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1 Oct 2007, 9:27 pm
In fact, in California the Intended Parents are declared the parents by court order prior to the birth of their child(ren).While I knew that Arkansas was a surrogate-friendly state, I had no idea that the laws were so favorable and I applaud the legislature for their insight as they could have drafted legislation similar to Texas and North Dakota where the Intended Parents must be a married heterosexual couple in order for the law to apply. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 8:03 am
AEP Texas North -- power of state utility regulators to decide whether federally approved wholesale energy rates have been violated. 06-1471, Gay v. [read post]
29 Sep 2007, 10:52 am
Whitmire noted that Perry, until overturned by the Legislature, attempted to use his executive order power to require teenage girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease. [read post]
29 Sep 2007, 3:02 am
"Kudos to folks in Dallas for agreeing to participate in the study, and let's hope by the time the 81st Texas Legislature rolls around in 2009 Texas can get past the debate over whether to change and move forward with best practices that prevent more convictions of innocent people.MORE: See more alibis from Fark. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 4:49 pm
This year's Texas legislature dramatically changed this law by establishing a system for post-mortem child support. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 4:53 am
Truly, if a proposal to retract the 8/31 rule isn't in today's Texas Register, I can see no reason but cluelessness. [read post]
27 Sep 2007, 11:38 am
Two states, Michigan and (later) Texas, apply the exception to a presumption of non-defectiveness based upon FDA compliance. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 12:52 am
They read of police making more arrests than ever, jails stuffed full with crooks, and politicos touting "tuff on crime" solutions, but when crime happens to them or people they know it usually goes unsolved.The Texas Legislature gave law enforcement an important new tool this year to help redirect police focus toward more serious crime - HB 2391 that allows (at the officer's discretion) citations instead of arrest for certain low-level misdemeanors including driving… [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 10:14 pm
How pathetic is the State Bar of Texas when it comes to protecting clients from rogue lawyers? [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 7:33 am
This is good news for the initiative to expand legal needle exchange programs in Texas: House Public Health Committee Chair Dianne Delisi has decided to not to seek re-election.Regular readers know that the Texas Legislature in 2007 authorized the first ever legal needle exchange program in the state - a pilot program in Bexar County. [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 7:06 am
That's similar in overall approach, though different in many important details, to what the Texas Legislature tried to do this year with Texas' probation programs - reducing probation lengths for people who've proven they can stay out of trouble to focus more supervision resources on more serious problem offenders.While Governor Perry approved several bills that took important first steps, he ineffably vetoed with little explanation the main funding… [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:19 am
Miller who have lost loved ones under suspicious circumstances, but have not been able to pursue a measure of justice, just as the insurance companies planned when they inundated the state legislature with their lobbyists in Texas in 2003. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:02 am
A friend asked for an update on Texas open records law changes from the 2007 Legislature, and while I only tracked criminal justice issues, since I took the time to compile this information I thought I'd share it with y'all.For starters, nothing good passed. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:02 am
A friend asked for an update on Texas open records law changes from the 2007 Legislature, and while I only tracked criminal justice issues, since I took the time to compile this information I thought I'd share it with y'all.For starters, nothing good passed. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 7:00 am
Rule 3.586(e) provides that “Public Law 86-272 (15 United States Code §§381 - 384) does not apply to the franchise tax. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 3:45 am
September 17, 2007The state of state killingBy: Andrea Laidman, The ObserverAbout every six days in Texas, a man is killed by lethal injection. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 10:48 am
This could occur, the Appellate Division held, because the defendant was a New Jersey corporation and New Jersey's "strong interest in deterrence" of consumer fraud by New Jersey businesses outweighed all other states' interests. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 8:27 am
In the case of Virginia, the state legislature is trying to fill the state's coffers from the pockets of drivers. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 2:29 am
When the Texas Legislature passed a law in 2005 allowing law abiding Texans to carry a handgun in their car, the Harris DA was the first to defy them, announcing he'd continue to prosecute gun owners under the old standard. [read post]
9 Sep 2007, 1:02 am
"The state bears responsibility for wrongful convictions, and rooting them out should be a state function, not left to volunteers and happenstance. [read post]
