B,
  Title 9, Property Code), or Estates [Texas Probate] Code; or
               (3)  agreed on by the parties and approved by the court.
         SECTION 20.021.  Section 118.056, Local Government Code, as
  amended by Chapter 66 (H.B. 1136), Acts of the 76th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1999, is amended by amending Subsection (d), as
  added by Chapter 399 (H.B. 819), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2007, to read as follows:
         (d)  The fee for filing an inventory and appraisement under
  Section 118.052(2)(B)(i) applies only if the instrument is filed
  after the 90th day after the date the personal representative has
  qualified to serve or, if the court grants an extension under
  Section 309.051, Estates [250, Texas Probate] Code, after the date
  of the extended deadline specified by the court.
         SECTION 20.022.  Section 118.067(a), Local Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The "supplemental court-initiated guardianship fee"
  under Section 118.052(2)(E) is for the support of the judiciary in
  guardianships initiated under Chapter 1102, Estates [Section 683,
  Texas Probate] Code.  Fees collected under Section 118.052(2)(E)
  shall be deposited in a court-initiated guardianship fund in the
  county treasury and may be used only to supplement, rather than
  supplant, other available county funds used to:
               (1)  pay the compensation of a guardian ad litem
  appointed by a court under Section 1102.001, Estates [683, Texas
  Probate] Code;
               (2)  pay the compensation of an attorney ad litem
  appointed by a court to represent a proposed ward in a guardianship
  proceeding initiated under Chapter 1102, Estates [Section 683,
  Texas Probate] Code; and
               (3)  fund local guardianship programs that provide
  guardians for indigent incapacitated persons who do not have family
  members suitable and willing to serve as guardians.
         SECTION 20.023.  The following are repealed:
               (1)  Section 21.001(c), Estates Code;
               (2)  the heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 255, Estates
  Code;
               (3)  Subtitle X, Title 2, Estates Code; and
               (4)  Subtitles Y and Z, Title 3, Estates Code.
  ARTICLE 21.  REDESIGNATIONS
         SECTION 21.001.  The following provisions of enacted codes
  are redesignated to eliminate duplicate citations or to relocate
  misplaced provisions:
               (1)  Subdivision (26), Section 1.04, Alcoholic
  Beverage Code, as added by Chapter 1190 (S.B. 1090), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as
  Subdivision (28), Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
               (2)  Section 14.05, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as added
  by Chapter 195 (S.B. 642), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 14.06, Alcoholic Beverage
  Code.
               (3)  Section 105.081, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as added
  by Chapter 535 (S.B. 518), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 105.082, Alcoholic
  Beverage Code.
               (4)  Chapter 109, Business & Commerce Code, as added by
  Chapter 1013 (H.B. 2539), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Chapter 110, Business & Commerce
  Code, and Sections 109.001, 109.002, and 109.003, Business &
  Commerce Code, as added by that Act, are redesignated as Sections
  110.001, 110.002, and 110.003, Business & Commerce Code,
  respectively.
               (5)  Chapter 140, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as
  added by Chapter 1066 (H.B. 3241), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Chapter 140A, Civil
  Practice and Remedies Code, and Sections 140.001, 140.002, 140.003,
  140.004, 140.005, 140.006, 140.007, 140.008, 140.009, 140.010,
  140.011, 140.012, and 140.013, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as
  added by that Act, are redesignated as Sections 140A.001, 140A.002,
  140A.003, 140A.004, 140A.005, 140A.006, 140A.007, 140A.008,
  140A.009, 140A.010, 140A.011, 140A.012, and 140A.013, Civil
  Practice and Remedies Code, respectively.
               (6)  Subsection (a-1), Article 63.009, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as added by Chapter 571 (S.B. 742), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection
  (a-3), Article 63.009, Code of Criminal Procedure.
               (7)  Section 7.064, Education Code, as added by Chapter
  1282 (H.B. 2012), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session,
  2013, is redesignated as Section 7.065, Education Code.
               (8)  Subsection (e), Section 21.044, Education Code, as
  added by Chapter 1282 (H.B. 2012), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (g), Section
  21.044, Education Code.
               (9)  Subsection (d), Section 21.054, Education Code, as
  added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (g), Section
  21.054, Education Code.
               (10)  Section 39.038, Education Code, as added by
  Chapter 1279 (H.B. 1675), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 39.040, Education Code.
               (11)  Section 39.0545, Education Code, as added by
  Chapter 167 (S.B. 1538), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 39.0548, Education Code.
