Ken Paxton

Village authority to reduce a Local Option Homestead Exemption

Interpretation and application of certain provisions in Tax Code chapter 26 and Special District Local Laws Code chapter 1042 to a hospital district

Commissioners court authority over the use of vehicles allocated to constables’ offices

Probation officer authorities related to juvenile detention hearings and ex parte communications

Investigatory obligation following “the death of a prisoner in a county jail” under Government Code § 511.021(a)

Whether the Adjutant General must obtain Comptroller approval prior to procurement, acquisition, and purchases related to military construction

Performance and payment bond requirements under Government Code § 2253.021

Interpretation of Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 394, as applied to a housing finance corporation’s residential development outside local government boundary

The “judicial power” endowed to district courts does not countenance ex parte orders directing state agencies to amend a person’s biological sex on driver’s licenses or birth certificates. The underlying proceedings are coram non judice, and the resulting orders are void. State agencies must immediately correct any unlawfully altered driver’s licenses or birth certificates that were changed pursuant to such orders.

Whether a commissioners court can rescind and readopt a different county budget after the annual budget was approved