Administrative Law Handbook - Texas Attorney General

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Figure 18: Affidavit of Records Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Figure 19: Proposal for Decision ...................................39 Figure 20: Final Order ...........................................41 Figure 21: Receipt of Motion for Rehearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Figure 22: Board Action on Motion for Rehearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Figure 23: Affidavit Certifying Administrative Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Judicial Enforcement Remedies: Responding to Violations of Agency Statutes, Rules and Orders ...............45 Legal Basis for Enforcement Actions by the Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Figure 24: Cease and Desist Order ...................................46 Rulemaking: Overview .............................................................47 Sources of Rules .................................................48 Negotiated Rulemaking ............................................49 Texas Register and Texas Administrative Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Public Notice of Proposed Rules .....................................51 Contents of the Notice of Proposed Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Filing the Notice .................................................54 Comments on Proposed Rules .......................................54 Responding to Comments ..........................................55 Agency Order Adopting a Rule ......................................56 Internet Access to Rules............................................57 Emergency Rules .................................................57 Judicial Review of Agency Rules ....................................58 Forms Figure 25: Sample Preamble and Proposed Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Figure 26: Agenda for the Public Hearing on a Proposed Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Figure 27: Sample Preamble and Adopted Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Figure 28: Order Adopting a Rule ..................................64 The Attorney General’s Role: Services Provided by the State’s Legal Representative .......................65 Personal Liability and Representation in Lawsuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Attorney General Opinions .........................................68 Open Records Decisions ...........................................68 The Scope of Legal Services Provided ................................68 Outside Counsel..................................................69 2008 Administrative Law Handbook • Office of the Attorney General
Open Government: A Brief Summary of the Open Meetings Acts and Public Information ..........70 Mandatory Open Government Training ...................................70 The Texas Open Meetings Act ...........................................70 Notice of Meetings................................................73 Emergency Meetings ..............................................74 Conducting an Open Meeting .......................................75 Closed or Executive Sessions .......................................77 Minutes ........................................................79 Violations of the Open Meetings Act .................................79 The Texas Public Information Act ........................................80 Requesting an Open Records Decision from the Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Inspection and Copies of Public Information and Associated Charges . . . . . . . . 84 Information Excepted from Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Violations of the Public Information Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Forms Figure 29: Sample Posting for an Open Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Figure 30: Presiding Officer’s Script for Conducting a Public Meeting . . . . . 92 Figure 31: Presiding Officer’s Script for Closed or Executive Session . . . . . . 93 Figure 32: Sample Posting of Agenda Item to Terminate an Agency’s Executive Director ..............................................94 Figure 33: Sample Posting of Agenda Item to Discuss Legal Matter in a Closed Session ..............................................95 Figure 34: Sample Certified Agenda of Closed Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Figure 35: Response to Request for Public Information, Asking for Clarification .................................97 Figure 36: Response to Request for Public Information, No Documents Found ...................................98 Figure 37: Response to Request for Public Information, Claiming Exceptions....................................99 Figure 38: Response to Request for Public Information, Making Documents Available ...........................100 Figure 39: Response to Request for Public Information, No Charge for Copies ..................................101 2008 Administrative Law Handbook • Office of the Attorney General
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