               (12)  Section 39.084, Education Code, as added by
  Chapter 895 (H.B. 3), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, is transferred to Subchapter A, Chapter 44,
  Education Code, and redesignated as Section 44.0051, Education
  Code.
               (13)  Subsection (d), Section 51.406, Education Code,
  as added by Chapter 1312 (S.B. 59), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (e), Section
  51.406, Education Code.
               (14)  Section 56.009, Education Code, as added by
  Chapter 1155 (S.B. 215), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 56.0091, Education Code.
               (15)  Subchapter II, Chapter 61, Education Code, as
  added by Chapter 983 (H.B. 2099), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter JJ, Chapter
  61, Education Code.
               (16)  Subchapter II, Chapter 61, Education Code, as
  added by Chapter 1229 (S.B. 1720), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter KK, Chapter
  61, Education Code.
               (17)  Section 54.04011, Family Code, as added by
  Chapter 186 (S.B. 92), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 54.04012, Family Code.
               (18)  Subsection (g), Section 264.121, Family Code, as
  added by Chapter 342 (H.B. 2111), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (h), Section
  264.121, Family Code.
               (19)  Section 264.124, Family Code, as added by Chapter
  444 (S.B. 769), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session,
  2013, is redesignated as Section 264.125, Family Code.
               (20)  Section 72.031, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1249 (S.B. 1908), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 72.032, Government Code.
               (21)  Subtitle K, Title 2, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 42 (S.B. 966), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subtitle L, Title 2, Government
  Code.
               (22)  Subsection (e), Section 411.185, Government
  Code, as added by Chapter 665 (H.B. 1349), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection
  (g), Section 411.185, Government Code.
               (23)  Section 442.028, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 376 (H.B. 3211), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 442.029, Government Code.
               (24)  Section 501.023, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 261 (H.B. 634), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 501.024, Government Code.
               (25)  Subsection (e), Section 508.281, Government
  Code, as added by Chapter 1154 (S.B. 213), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection
  (f), Section 508.281, Government Code.
               (26)  Subdivision (7), Section 551.001, Government
  Code, as added by Chapter 685 (H.B. 2414), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subdivision
  (8), Section 551.001, Government Code.
               (27)  Section 662.056, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 51 (H.B. 419), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 662.057, Government Code.
               (28)  Section 791.035, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1211 (S.B. 1411), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 791.036, Government Code.
               (29)  Subchapter O, Chapter 2054, Government Code, as
  added by Chapter 32 (S.B. 1102), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter N-1, Chapter
  2054, Government Code, and Sections 2054.551, 2054.552, 2054.553,
  and 2054.554, Government Code, as added by that Act, are
  redesignated as Sections 2054.511, 2054.512, 2054.513, and
  2054.514, Government Code, respectively.
               (30)  Section 2267.005, Government Code, as added by
  Chapters 713 (H.B. 3436) and 1339 (S.B. 894), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section
  2267.007, Government Code.
               (31)  Chapter 169A, Health and Safety Code, is
  transferred to Subtitle K, Title 2, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 747 (S.B. 462), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, and redesignated as Chapter 126, Government Code,
  and Sections 169A.001, 169A.002, 169A.0025, 169A.003, 169A.004,
  169A.005, 169A.0055, and 169A.006, Health and Safety Code, are
  redesignated as Sections 126.001, 126.002, 126.003, 126.004,
  126.005, 126.006, 126.007, and 126.008, Government Code,
  respectively.
               (32)  Subchapter H, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
  Code, as added by Chapter 917 (H.B. 1376), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter
  I, Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, and Sections 241.181,
  241.182, 241.183, and 241.184, Health and Safety Code, as added by
  that Act, are redesignated as Sections 241.201, 241.202, 241.203,
  and 241.204, Health and Safety Code, respectively.
               (33)  Subsection (g), Section 573.001, Health and
  Safety Code, as added by Chapter 776 (S.B. 1189), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection
  (h), Section 573.001, Health and Safety Code.
               (34)  Section 1001.078, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by Chapters 1147 (S.B. 126) and 1143 (S.B. 58), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section
  1001.084, Health and Safety Code.
               (35)  Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
  Code, as added by Chapter 352 (H.B. 2392), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter
  I, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, and Sections 1001.201,
  1001.202, 1001.203, and 1001.204, Health and Safety Code, as added
  by that Act, are redesignated as Sections 1001.221, 1001.222,
  1001.223, and 1001.224, Health and Safety Code, respectively.
