Addressing whether boilerplate language listing potentially applicable closed meeting provisions provides sufficient notice by itself under the Open Meetings Act and whether a governmental body may consult with an attorney about potentially retaining the attorney’s law firm to perform professional legal services in a closed meeting.
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Simultaneous service on hospital district and transit authority boards
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Validity of district court orders directing state agencies to amend a person’s biological “sex” designation on state identification documents
Proper magistrate to conduct hearing required by article 15.17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Authority of a county commissioners court to create a new legal-support position and transfer funding or positions away from the county attorney’s office
Scope of evidentiary disclosure requirement under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 56A.52
Propriety of a county’s sale of surplus county property under Local Government Code chapter 263
Authority of a local government to create a gun ban, otherwise prohibited by law, through a 501(c)(3) or other private entity
Authority of a county commissioners court to enact an order penalizing a dog owner for a public nuisance due to the dog’s excessive barking
Authority of the Texas Supreme Court to require district and county clerks to integrate their case management systems with the proprietary re:SearchTX database