John
Cornyn
Member of city council barred from simultaneously serving as volunteer fire fighter|Volunteer fire fighter, member of city council barred from simultaneously serving as
Hair and beard, State Board of Barber Examiners has authority to distinguish between for purposes of enforcing provisions in Occupations Code|Hair and beard, distinction between not void for vagueness on its face; but State Board of Barber Examiners should clarify by rule to avoid vagueness problem in applying statute|Hair and beard, Board has authority to distinguish between for purposes of enforcing provisions in Occupations Code|Hair and beard, distinction between not void for vagueness on its face; but Board should clarify by rule to avoid vagueness problem in applying statute
Telephone or videoconference call, governmental body may meet by only as expressly authorized by Open Meetings Act (Affirming Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-478 (1998))
Deferred compensation plan, water district directors may not participate in|Deferred compensation plan, district directors may not participate in|Retirement system, district directors may not participate in|Water district directors may not participate in water district's public retirement system or deferred compensation plan|Heading may neither limit nor expand plain text of statute
De facto officer doctrine, actions in office of county attorney who was ineligible to be county attorney because of residency requirement may be valid under|County attorney who was appointed but later found to be ineligible because of residency requirement, in order to be valid reappointment must be made with same formality when candidate is eligible|Invalid appointment of county attorney may generally be challenged only under quo warranto doctrine|Appointment
Advisory committee, state agency's authority to create may be express or implied (Modifies Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-98-009 to the extent of conflict)|Statewide Transportation Policy Committee and Bicycle Advisory Committee, Department has implied authority to create (Modifies Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-98-009 to the extent of conflict)|Advisory committee, state agency's authority to create may be express or implied (Modifies Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-98-009 to the extent of conflict)
Continuing education for local law enforcement officers, funds allocated for may not be diverted to the general fund of a county or municipality|Funds allocated for continuing education of local law enforcement officers may not be diverted to the general fund of a county or municipality
Home rule status, City of Socorro may not amend its charter to attain home rule status except by compliance with chapters 5 and 9 of the Local Government Code
Nepotism laws, chief of police may not finally approve interdepartmental transfers of son or nephew involving no change in salary if approval permits chief to exercise discretion|Change in status, interdepartmental transfer involving no change in salary constitutes "change in status" so that a public officer may not approve the transfer of an employee related to the officer within a prohibited degree|Change in status