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January 22, 2019
Funds received under Health and Safety Code section 401.244 are public funds|County's continuing oversight of funds disbursed to entity under Health and Safety Code subsection 401.244(b)(2)|Purchases made by nonprofit entity using funds received by County under Health and Safety Code section 401.244
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January 07, 2019
County Clerk duties on accepting and filing electronic and paper documents|Filing requirements of real property documents with county clerk
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January 07, 2019
Prepaid funeral benefits contract as written directions for disposition of beneficiary's remains|Funeral provider’s inference from purchases made in prepaid funeral benefits contract does not satisfy statutory requirement for written directions
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January 07, 2019
Without requirements from state statute or city charter, city council has discretion to determine what constitutes a council member's absence|Without requirements from state statute or city charter, home-rule city council has discretion to determine what constitutes a council member's absence|Determination whether city charter requires city council member to abstain from voting is beyond purview of attorney general opinion
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January 07, 2019
Commissioners Court's use of Tax Code chapter 324 revenue to fund county health services
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January 07, 2019
Permanent School Fund is nonspendable except for specific distributions and payments authorized by article VII, section 5|Permanent School Fund is nonspendable except for specific distributions and payments authorized by Texas Constitution article VII, section 5|Permanent School Fund - extent to which General Land Office should classify as nonspendable in annual financial reporting|Classification of Permanent School Fund in annual financial reporting
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January 07, 2019
Overlapping boundaries of taxing entities in Jim Hogg County - person may not simultaneously serve on both entities|Jim Hogg County Judge may not simultaneously serve as Jim Hogg County Independent School District trustee|Person may not serve as Jim Hogg County Judge while simultaneously serving as Jim Hogg County Independent School District trustee|Jim Hogg County Independent School District trustee may not simultaneously serve as Jim Hogg County Judge
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January 07, 2019
Legislator barred by article XVI, section 40(d) from also serving as employee of municipal management district|Legislator barred by Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d) from also serving as employee of municipal management district|Independent contractor working for political subdivision is not "position of profit" within article XVI, section 40(d)|Independent contractor working for political subdivision does not hold "position of profit" within Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d)|Legislator barred from also serving as employee of municipal management district|Article XVI, s
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January 07, 2019
Article XVI, section 40(d) precludes legislators from providing services as an employee of local government|Legislator's acceptance of payment from local government for lobbying, authority and limitations|Legislator as employee of local government, prohibited by Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d)|Legislators precluded by Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d) from providing services as employee of local government
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November 21, 2018
Applicability of Education Code section 44.043 to school district procurement efforts|School district's consideration of a vendor or person's relationship with a charter school in its procurement efforts under Education Code section 44.043