Tax Freeze Re: Implementing a tax freeze by a county, city or town, or junior college district for persons with disabilities or persons 65 years of age or older (RQ-0171-GA). Submitted by Frank Madla Chair, Intergovernmental Relations Committee Texas State Senate Summary, Opinion No. GA-222: Article VIII, section 1-b(h) of the Texas Constitution authorizes […]
Roads & Bridges
Parker County Celebrates Road Project Parker County officially opened the first segment of the Ric Williamson Memorial Highway (RWMH), the largest of the 35 projects comprising the Parker County Transportation Bond Program approved by voters in 2008. The county celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 27. The RWMH will be completed in five […]
From the General Counsel
Mentally Ill Jail Inmate Issues Travis County District Judge Orlinda Naranjo recently ordered the Texas Department of State Health Services to admit mentally incompetent county jail inmates within 21 days of receipt of the commitment order. While the order is not final and may be appealed by the attorney general, it has revealed […]
From the President
Greetings! I hope we are all settling into the new year well and winding down from all the excitement the holidays bring. If you are like most, and I am, the holidays have been good to us, and we see and feel that a little in our wasteline. Oh well, we now have this […]
New State Officer Welcomes Leadership Role
By Lubbock County Commissioner Patti Jones, Newly Elected Second Vice President, County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas Let me begin by saying I am very humbled to have been chosen to serve as second vice president of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas. I know quite a few of you from around […]
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