Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 193.007. DELAYED REGISTRATION OF DEATH. (a) A death that occurred more than 10 days but less than one year before the date of an application for registration of death may be recorded on a death certificate and submitted for filing with the local registrar of the registration…

Sec. 193.008. BURIAL-TRANSIT PERMIT. (a) A burial-transit permit issued under the law and rules of a place outside of this state in which a death or fetal death occurred authorizes the transportation of the body in this state. A cemetery or crematory shall accept the permit as au…

Sec. 193.009. BURIAL RECORDS. (a) The person in charge of premises on which interments are made shall keep a record of the bodies interred or otherwise disposed of on the premises. (b) The records must include for each decedent: (1) the decedent's name; (2) the place of death; (3…

Sec. 193.010. CERTIFICATE OF DEATH BY CATASTROPHE. (a) In this section, "catastrophe" means the occurrence of a substantial force that causes widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property and from which it is not reasonable to assume that a person could survive…

Sec. 193.011. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON SUICIDE DATA. (a) In this section, "authorized entity" means a medical examiner, a local registrar, a local health authority, a local mental health authority, a community mental health center, a mental health center that acts as a coll…

Sec. 193.012. NOTICE OF CERTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE AMENDMENTS. For a death certificate that is not a pending death certificate, a person who submits to the department a request for an amendment to modify the medical certification information on the certificate shall provide in the…

Sec. 194.001. REPORT OF MARRIAGE. (a) The county clerk shall file with the vital statistics unit a copy of each completed marriage license application and a copy of any affidavit of an absent applicant submitted with an application. The clerk shall file the copies not later than …

Sec. 194.0011. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the format and content of the department form used for the marriage license application. The form must: (1) require identification of the county in which the application is submit…

Sec. 194.002. REPORT OF DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT. (a) The department shall prescribe a form for reporting divorces and annulments of marriage. The form must require the following information: (1) each party's: (A) full name; (B) usual residence; (C) age; (D) place of birth; (E) color…

Sec. 194.003. STATE INDEX. (a) The vital statistics unit shall maintain a statewide alphabetical index, under the names of both parties, of each marriage license application or declaration of informal marriage. The statewide index does not replace the indexes required in each cou…

Sec. 194.004. RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the vital statistics unit shall furnish on request any information it has on record relating to any marriage, divorce, or annulment of marriage. (b) The vital statistics unit may not issue: (1…

Sec. 194.005. HEIRLOOM WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall promote the sale of an heirloom wedding anniversary certificate. The department shall solicit donated designs for the certificate from Texas artists and select the best donated designs for the form o…

Sec. 195.001. ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE; REPORTS BY LOCAL REGISTRAR. (a) The local registrar in each local registration district shall enforce this title under the supervision and direction of the state registrar. (b) A local registrar shall report immediately to the state registrar a…

Sec. 195.002. SUPERVISION AND INVESTIGATION BY STATE REGISTRAR. (a) The state registrar shall execute this title throughout the state. To ensure uniform compliance with this title, the state registrar has supervisory power over local registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistra…

Sec. 195.003. FALSE RECORDS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly makes a false statement or directs another person to make a false statement in: (1) a certificate, record, or report required under this title; (2) an application for an amendmen…

Sec. 195.004. FAILURE TO PERFORM DUTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses or fails to furnish correctly any information in the person's possession affecting a certificate or record required under this title. (b) A person commits an offense if the person fails, …

Sec. 195.005. DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 192.002(b), knowingly induces or causes another to violate that section, or knowingly fails to comply with a rule adopted under that section. (b) An offe…

Sec. 221.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Health Facilities Development Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 221.002. PURPOSE; CONSTRUCTION. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to enable a municipality, county, or hospital district to create a corporation with the power to provide, expand, and improve health facilities that the corporation determines are needed to improve the adequa…

Sec. 221.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a development corporation. (2) "Bonds" includes notes, interim certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness of a development corporation issued under this chapter. (3) "Cash m…

Sec. 221.004. ADOPTION OF ALTERNATE PROCEDURE. If a court holds that a procedure under this chapter violates the federal or state constitution, a development corporation by resolution may provide an alternate procedure that conforms to the constitution. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. …

Sec. 221.005. EFFECT OF CHAPTER ON OTHER LAW. (a) This chapter does not limit the police powers provided by law to the state, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the state or an official or agency of the state, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the s…

Sec. 221.011. AUTHORITY TO CREATE. (a) A sponsoring entity may create one or more nonmember, nonstock development corporations for the sole public purpose of acquiring, constructing, providing, improving, financing, and refinancing a health facility to assist the maintenance of p…

