2009 Riley Fletcher Basic Municipal Law Seminar Materials

Friday, February 13

Brand new to municipal law? This “Municipal Law 101” paper is a perfect place to start! (pdf – 130kb)

Types of City Government
Monte Akers, Akers and Boulware-Wells, Austin
Paper

Open Government
Bill Longley, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Open Government 1
Open Government 2
Open Government 3
Public Information Act 1
Public Information Act 2
Public Information Act 3

Land Use
Amber Slayton and Joseph Gorfida, Jr., Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager and Smith, Dallas
Basics 
Land Use Law 

Box Lunch and Ethics
Ross Fischer, City Attorney, Seguin
Paper 
PowerPoint 

Municipal Court
Ryan Turner, General Counsel, Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
Paper 
PowerPoint 

Tort Claims Act
Dick Evans, Staff Attorney, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Political Subdivision Liability 
Torts Claims Act

Economic Development
Jeff Moore, Brown and Hofmeister, Richardson
PowerPoint
Paper 

Personnel
Charles Anderson, City Attorney, Irving, and TCAA President
Personnel Law 
Basic Employment Discrimination Law

Purchasing
Julian Grant, Office of the Attorney General, Austin
Paper