               (36)  Section 152.0016, Human Resources Code, as added
  by Chapter 186 (S.B. 92), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 152.0017, Human Resources
  Code.
               (37)  Subsection (f), Section 1355.015, Insurance
  Code, as added by Chapter 1359 (S.B. 1484), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection
  (g), Section 1355.015, Insurance Code.
               (38)  Subchapter F, Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, as
  added by Chapter 1328 (S.B. 644), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter G, Chapter
  1369, Insurance Code, and Sections 1369.251, 1369.252, 1369.253,
  1369.254, 1369.255, and 1369.256, Insurance Code, as added by that
  Act, are redesignated as Sections 1369.301, 1369.302, 1369.303,
  1369.304, 1369.305, and 1369.306, Insurance Code, respectively.
               (39)  Subsection (a-1), Section 204.022, Labor Code, as
  added by Chapter 888 (H.B. 916), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (a-2), Section
  204.022, Labor Code.
               (40)  Section 379C.014, Local Government Code, as added
  by Chapter 1085 (H.B. 3447), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 379C.015, Local
  Government Code.
               (41)  Chapter 385, Local Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1204 (H.B. 3647), Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2001, is transferred to Subtitle C, Title 4, Special
  District Local Laws Code, and redesignated as Chapter 3875, Special
  District Local Laws Code, and Sections 385.001, 385.002, 385.003,
  385.004, 385.005, 385.006, 385.031, 385.032, 385.033, 385.034,
  385.035, 385.036, 385.037, 385.038, 385.039, 385.040, 385.071,
  385.072, 385.073, 385.074, 385.075, 385.076, 385.077, 385.078,
  385.079, 385.080, 385.111, 385.112, 385.113, 385.114, 385.115,
  385.131, 385.132, and 385.133, Local Government Code, as added by
  that Act, are redesignated as Sections 3875.001, 3875.002,
  3875.003, 3875.004, 3875.005, 3875.006, 3875.031, 3875.032,
  3875.033, 3875.034, 3875.035, 3875.036, 3875.037, 3875.038,
  3875.039, 3875.040, 3875.071, 3875.072, 3875.073, 3875.074,
  3875.075, 3875.076, 3875.077, 3875.078, 3875.079, 3875.080,
  3875.111, 3875.112, 3875.113, 3875.114, 3875.115, 3875.131,
  3875.132, and 3875.133, Special District Local Laws Code,
  respectively.
               (42)  Section 501.163, Local Government Code, as added
  by Chapter 1295 (H.B. 2473), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 501.164, Local Government
  Code.
               (43)  Section 55.005, Occupations Code, as added by
  Chapter 348 (H.B. 2254), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 55.008, Occupations Code.
               (44)  Section 11.132, Tax Code, as added by Chapter 138
  (S.B. 163), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  redesignated as Section 11.133, Tax Code.
               (45)  Subsection (b), Section 33.04, Tax Code, as added
  by Chapter 935 (H.B. 1597), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (b-1), Section 33.04,
  Tax Code.
               (46)  Sections 171.651 and 171.652, Tax Code, as added
  by Chapter 1109 (H.B. 469), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, and transferred, redesignated, and amended by
  Chapter 1003 (H.B. 2446), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, are redesignated as Sections 171.601 and 171.602,
  Tax Code, respectively.
               (47)  Section 313.010, Tax Code, as added by Chapter
  1274 (H.B. 1223), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session,
  2013, is redesignated as Section 313.009, Tax Code.
               (48)  Section 225.091, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 14 (S.B. 139), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.093, Transportation
  Code.
               (49)  Section 225.091, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 725 (H.B. 3946), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.094, Transportation
  Code.
               (50)  Section 225.091, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 177 (H.B. 1238), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.096, Transportation
  Code.
               (51)  Section 225.091, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 281 (H.B. 938), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.097, Transportation
  Code.
               (52)  Section 225.091, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 248 (H.B. 442), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.098, Transportation
  Code.
               (53)  Section 225.091, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 233 (H.B. 250), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.099, Transportation
  Code.
               (54)  Section 225.092, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 1110 (H.B. 3831), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.100, Transportation
  Code.
               (55)  Section 225.092, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 999 (H.B. 2356), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 225.101, Transportation
  Code.
               (56)  Section 504.663, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 1102 (H.B. 3677), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 504.664, Transportation
  Code.
               (57)  Section 504.946, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 809 (S.B. 1757), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 504.9465, Transportation
  Code.
