Greg
Abbott
January 01, 2014
Procurement of service providers for mental health and substance abuse programs administered by the Department of State Health Services|Procurement of service providers for mental health and substance abuse programs administered by a designated local behavioral health authority|Mental health and substance abuse programs, administration of|Procurement of service providers|Department of State Health Services, delegation of authority over mental health and chemical dependency services to a local behavioral health authority
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Municipal drainage utility charge, school districts subject to
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Geographic location of in-person public meeting of open-enrollment charter school|Videoconference call meeting of open-enrollment charter school board under Government Code section 551.127|Authority of open-enrollment charter school board members to participate in a videoconference call public meeting from location outside of its geographic service including out of state area
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Section 361.0961 of the Health and Safety Code would likely prohibit a city ordinance adopted for solid waste management purposes that prohibited single-use plastic bags|Section 361.0961(a)(3) of the Health and Safety Code likely prohibits a city from adopting an ordinance that assesses a fee on the sale of a single-use plastic bag.|Health and Safety Code section 361.0961 would likely prohibit a city ordinance adopted for solid waste management purposes that prohibited single-use plastic bags
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Penal Code section 21.11, indecency with a child by contact|Sex offender registration requirements, Code of Criminal Procedure chapter 62|\\"Reportable conviction or adjudication\\" under Code of Criminal Procedure chapter 62 includes a deferred adjudication regardless of whether it was terminated early, completed, or revoked|Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12 section 5(c) authorizing early termination of deferred adjudication community supervision|Deferred adjudication community supervision|Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12 section 5(c) concerning the dismissal of proceedings and
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Tax increment financing, use by counties|County energy transportation reinvestment zones
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Maverick County Hospital District, Board member of, not prohibited by Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(a) from serving the county in other official capacities|Maverick County Hospital District, board member of, whether simultaneous service as a commissioner of a housing authority is prohibited by the conflicting loyalties aspect of the common-law doctrine of incompatibility where the two entities have contracted with each other, depends on whether holding both offices is detrimental to the public interest or whether the performance of the duties of one interferes with the performance
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Texas Triple Chance, a court is unlikely to conclude that a game is unconstitutional merely because it awards a preset prize amount regardless of the number of tickets purchased or because it does not carry forward any unpaid prize money to be awarded to an eventual winner
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Ad valorem taxes, charter provision requiring voter approval before imposing|Municipal ad valorem taxes, charter provision requiring voter approval before imposing
Opinion PDF
January 01, 2014
Tax Code section 34.05 refers to \\"the right, title, and interest acquired or held,\\" which plainly means all of the rights, title, and interests acquired or held by each taxing unit.