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1 Aug 2009, 10:05 pm
If that happens, the act is latter submitted to the state legislatures for them to consider adopting it in each state.In Texas, the proposed new uniform law will make very little difference. [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 4:25 pm
Landowners understandably were unhappy with this situation, and they lobbied the Texas Legislature to change the law. [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 6:46 pm
At Grits for Breakfast, Scott Henson has this extended post on a new proposal being implemented in Harris County, Texas for dealing with drunk driving offenders. [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 3:00 am
Nonetheless, as a matter of contract doctrine the case is problematic, at least outside of Texas. [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 1:02 am
Though this blog doesn't focus much on death penalty issues, arguably the most significant achievement in the 81st Texas Legislature regarding indigent defense was the creation of a new Office of Capital Writs, described thusly in the Houston Chronicle by Lise Olsen ("State to handle capital appeals," July 27):Texas, which executes more convicts than any other state in the nation, will open its first capital defense office next year to… [read post]
27 Jul 2009, 9:05 am
This legislative session the Texas Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, amendments that significantly expands the scope of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act ("Act") as it relates to individuals with disabilities. [read post]
26 Jul 2009, 6:28 am
Jerry Madden, a prominent, mainstream Texas criminal justice reformer, in a nationally prominent spot where he both promote the approaches used in Texas more widely and learn more about what's being done in other states. [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 2:11 pm
Texas Legislature Joins the Hunt By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair. [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 9:00 am
However, in 1978, Congress gave the legislature of each state, such as the state of New York, the ability to “opt out” of the federal exemptions. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 3:04 pm
The legislature has also created a system requiring Groundwater Conservation Districts to participate in a state-wide water planning process. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 2:38 am
Three of those juveniles are sentenced to life without parole, but going forward that penalty was abolished for juveniles by the 81st Texas Legislature. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 12:26 am
Tech and county attorneys said the arrangement followed state law. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 12:48 pm
After that, by law 49.5% of net revenue from surcharges goes to Texas' trauma center hospitals, 49.5% goes to state General Revenue, and DPS keeps 1% as an administration fee. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 11:31 pm
The state of medical care in Texas sees more potential for decline, as two whistle blower nurses are criminally charged after expressing patient safety concerns;I've written before that the best way to put me out of business is for doctors to say "I'm sorry. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 2:25 pm
We do not seem to have excess room at state prisons and severe under crowding problems. [read post]
19 Jul 2009, 12:49 am
In April 2003, the county also agreed to pay $250,000 to the defendants in exchange for immunity from civil lawsuits.In the end, all of Texas' drug task forces were ultimately consolidated under the Department of Public Safety and later disbanded by Governor Perry when other scandals kept cropping up in town after town across the state.We tried after the Tulia scandals to convince the Texas Legislature to require corroboration of some sort in undercover drug buys like… [read post]
18 Jul 2009, 4:22 am
Those cases, the Supreme Court declared (in State v. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 7:09 am
(Due to its immense popularity, last month the Texas Legislature agreed to limit to 75% of its freshman slots the number from the program that their flagship school, the University of Texas at Austin, had to admit.) [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 2:40 pm
The New York State Legislature has also periodically blocked bills that would create a special court of claims for municipal cases--though the state hypocritically enjoys the low-cost benefits of a claims court for lawsuits filed against it. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 8:47 am
Steve Ogden in the 80th Texas Legislature. [read post]
