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January 01, 2017
Section 483.102 of the Health and Safety Code - a prescriber may directly or by standing order prescribe an opioid antagonist to law enforcement agencies in a position to assist persons experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose
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January 01, 2017
Although unnecessary within context of Government Code section 411.2031(d-1), a junior college district board of trustee rule authorizing concealed handguns in its open meetings would primarily serve as means of affirming or publicizing license holder's right to carry the concealed handgun into the open meeting held on the institution's campus.|License holder who carries a concealed handgun into an open meeting of a junior college district board of trustees in which no Penal Code section 30.06 trespass notice was posted would have a defense to the prosecution of Penal Code subsection 46.035(c)
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January 01, 2017
Interlocal cooperation contract under Government Code chapter 791 - School district may not operate its transportation system outside its geographic boundaries absent a chapter 791 interlocal cooperation contract|School district may not operate its transportation system outside its geographic boundaries absent an interlocal cooperation contract under Government Code chapter 791
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January 01, 2017
Effect of 1981 enactment of the Agriculture Code on previous local option stock law elections.
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January 01, 2017
Neither the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure nor a court reporter's ethical duties authorize a court reporter to charge a district attorney's office for the copy of the reporter's record to be filed with the trial court clerk pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 34.6(h),
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January 01, 2017
Commissioners court may not fund the salary of a county fire marshal and safety coordinator position through revenue generated by a sales and use tax imposed pursuant to Tax Code chapter 324|County fire marshal and safety coordinator positions - Commissioners court may not fund the salary of those positions through revenue generated by a sales and use tax imposed pursuant to Tax Code chapter 324
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January 01, 2017
Election Code section 141.063 - a signor's printed name does not have to exactly match the name as it appears on the voter registration list for purposes of a petition to place a candidate's name on the ballot under section 141.063
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January 01, 2017
Commissioners court may not delegate its approval authority of payroll, claims, and other payments to county treasurer
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January 01, 2017
Sheriff has exclusive authority over commissary funds under Local Government Code section 351.0415; thus, the propriety of an expenditure from those funds is a question for the sheriff to determine in the first instance subject to judicial review for abuse of discretion.