LEGISLATURE |
Apportionment requiring election of new senate, legislation changing two senatorial districts constitutes | DM-0351 |
Appropriation bill, in order to exceed Comptroller's revenue estimate, must find "emergency or urgent public necessity" and be enacted by a four-fifths vote of total membership of each house | GA-0054 |
Districts, whether the legislature must apportion legislative districts based on provisional decennial census | DM-0006 |
Federal court order changing senatorial district boundaries, whether Texas Constitution requires election of new senate subsequent to | LO95-046 |
Legislative Council, Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 does not permit the Texas Education Agency to release personally identifiable student information to Council's employees despite the fact that state law provides that such empl | JC-0333 |
President pro tempore of the Senate does not serve a definite term of office under article III, section 9(a) of the Texas Constitution | GA-0584 |
President pro tempore of the Senate is not a state officer subject to impeachment under article XV, section 7 of the Texas Constitution | GA-0584 |
Resign to run, legislator that announces candidacy for Governor during the first year of a two-year term is not required to immediately resign from House of Representatives | GA-0698 |
Rules of the Senate or House, the Attorney General will not construe | GA-0584 |
Senate confirmation, whether member of nonprofit corporation appointed by the governor is a state officer subject to | JC-0345 |
Speaker of the House is a state officer subject to impeachment under article XV, section 7 of the Texas Constitution | GA-0584 |
Speaker of the House serves a definite term of office under article III, section 9(b) of the Texas Constitution | GA-0584 |
Legislation |
Across-the-board provisions recommended by Sunset Advisory Commission | JC-0350 |
Applicant for a real estate inspector’s license must carry liability insurance, and the Texas Real Estate Commission lacks authority to waive that requirement | GA-0932 |
Apportionment requiring election of new senate, legislation changing two senatorial districts constitutes | DM-0351 |
Article III, section 36 of the Texas Constitution, whether bill complies with requirements of is determined as of date of passage and not as of effective date | DM-0475 |
Code Construction Act rule that when amendments are irreconcilable latest in date of enactment prevails does not apply when legislature has provided specific instructions regarding conflicting bills passed in same session | DM-0234 |
Concurrent resolution may be evidence of legislative intent but is not state law; constitution requires that laws be passed by bill | DM-0197 |
Contract that contravenes, controls or limits the provisions of a statute is void | LO98-022 |
Date on which submerged land conditionally granted by state to Corpus Christi would "revert" to state if condition not performed, effect of legislation extending | LO98-017 |
Delegation, whether statute creating water quality protection zones impermissibly delegates legislative authority to private landowners | JC-0402 |
Enrolled bill rule, application to claim that legislative appropriation of general revenue funds to The University of Texas of the Permian Basin to construct a museum building invalid under article VII, section 18 of the Texas Constitution | JC-0170 |
Gaming activities that do not comprise elements of a lottery, without amending the constitution the legislature may amend chapter 47 of the Penal Code to authorize | JM-1267 |
Government Code section 2001.006 permits state agencies to adopt rules and take administrative action to prepare for implementation of new legislation, but such rules and actions may not take effect, however, until the effective date of the new legislation | GA-1045 |
Local or special law, statute authorizing state agency to grant exemptions to pollution-control statutes and rules does not constitute | DM-0474 |
Local or special law, test of whether law is general or special | DM-0453 |
New tax credit in House Bill 500 of the 83rd Legislature is not limited to taxable entities, thus it may be claimed and transferred by an entity that owns a rehabilitated certified historic structure even if the entity is not subject to the franchise tax | GA-1045 |
Prospective application, statutes are presumed to have in absence of express statement of legislative intent | JC-0180 |
Resolution does not have force and effect of law | LO95-014 |
Same session, statutes enacted in should be harmonized if possible | JM-1208 |
Separation of powers provision, constitutionality under of legislation that subjects appellate courts' employment policies and procedures to review by Texas Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Texas Human Rights Act and to monetary penalty for | JC-0563 |
Special law, tax exemption for specific, named private entity constitutes | DM-0432 |
Specific legislative statement that one bill prevail over any other similar legislation enacted in same session takes precedence over rule of statutory construction that legislation must be harmonized and, if that is not possible, the later enacted provis | JC-0137 |
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, authority to register a position and testify for or against legislation at legislative hearings | KP-0136 |
Statute authorizing appropriation does not appropriate funds | LO96-047 |
Suspension of laws, statute authorizing state agency to grant exemptions to pollution-control statutes and rules does not constitute | DM-0474 |
Tax Code chapter 171, subchapter S is silent on the question of appeal of a denial of a certificate of eligibility, and there is no constitutional violation or impairment of vested property right, so the denial of a certificate of eligibility is not subject to appeal | GA-1045 |
Taxation, power of special district to levy ad valorem tax must be express and will not be supported by reference to authority of other entities where legislature has expressly vested district with authority to levy sales and use tax | JC-0291 |
Title of bill, Texas Constitution makes legislature solely responsible for determining sufficiency of | JC-0500 |
Validity of enrolled bill will not be impeached when legislation challenged under article III, section 30 of Texas Constitution | DM-0263 |
Legislative Powers |
Appropriation of state funds to state agency to transfer to private endowment must satisfy article III, section 51of Texas Constitution and agency's authority to transfer funds and enter into contract regarding transaction must be supported by substantive | JC-0146 |
Authority and process for removing historical plaques in the Texas Capitol Complex | KP-0224 |
