2001.035
(a) A rule is voidable unless a state agency adopts it in substantial compliance with Sections 2001.022 through 2001.034. (b) A person must initiate a proceeding to contest a rule on the ground of noncompliance with the procedural requirements of Sections 2001.022 through 2001.034 not later than the second anniversary of the effective date of the […]
2001.040
If a court finds that an agency has not substantially complied with one or more procedural requirements of Sections 2001.022 through 2001.034, the court may remand the rule, or a portion of the rule, to the agency and, if it does so remand, shall provide a reasonable time for the agency to either revise or readopt […]
2001.1721
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), in any matter brought under this subchapter, the reviewing court shall review all questions of law de novo, including the interpretation of constitutional or statutory provisions or rules adopted by a state agency, without giving deference to any legal determination by a state agency. (b) Subsection (a) does […]
607.151
In this subchapter: (1) “Consumer price index” means the average over a cal-endar year of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor in function. (2) “Firefighter” has the meaning assigned by Section 607.051. (3) “Peace officer” has […]
607.152
This subchapter applies only to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from a fire department or law enforcement agency with at least 50 firefighters or peace officers, respectively. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. ___, § _, eff. Sept. 1, 2025.
607.056
(a) A firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician who suffers an acute myocardial infarction or stroke resulting in disability or death is presumed to have suffered the disability or death during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician if: (1) while on duty, the firefighter, peace […]
607.051
In this subchapter: (1) “Custodial officer” means a person who is employed by the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a parole officer or caseworker or who is employed by the correctional institutions division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and certified by the department as having […]
607.0545
Expired Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 505 (S.B. 22), § 5, eff. June 14, 2021.
2001.023
(a) A state agency shall give at least 30 days’ notice of its intention to adopt a rule before it adopts the rule. (b) A state agency shall file notice of the proposed rule with the secretary of state for publication in the Texas Register in the manner prescribed by Chapter 2002. (c) At the […]
2001.038
(a) The validity or applicability of a rule, including an emergency rule adopted under Section 2001.034, may be determined in an action for declaratory judgment if it is alleged that the rule or its threatened application interferes with or impairs, or threatens to interfere with or impair, a legal right or privilege of the plaintiff. […]