               (58)  Section 521.008, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 1233 (S.B. 1729), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 521.009, Transportation
  Code.
               (59)  Section 521.008, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 868 (H.B. 633), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section 521.010, Transportation
  Code.
               (60)  Subsection (l), Section 521.126, Transportation
  Code, as added by Chapter 67 (S.B. 166), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection
  (m), Section 521.126, Transportation Code.
               (61)  Subchapter Q, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
  as added by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subchapter S, Chapter
  623, Transportation Code, and Sections 623.320, 623.321, 623.322,
  623.323, 623.324, 623.325, 623.326, 623.327, and 623.328,
  Transportation Code, as added by that Act, are redesignated as
  Sections 623.361, 623.362, 623.363, 623.364, 623.365, 623.366,
  623.367, 623.368, and 623.369, Transportation Code, respectively.
               (62)  Subsection (m), Section 49.351, Water Code, as
  added by Chapter 991 (H.B. 2152), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Subsection (n), Section
  49.351, Water Code.
         SECTION 21.002.  The following changes are made to conform
  the provisions amended to the redesignating changes made by Section
  21.001 of this Act and to correct cross-references:
               (1)  Subdivision (5), Section 140A.001, Civil Practice
  and Remedies Code, as redesignated from Subdivision (5), Section
  140.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, by Section 21.001 of
  this Act, is amended to read as follows:
               (5)  "Racketeering" means an act described by Section
  140A.002 [140.002].
               (2)  Subsection (a), Section 140A.010, Civil Practice
  and Remedies Code, as redesignated from Subsection (a), Section
  140.010, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, by Section 21.001 of
  this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
  county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction that receives
  notice under Section 140A.009 [140.009] may notify the attorney
  general of a related pending criminal investigation or prosecution.
               (3)  Section 140A.011, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, as redesignated from Section 140.011, Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 140A.011 [140.011].  ABATEMENT OF SUIT.  If the
  district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney
  with felony criminal jurisdiction determines that a suit brought
  under this chapter would interfere with an ongoing criminal
  investigation or prosecution after notifying the attorney general
  of the investigation or prosecution under Section 140A.010
  [140.010], the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
  county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction may request, in
  writing, that the attorney general abate the suit.  On receipt of
  this request, the attorney general shall abate the suit.
               (4)  Subsection (b), Section 61.5391, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Money in the account may not be appropriated for any
  purpose except:
               (1)  to provide loan repayment assistance to eligible
  physicians under this subchapter; or
               (2)  to provide loan repayment assistance under
  Subchapter JJ [II] if reallocated under Section 61.9826.
               (5)  Subsection (b), Section 54.0326, Family Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A juvenile court may defer adjudication proceedings
  under Section 54.03 until the child's 18th birthday and require a
  child to participate in a program established under Section
  152.0017 [152.0016], Human Resources Code, if the child:
               (1)  is alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct
  or conduct indicating a need for supervision and may be a victim of
  conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal
  Code; and
               (2)  presents to the court an oral or written request to
  participate in the program.
               (6)  Subsection (b), Section 54.04012, Family Code, as
  redesignated from Subsection (b), Section 54.04011, Family Code, by
  Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A juvenile court may require a child adjudicated to have
  engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for
  supervision and who is believed to be a victim of conduct that
  constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code, to
  participate in a program established under Section 152.0017
  [152.0016], Human Resources Code.
               (7)   Subsection (c-7), Section 58.003, Family Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c-7)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) and subject
  to Subsection (b), a juvenile court may order the sealing of records
  concerning a child found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or
  conduct indicating a need for supervision or taken into custody to
  determine whether the child engaged in delinquent conduct or
  conduct indicating a need for supervision if the child successfully
  completed a trafficked persons program under Section 152.0017
  [152.0016], Human Resources Code.  The court may:
               (1)  order the sealing of the records immediately and
  without a hearing; or
               (2)  hold a hearing to determine whether to seal the
  records.
               (8)  Subsection (c), Section 126.005, Government Code,
  as redesignated from Subsection (c), Section 169A.004, Health and
  Safety Code, by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (c)  A legislative committee may require a county that does
  not establish a prostitution prevention program under this chapter
  due to a lack of sufficient funding, as provided by Section
  126.007(c) [169A.0055(c)], to provide the committee with any
  documentation in the county's possession that concerns federal or
  state funding received by the county.
               (9)  Subsection (d-1), Section 403.302, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  For purposes of Subsection (d), a residence homestead
  that receives an exemption under Section 11.131 or 11.133 [11.132],
  Tax Code, in the year that is the subject of the study is not
  considered to be taxable property.
