A person simultaneously volunteering as a fire fighter for an emergency services district and a commissioner on the ESD’s board of commissioners.
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Commencement of the terms of city council positions after an election under Texas Constitution article XI, section 11, and the validity of the election in particular circumstances.
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A court would likely conclude that Tax Code subsection 6.43(c) does not authorize the county attorney to serve as legal counsel to the tax appraisal district.
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Authority of a county commissioners court to adopt and enforce a moratorium regarding commercial solar projects
Considering whether two exemptions to the Texas Minimum Wage Act, Labor Code sections 62.151 (persons covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act) and 62.158 (employer that is an amusement or recreational establishment in certain instances) apply in the context of minor league baseball.
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The mental states of reckless, knowing, or intentional suffice for the prosecution of the criminal offense in Local Government Code section 111.012
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Authority to determine software systems for county departments.
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Employment of an attorney who is the son-in-law of the city manager and whether it constitutes a conflict of interest under chapter 176 of the Local Government Code or the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Whether a person under the physician’s control, supervision, or direction is exempt from regulation under Occupations Code subsection 351.005(a)(2)(B) does not turn on whether the person is an employee or independent contractor. And whether a physician’s specific degree of supervision of an optometrist or treatment and care of a patient will impact the Board’s action against an optometrist involves fact questions that are outside the purview of an attorney general opinion.
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A court would likely conclude that the Council may not readopt, modify, or repeal a rule that concerns one of the subjects in Occupations Code subsection 507.153(a) unless the examining board for the profession first proposes readoption, modification, or repeal.