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22 May 2019, 6:48 am
The Texas legislature can build upon this competitive advantage in the future by phasing out the state’s Margin Tax, a gross receipts-style tax levied on business revenues. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 9:21 am
New laws or resolutions affecting the courts enacted or adopted by the Texas legislature in 2011 (except HB 79 (Special Session), see here) include the following: HCR 22 (Special Session) Commends the members of the Texas Supreme Court for their actions in support of legal aid services and honoring them for their work in promoting access to justice for the state’s most vulnerable citizens. [read post]
23 Dec 2018, 6:28 am
If you are tired of Daylight Savings Time, you are in good company.Texas State Senator Jose Menendez pre-filed SB 190 and Texas State Representative Lyle Larson pre-filed HB 49 in the 2019 Legislature (86th Leg.) to formally exempt Texas from the Uniform Time Act of 1966. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 4:32 am
The 2019 Texas legislature enacted a new Property Code Section 5.152 to protect mineral and royalty owners from a certain species of fraudulent transactions perpetrated on trusting and/or naïve and/or out of state mineral owners. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 7:12 am
A public policy report I authored was jointly released this morning by an unlikely liberal-moderate-conservative coalition between the ACLU of Texas, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition and the Texas State Rifle Association.The report follows up on subjects that first began as contemplations here on Grits: Are District and County Attorneys in Texas defying the Legislature to prosecute Texas drivers carrying otherwise legal weapons in… [read post]
7 Jan 2021, 8:20 am
The Texas legislature will begin its bi-annual session on January 12, 2021, during which it will consider at least 26 employment bills that have the potential of affecting large swaths of employers across the state. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 9:29 am
Weighing two separate pleas by Texas officials to clear the way for candidates to start filing for seats in the state legislature and in the Texas delegation in the U.S. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 8:49 am
The 85th general session of the Texas Legislature started in January and will end in May 2017. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 4:00 am
In 1879, the legislature changed the purpose of the school, now Prairie View A&M University, to general education. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 4:53 am
Posted by Charles Sartain The Texas legislature has been busy on energy. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 8:23 pm
You might remember a similar bill passing in the 2011 session of the state legislature(HB 242), but that bill was vetoed along with many others by our Texas governor Rick Perry. [read post]
8 Feb 2019, 1:22 pm
Hecht delivered the State of the Judiciary on February 6 at a joint session of the 86th Legislature at the Texas House chamber. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 3:38 am
The biggest priority for the Legislature will be addressing the state's budget shortfall of up to $25 billion. [read post]
25 Apr 2021, 1:42 pm
The Texas Legislature enacted the discovery statute in 1965. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 1:02 pm
” The State Bar of Texas will vigorously defend its existing statutory structure, which was established by the Texas Legislature in aid of the Texas Supreme Court’s inherent authority to regulate the practice of law. [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 6:28 am
The legislation is one of the most extreme anti-immigrant laws ever passed by any state legislature in the country. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 1:09 pm
Below, we’ll tell you about the changes the Texas Legislature made and provide links to the underlying bills. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 5:20 am
The Texas Attorney General has intervened in the divorce proceedings, asserting the divorces issued by the family courts are invalid because they implicitly recognize same-sex marriage; something proscribed by Texas law.Cases in Tennessee and Kentucky are also percolating through the state courts, testing state laws proscribing same-sex marriage. [read post]
26 May 2015, 6:31 am
The state legislature came very close to reducing Hazlewood Act benefits for Texas veterans and their children. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 9:24 am
The post Which Legislatures are in Session This Week? [read post]