               (10)  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 411.1408,
  Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission is entitled to obtain from the department
  criminal history record information maintained by the department
  that relates to a person who is an applicant for or the holder of a
  certificate, registration, or license issued by the commission or
  otherwise under Subtitle L [K], Title 2.
         (c)  Criminal history record information obtained by the
  commission under Subsection (b):
               (1)  may be used by the commission for any purpose
  related to the issuance, denial, suspension, revocation, or renewal
  of a certificate, registration, or license issued by the commission
  or otherwise under Subtitle L [K], Title 2;
               (2)  may not be released or disclosed to any person
  except:
                     (A)  on court order;
                     (B)  with the consent of the person who is the
  subject of the information; or
                     (C)  as authorized by Section 411.1386(a-6) of
  this code or Section 1104.404, Estates [698(a-6), Texas Probate]
  Code, if applicable; and
               (3)  shall be destroyed by the commission after the
  information is used for the authorized purposes.
               (11)  Subsection (a), Section 434.017, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in
  the state treasury outside the general revenue fund.  The fund is
  composed of:
               (1)  money transferred to the fund at the direction of
  the legislature;
               (2)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund;
               (3)  the earnings of the fund;
               (4)  money transferred to the fund from proceeds of the
  lottery game operated under Section 466.027 or transferred to the
  fund under Section 466.408(b);
               (5)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 502.1746, Transportation Code; and
               (6)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 521.010 [521.008], Transportation Code.
               (12)  Section 241.202, Health and Safety Code, as
  redesignated from Section 241.182, Health and Safety Code, by
  Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 241.202 [241.182].  ADVERTISING.  A facility described
  by Section 241.201 [241.181] may not advertise or hold itself out as
  a medical office, facility, or provider other than an emergency
  room if the facility charges for its services the usual and
  customary rate charged for the same service by a hospital emergency
  room in the same region of the state or located in a region of the
  state with comparable rates for emergency health care services.
               (13)  Section 241.203, Health and Safety Code, as
  redesignated from Section 241.183, Health and Safety Code, by
  Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 241.203 [241.183].  POSTED NOTICE.  Subject to Section
  241.006, the department shall adopt rules for a notice to be posted
  in a conspicuous place in the facility described by Section 241.201
  [241.181] that notifies prospective patients that the facility is
  an emergency room and charges rates comparable to a hospital
  emergency room.
               (14)  Section 1369.303, Insurance Code, as
  redesignated from Section 1369.253, Insurance Code, by Section
  21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1369.303 [1369.253].  EXCEPTION.  This subchapter does
  not apply to:
               (1)  a health benefit plan that provides coverage:
                     (A)  only for a specified disease or for another
  single benefit;
                     (B)  only for accidental death or dismemberment;
                     (C)  for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a
  period during which an employee is absent from work because of
  sickness or injury;
                     (D)  as a supplement to a liability insurance
  policy;
                     (E)  for credit insurance;
                     (F)  only for dental or vision care;
                     (G)  only for hospital expenses; or
                     (H)  only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
               (2)  a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by
  Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);
               (3)  medical payment insurance coverage provided under
  a motor vehicle insurance policy;
               (4)  a long-term care insurance policy, including a
  nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner
  determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so
  comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described
  by Section 1369.302 [1369.252];
               (5)  health and accident coverage provided by a risk
  pool created under Chapter 172, Local Government Code; or
               (6)  a workers' compensation insurance policy.
               (15)  Subsection (c), Section 1369.304, Insurance
  Code, as redesignated from Subsection (c), Section 1369.254,
  Insurance Code, by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (c)  In prescribing a form under this section, the
  commissioner shall:
               (1)  develop the form with input from the advisory
  committee on uniform prior authorization forms established under
  Section 1369.305 [1369.255]; and
               (2)  take into consideration:
                     (A)  any form for requesting prior authorization
  of benefits that is widely used in this state or any form currently
  used by the department;
                     (B)  request forms for prior authorization of
  benefits established by the federal Centers for Medicare and
  Medicaid Services; and
                     (C)  national standards, or draft standards,
  pertaining to electronic prior authorization of benefits.
               (16)  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 1369.305,
  Insurance Code, as redesignated from Subsections (a) and (c),
  Section 1369.255, Insurance Code, by Section 21.001 of this Act,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioner shall appoint a committee to advise the
  commissioner on the technical, operational, and practical aspects
  of developing the single, standard prior authorization form
  required under Section 1369.304 [1369.254] for requesting prior
  authorization of prescription drug benefits.
