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