The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
County Government faces many challenges on a daily basis. Public safety needs, ever-changing laws and mandates that require compliance, floods that take out county roads & bridges, fires that threaten citizens’ lives, and other natural disasters beyond anyone’s control all demand a county to respond. These examples are just some of the issues that […]
KEY QUESTION: What is required for a mass gathering? MAIN REFERENCE POINT: Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 751 TALKING POINTS: A Mass Gathering is defined under Chapter 751 of the Texas Health and Safety Code as an event that can be defined by the following three conditions: a gathering that is held outside […]
“You’re going to have to start earlier and inform other departments. This is not a Commissioners Court problem. This is a county problem.” CJCAT General Counsel Jim Allison The new requirements resulting from Senate Bill 2 passed by the 86th Texas Legislature have compressed budget-related deadlines and will require careful coordination and systematic […]
The Coke County Courthouse was completed in 1956 in a Modern style as designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick and Harry Weaver. Coke County was created from Tom Green County and named for Gov. Richard Coke. The county was organized in 1889 with Hayrick, located near Hayrick Mountain, as the first county seat. An election was […]
County Judges, statutorily tasked with emergency preparedness and response, are on the frontlines as they seek to protect their communities from the Coronavirus. “We hope to defeat this virus and to one day look back at it as a battle fought and won by Texans who gave of themselves for their state, their counties, and […]