         (c)  The commissioner shall consult the advisory committee
  with respect to any rule relating to a subject described by Section
  1369.304 [1369.254] or this section before adopting the rule and
  may consult the committee as needed with respect to a subsequent
  amendment of an adopted rule.
               (17)  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 120.003, Natural
  Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An entity that applies to the commission under Section
  120.002 for a certification that a project operated by the entity
  meets the requirements for a clean energy project is responsible
  for conducting a monitoring, measuring, and verification process
  that demonstrates that the project complies with the requirements
  of Section 171.602(b)(4) [171.652(b)(4)], Tax Code.
         (b)  The entity shall contract with the bureau for the bureau
  to:
               (1)  design initial protocols and standards for the
  process described by Subsection (a);
               (2)  review the conduct of the process described by
  Subsection (a) in order to make any necessary changes in the design
  of the protocols and standards;
               (3)  evaluate the results of the process described by
  Subsection (a);
               (4)  provide an evaluation of the results of the
  process described by Subsection (a) to the commission; and
               (5)  determine whether to transmit to the comptroller
  the verification described by Section 171.602(b)(4), Tax 
  [490.352(b)(4), Government] Code.
               (18)  Subsection (a), Section 3875.031, Special
  District Local Laws Code, as redesignated from Subsection (a),
  Section 385.031, Local Government Code, by Section 21.001 of this
  Act, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The district has all of the powers and duties provided
  by the general law of this state, including:
               (1)  Subchapter E, Chapter 375, Local Government Code;
               (2)  the general laws of this state on conservation and
  reclamation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
  Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code; and
               (3)  the general laws of this state on road districts
  and road utility districts created under Section 52(b)(3), Article
  III, Texas Constitution, including Chapter 441, Transportation
  Code.
               (19)  Section 3875.033, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as redesignated from Section 385.033, Local Government Code,
  by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3875.033 [385.033].  POWERS RELATED GENERALLY TO
  FINANCIAL AND TERRITORIAL MATTERS. The district may:
               (1)  impose, assess, and apply the proceeds from a
  limited sales and use tax as authorized by Section 3875.111
  [385.111] for authorized purposes;
               (2)  borrow money for district purposes;
               (3)  add or exclude territory in the manner provided by
  Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, as limited by Section 54.016,
  Water Code, except that:
                     (A)  for purposes of this subdivision, a reference
  in Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or Section 54.016, Water
  Code, to a tax means an ad valorem tax; and
                     (B)  Section 54.016, Water Code, and Section
  42.042, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district's
  annexation of land restricted primarily to commercial or business
  use;
               (4)  enter into a contract with any person for the
  accomplishment of any district purpose, including a contract for:
                     (A)  the payment, repayment, or reimbursement of
  any costs incurred by that person for or on behalf of the district,
  including all or part of the costs of any improvement project and
  interest on the reimbursed cost; or
                     (B)  the use, occupancy, lease, rental,
  operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed
  or existing improvement project;
               (5)  apply for and contract with any person to receive,
  administer, and perform any duty or obligation of the district
  under any federal, state, local, or private gift, grant, loan,
  conveyance, transfer, bequest, donation, or other financial
  assistance arrangement relating to the investigation, planning,
  analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction, improvement,
  completion, implementation, or operation by the district or others
  of a proposed or existing improvement project;
               (6)  establish, revise, repeal, enforce, collect, and
  apply the proceeds from user fees or charges for the enjoyment,
  sale, rental, or other use of the district's facilities, services,
  properties, or improvement projects;
               (7)  provide or secure the payment or repayment of the
  costs and expenses of the establishment, administration, and
  operation of the district and the district's costs or share of the
  costs of any improvement project or district contractual obligation
  or indebtedness by or through a lease, installment purchase
  contract, or other agreement with any person, or the levy and
  assessment of taxes, user fees, concessions, rentals, or other
  revenues or resources of the district;
               (8)  undertake separately or jointly with other persons
  all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an
  improvement project:
                     (A)  for improving, enhancing, and supporting
  public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical
  services, and law enforcement within and adjacent to the district;
  or
                     (B)  that confers a general benefit on the entire
  district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district;
  and
               (9)  impose, collect, and apply the proceeds from a
  hotel occupancy tax as provided by Sections 3875.112 [385.112] and
  3875.113 [385.113].