Authority to enact laws, impose taxes, raise revenue, and appropriate state funds is vested in legislature rather than the governor; governor may not increase or appropriate motor vehicle registration fees, but, in case of emergency, may act with legislat | JC-0501 |
Common law, authority to modify by adopting statute | GA-0351 |
Congressional districts, authority and responsibility of legislature to redraw | GA-0063 |
Constitutional authority to adopt, amend, and repeal law may be limited only by state and federal constitutions and federal statutes; may not be limited by state statute | GA-0190 |
Contempt - authority of a committee of the Texas House of Representatives that is investigating a possible impeachment to punish for contempt | GA-1057 |
Definition of "bet," legislature may not revise in contravention of constitution | DM-0302 |
Delegation of legislative authority to private entity, whether statute authorizing state agency to award money to development corporation to make loans to community health center violates article III, section 1 of the Texas Constitution | GA-0033 |
Delegation, whether statute creating water quality protection zones impermissibly delegates legislative authority to private landowners | JC-0402 |
Incarceration of person, legislature has delegated state's authority for to Department of Criminal Justice, counties, and cities | LO96-151 |
Incompatibility of offices, legislature may overcome common-law doctrine of incompatibility if it does so expressly | LO94-020 |
Interim committees, Sunset Act does not limit legislative authority to study and make recommendations by means of | LO94-002 |
Legislature's authority is plenary, unlike a county or special district; legislature need only look to statutes and the constitution for express and implied limitations on its authority | JC-0392 |
Multiple municipal judgeships, whether holding is "of benefit to the state" is matter for legislative resolution | DM-0428 |
State-owned land, legislature has exclusive control of disposition of | JM-1170 |
Supreme Court's construction of Texas Constitution, legislature cannot overturn by declaration or enactment | JM-1173 |
Legislators |
Administrative license revocation hearing, legislator may represent person in, only if legislator has previously represented person in criminal proceeding arising out of same facts | GA-0170 |
Assistant county attorney, legislator barred from simultaneously serving as | JC-0430 |
Boundary changes in two senatorial districts, whether Texas Constitution requires new election and redrawing of lots after legislature imposes | LO95-046 |
Chancellor of state university system, whether former legislator may be appointed as during term to which elected | LO96-080 |
Constitutional or statutory standards of conduct, whether a particular transaction or business contact would violate depends on the specific facts of the case | GA-0087 |
Contract with state or county, prohibition against legislator's interest in where corporation's stock is owned by spouse of legislator | LO95-033 |
Dual office holding, legislator prohibited from holding unpaid state office by article XVI, section 40(d) of the Texas Constitution | JC-0464 |
Historical Commission member not barred from serving as legislator during commission term | LO95-050 |
Independent contractor for county, whether legislator may work as | LO95-022 |
Independent contractor for school district, legislator not as matter of law prohibited from serving as | LO93-031 |
Independent contractor working for political subdivision does not hold "position of profit" within Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d) | KP-0227 |
Individuals not yet elected to the Legislature, the constitutional prohibition in article III, section 18 does not bar contracts with | GA-0567 |
Insurance services to a state university, a member of the Legislature not not provide unless authorized by the Texas Constitution and statutes | GA-0567 |
Legislator barred by Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d) from also serving as employee of municipal management district | KP-0227 |
Legislator's acceptance of payment from local government for lobbying, authority and limitations | KP-0226 |
Legislator's business or employment activities, questions about the propriety of such activities under chapter 572 of the Government Code are generally not appropriate for the opinion process | GA-0567 |
Lieutenant governor, person elected by Senate to perform duties of is required to serve as member of Legislative Redistricting Board | JC-0388 |
Local and federal units of government, constitutional and statutory standards of conduct for public officials do not absolutely prohibit a state legislator from representing a client's interests to | GA-0087 |
Local public officials, a legislator is not prohibited from employing | LO98-039 |
Member of the Legislature does not include person yet to be elected to the Legislature | GA-0567 |
Member of the Legislature, an interest under Texas Constitution article III, section 18 must be more than the general interest shared by the public; it must be one that involves gain or loss specific to the | GA-0567 |
Payment for legislative expenses incurred during interim, Texas Constitution does not preclude | DM-0023 |
Provide insurance services to a state university, a legislator may not provide unless authorized under the Texas Constituion and statutes | GA-0567 |
School district trustee not precluded from working part-time in state legislator's office | DM-0055 |
Serving as the state chair of a political party, because the state chair of a political party does not hold an office or position under this State a member of the Legislature is not barred from under either article III, section 19 or article XVI, section 40(d) of the Texas Constitution from | GA-0880 |
State board member who does not hold lucrative office is not required by article III, section 19 of the Texas Constitution to resign from office in order to run for the legislature; that provision is not relevant to the board member's eligibility to run f | JC-0464 |
State senator elected at November 2000 general election is not eligible to be appointed to position that requires Senate confirmation | GA-0006 |
Term of office as county judge overlaps legislative term; article III, section 19 of Texas Constitution does not disqualify judge from running for legislature if he resigns before filing for legislature | LO97-092 |
Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40(d) bars legislator from also being employed by municipal management district, but not from working as independent contractor for district | GA-0386 |