Whether equipment is a gambling device under section 47.01 of the Penal Code where its play involves a fixed or finite sweepstakes system
Whether Johnson County Emergency Services District No. 1 may operate a county-wide ambulance service
Whether an elected county commissioner may use county equipment and labor to maintain an outfall ditch that lies solely on private property
Whether a county commissioners court may cede authority to the county judge to hire a county commissioner’s spouse for a position that reports directly to the county judge; and related questions involving Government Code chapter 573
Whether the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners has discretion to suspend or revoke a chiropractor’s license under Texas Occupations Code section 201.5065 if the chiropractor is convicted of certain offenses
Addressing the authority of a municipality to utilize a maintenance and operations tax increase authorized in an election under Tax Code section 26.07 for use other than on maintenance and operations.
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Whether the District Attorney’s Office located in a stand-alone building with no other courts or court offices is a building that houses the operations of a district, county, or justice court for purposes of an expenditure from the courthouse security fund
Whether a tax rate increase election under Tax Code section 26.07 authorizes a municipality to "earmark" use of a voter-approved increase in its Maintenance and Operation property tax revenue for purposes other than maintenance or operations; and if not, may an increase in a municipality’s Maintenance and Operation property tax be transferred to a local government corporation (created pursuant to Transportation Code chapter 431, subchapter D) be used for debt service on debt issued by the local government corporation
The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council’s rulemaking authority likely includes authority to adopt a rule allowing a person licensed as a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology to use the title School Psychologist or Licensed School.