               (20)  Section 3875.036, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as redesignated from Section 385.036, Local Government Code,
  by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3875.036  [385.036].  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The
  district may exercise the economic development powers and authority
  that Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality
  with a population of more than 100,000, and Chapter 1509,
  Government Code, provides to a municipality.
               (21)  Section 3875.071, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as redesignated from Section 385.071, Local Government Code,
  by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3875.071 [385.071].  BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Except as
  provided by this subchapter, the district is governed by a board of
  five directors elected by the voters of the district at large.
  Except as provided by Sections 3875.073(b) [385.073(b)] and
  3875.074 [385.074], directors serve staggered terms of four years
  and until their successors have been elected and have qualified.
               (22)  Subsection (c), Section 3875.112, Special
  District Local Laws Code, as redesignated from Subsection (c),
  Section 385.112, Local Government Code, by Section 21.001 of this
  Act, is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, governs a hotel
  occupancy tax authorized under this section, including the
  collection of the tax, except as inconsistent with this section and
  Section 3875.113 [385.113], subject to the limitations prescribed
  by Sections 352.002(b) and (c), Tax Code.
               (23)  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 3875.113,
  Special District Local Laws Code, as redesignated from Subsections
  (a) and (b), Section 385.113, Local Government Code, by Section
  21.001 of this Act, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The district shall apply the proceeds from a hotel
  occupancy tax imposed under Section 3875.112 [385.112] for any of
  the district's purposes and for the purposes described by Section
  352.1015, Tax Code, to the extent considered appropriate by the
  board.
         (b)  During each interval of three calendar years following
  the date on which a hotel occupancy tax imposed under Section
  3875.112 [385.112] is initially collected, the board may not apply
  an annual average of more than 10 percent of the amount of tax
  collected under that section, excluding any interest earnings or
  investment profits and after a deduction for the costs of imposing
  and collecting the taxes, for the administrative expenses of the
  district or a district purpose other than:
               (1)  the costs of advertising and promoting tourism; or
               (2)  the costs of business development and commerce,
  including the costs of planning, designing, constructing,
  acquiring, leasing, financing, owning, operating, maintaining,
  managing, improving, repairing, rehabilitating, or reconstructing
  improvement projects for conferences, conventions, and
  exhibitions, manufacturer, consumer, or trade shows, and civic,
  community, or institutional events.
               (24)  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 3875.114,
  Special District Local Laws Code, as redesignated from Subsections
  (a) and (c), Section 385.114, Local Government Code, by Section
  21.001 of this Act, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The district may issue bonds in the manner provided by
  Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code. Sections 375.207
  and 375.208, Local Government Code, do not apply to bonds issued
  under this section.
         (c)  In addition to the sources of money described by
  Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the bonds of the
  district may be secured and made payable, wholly or partly, by a
  pledge of any part of the net proceeds the district receives from
  the sales and use tax authorized by Section 3875.111 [385.111] and
  the hotel occupancy tax authorized by Section 3875.112 [385.112].
               (25)  Subsection (c), Section 11.42, Tax Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  An exemption authorized by Section 11.13(c) or (d), [or]
  11.132, or 11.133 is effective as of January 1 of the tax year in
  which the person qualifies for the exemption and applies to the
  entire tax year.
               (26)  Subsection (c), Section 11.43, Tax Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  An exemption provided by Section 11.13, 11.131, 11.132,
  11.133, 11.17, 11.18, 11.182, 11.1827, 11.183, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21,
  11.22, 11.23(h), (j), or (j-1), 11.231, 11.254, 11.271, 11.29,
  11.30, 11.31, or 11.315, once allowed, need not be claimed in
  subsequent years, and except as otherwise provided by Subsection
  (e), the exemption applies to the property until it changes
  ownership or the person's qualification for the exemption changes.  
  However, the chief appraiser may require a person allowed one of the
  exemptions in a prior year to file a new application to confirm the
  person's current qualification for the exemption by delivering a
  written notice that a new application is required, accompanied by
  an appropriate application form, to the person previously allowed
  the exemption.
               (27)  Subsection (a), Section 11.431, Tax Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The chief appraiser shall accept and approve or deny an
  application for a residence homestead exemption, including an
  exemption under Section 11.131 or 11.132 for the residence
  homestead of a disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a
  disabled veteran or an exemption under Section 11.133 [11.132] for
  the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the
  armed services of the United States who is killed in action, after
  the deadline for filing it has passed if it is filed not later than
  one year after the delinquency date for the taxes on the homestead.