Sec. 221.012. PROCEDURE. (a) If the governing body of a sponsoring entity determines that it is in the public interest and to the benefit of the sponsoring entity's residents and the citizens of this state that a development corporation be created to promote and develop new, expa…

Sec. 221.013. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a) The articles of incorporation of a development corporation must include: (1) the corporation's name; (2) a statement that the corporation is a nonprofit public corporation; (3) the duration of the corporation, which may be perpetual; (…

Sec. 221.014. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. (a) The incorporators shall deliver to the secretary of state the original and two copies of the articles of incorporation and a certified copy of the resolution by the sponsoring entity's governing body approving the articles of incorp…

Sec. 221.015. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. (a) After issuance of the certificate of incorporation and at the call of a majority of the incorporators, the board of directors named in the articles of incorporation shall hold an organizational meeting in this state to adopt bylaws and el…

Sec. 221.016. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a) Articles of incorporation may be amended to contain any provision that is lawful under this chapter if the sponsoring entity's governing body by appropriate resolution determines that the amendment is advisable and authori…

Sec. 221.017. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT. (a) The original and two copies of the articles of amendment and a certified copy of the resolution of the sponsoring entity's governing body authorizing the articles shall be delivered to the secretary of state. (b) If the secretary of sta…

Sec. 221.018. RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a) A development corporation may authorize, execute, and file restated articles of incorporation by following the procedure to amend articles of incorporation, including obtaining authorization from the sponsoring entity's govern…

Sec. 221.019. RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. (a) The original and two copies of the restated articles of incorporation and a certified copy of the resolution of the sponsoring entity's governing body authorizing the articles shall be delivered to the secretary of state. (…

Sec. 221.020. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT. (a) A development corporation shall continuously maintain a registered office and registered agent in this state. (b) The registered office may be, but need not be, the same as the development corporation's principal office. The register…

Sec. 221.021. CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR AGENT. (a) A development corporation may change its registered office, registered agent, or both, by filing the original and a copy of a statement in the office of the secretary of state. The president or vice-president of the corporat…

Sec. 221.022. RESIGNATION OF REGISTERED AGENT. (a) A registered agent of a development corporation may resign by: (1) mailing or delivering written notice to the corporation; and (2) filing the original and two copies of the notice in the office of the secretary of state not late…

Sec. 221.023. AGENTS FOR SERVICE. (a) The president, each vice-president, and the registered agent of a development corporation are the corporation's agents on whom may be served a process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation. (b) If a d…

Sec. 221.024. BOARD. (a) A development corporation's affairs are governed by a board of directors composed of at least three individuals appointed by the sponsoring entity's governing body. Directors may be divided into classes. (b) A director serves for a term of not more than s…

Sec. 221.025. OFFICERS. (a) The officers of a development corporation are: (1) the president, vice-president, and secretary; and (2) other officers, including a treasurer, and assistant officers considered necessary. (b) An officer is elected or appointed at the time, in the mann…

Sec. 221.026. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a development corporation may indemnify a director or officer or a former director or officer for expenses and costs, including attorney's fees, actually or necessarily incurred by the person in connection w…

Sec. 221.027. BYLAWS. (a) The board of directors shall adopt a development corporation's initial bylaws and may amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws. The bylaws and each amendment and repeal of the bylaws must be approved by the sponsoring entity's governing body by res…

Sec. 221.028. COMMITTEES. (a) If permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of directors in office, may designate one or more committees consisting of two or more directors to exercise the board's authority in…

Sec. 221.029. MEETINGS; ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. (a) A regular board of directors meeting may be called and held, with or without notice, as provided by the bylaws. A special board of directors meeting may be held on notice as provided by the bylaws. A regular or special meeting m…

Sec. 221.030. CORPORATION'S GENERAL POWERS. (a) Subject to Section 221.035, a development corporation has the rights and powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the corporation's purposes, including the power to: (1) acquire, by purchase, devise, gift, lease, or a combinatio…

Sec. 221.031. CONVEYANCE OF LAND. (a) A development corporation may convey land by deed if the conveyance is authorized by an appropriate resolution of the board of directors. The deed may be with or without the corporation's seal and must be signed by the corporation's president…

Sec. 221.032. PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST. A security interest granted by a corporation may be perfected in the manner and with the effect provided by Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Le…

Sec. 221.033. TAXATION. (a) A health facility, including a leasehold estate in a health facility, that is owned by a development corporation and that, except for the purposes and nonprofit nature of the corporation, would be taxable to the corporation under Title 1, Tax Code, sha…

Sec. 221.034. NET EARNINGS. A development corporation is a nonprofit corporation, and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its bonds and expenses of accomplishing its public purpose may benefit a person other than the sponsoring entity. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch.…