Governmental bodies may comply with Government Code section 551.007 by conducting one public comment session at the beginning of the meeting and may adopt reasonable rules to cap the total time given to each person who wishes to testify.
Government Code section 74.104 authorizes district judges to determine reasonable compensation of court coordinators, subject to approval by the commissioners courts; neither the judges nor commissioners courts have unilateral authority to set such compensation; a commissioners court may set the salaries of assistant court coordinators under Local Government Code section 152.011.
Occupations Code section 351.005 provides that the Texas Optometry Board is prohibited from interfering with certain rights of a licensed physician.
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority may impose a fee on lakefront property owners for the unique services landowners receive from the Authority, so long as the fee does not amount to a tax on those property owners. The Authority may not establish a taxing district, but property owners could form one and use taxes for dam repair.
Revenue generated from inmate use of a PIN debit system to pay for phone time must be credited to the county’s general fund.
The State Employee Charitable Campaign’s approval of abortion providers or affiliates constitutes a taxpayer resource transaction under Senate Bill 22, codified at Government Code chapter 2272 titled “Prohibited Transactions.”
Occupations Code chapter 1102’s express authorization for a real estate inspector to provide an opinion on real estate’s “plumbing systems” likely includes a camera inspection; thus, to the extent the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners’ rule requires a real estate inspector to get a plumber’s license to perform a job that is within the scope of the real estate inspector’s license, a court would most likely consider the rule invalid.
Government Code section 25.2702 authorizes the Nolan County Commissioners Court to set the salaries of the official court reporter and the court administrator for the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.
Whether Education Code section 11.167 authorizes a school district to purchase property outside the district’s boundaries to build and operate a school will depend on whether a court finds implied authority within that section to do so.