               (28)  Subsection (b), Section 26.10, Tax Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  If the appraisal roll shows that a residence homestead
  exemption under Section 11.13(c) or (d), [or] 11.132, or 11.133
  applicable to a property on January 1 of a year terminated during
  the year and if the owner of the property qualifies a different
  property for one of those residence homestead exemptions during the
  same year, the tax due against the former residence homestead is
  calculated by:
               (1)  subtracting:
                     (A)  the amount of the taxes that otherwise would
  be imposed on the former residence homestead for the entire year had
  the owner qualified for the residence homestead exemption for the
  entire year; from
                     (B)  the amount of the taxes that otherwise would
  be imposed on the former residence homestead for the entire year had
  the owner not qualified for the residence homestead exemption
  during the year;
               (2)  multiplying the remainder determined under
  Subdivision (1) by a fraction, the denominator of which is 365 and
  the numerator of which is the number of days that elapsed after the
  date the exemption terminated; and
               (3)  adding the product determined under Subdivision
  (2) and the amount described by Subdivision (1)(A).
               (29)  Section 26.112, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 26.112.  CALCULATION OF TAXES ON RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD OF
  CERTAIN PERSONS. (a)  Except as provided by Section 26.10(b), if
  at any time during a tax year property is owned by an individual who
  qualifies for an exemption under Section 11.13(c) or (d) or 11.133
  [11.132], the amount of the tax due on the property for the tax year
  is calculated as if the individual qualified for the exemption on
  January 1 and continued to qualify for the exemption for the
  remainder of the tax year.
         (b)  If an individual qualifies for an exemption under
  Section 11.13(c) or (d) or 11.133 [11.132] with respect to the
  property after the amount of the tax due on the property is
  calculated and the effect of the qualification is to reduce the
  amount of the tax due on the property, the assessor for each taxing
  unit shall recalculate the amount of the tax due on the property and
  correct the tax roll.  If the tax bill has been mailed and the tax on
  the property has not been paid, the assessor shall mail a corrected
  tax bill to the person in whose name the property is listed on the
  tax roll or to the person's authorized agent.  If the tax on the
  property has been paid, the tax collector for the taxing unit shall
  refund to the person who paid the tax the amount by which the
  payment exceeded the tax due.
               (30)  Subsection (b), Section 251.151, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county may by order apply
  the county's traffic regulations to a public road in the county that
  is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district and
  located wholly or partly in the county if the commissioners court
  and the board of the district have entered into an interlocal
  contract under Section 791.036 [791.035], Government Code.
               (31)  Section 521.428, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.428.  COUNTY FEE.  A county that provides services
  under an agreement described by Section 521.009 [521.008] may
  collect an additional fee of up to $5 for each transaction provided
  that relates to driver's license and personal identification
  certificate services only.
               (32)  Section 623.362, Transportation Code, as
  redesignated from Section 623.321, Transportation Code, by Section
  21.001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 623.362 [623.321].  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter,
  "authority" means the regional mobility authority authorized to
  issue permits under Section 623.363 [623.322].
               (33)  Subsection (b), Section 623.364, Transportation
  Code, as redesignated from Subsection (b), Section 623.323,
  Transportation Code, by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Fees collected under Subsection (a) shall be used only
  for the construction and maintenance of the roads described by or
  designated under Section 623.363 [623.322] and for the authority's
  administrative costs, which may not exceed 15 percent of the fees
  collected.  The authority shall make payments to the Texas
  Department of Transportation to provide funds for the maintenance
  of roads and highways subject to this subchapter.
               (34)  Subsection (a), Section 623.365, Transportation
  Code, as redesignated from Subsection (a), Section 623.324,
  Transportation Code, by Section 21.001 of this Act, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A permit issued under this subchapter must include:
               (1)  the name of the applicant;
               (2)  the date of issuance;
               (3)  the signature of the designated agent for the
  authority;
               (4)  a statement of the kind of cargo being
  transported, the maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment,
  and the kind and weight of each commodity to be transported;
               (5)  a statement:
                     (A)  that the gross weight of the vehicle for
  which a permit is issued may not exceed 125,000 pounds; and
                     (B)  of any other condition on which the permit is
  issued;
               (6)  a statement that the cargo may be transported in
  Hidalgo County only over the roads described by or designated under
  Section 623.363 [623.322]; and
               (7)  the location where the cargo was loaded.
  ARTICLE 22.  EFFECTIVE DATE
         SECTION 22.001.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
  this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.