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General Counsel’s Report — The District’s legal counsel will brief the Board on pertinent legal issues and developments impacting the District since the last Board meeting, and legal counsel’s activities on behalf of the District, including without l

Presented in: Board of Directors Meeting - 2024-06-17 on 2024-06-17
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 2.9/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (8 - 0)
“Motion to approve item 10: General Counsel’s Report — The District’s legal counsel will brief the Board on pertinent legal issues and developments impacting the District since the last Board meeting, and legal counsel’s activit”
MO
Maurice Osborn
Director, Ellis County Place 1 (Ellis County Place 1)
YES
JC
John Curtis
Director, Hill County Place 1 (Hill County Place 1)
YES
BM
Barney McClure
Director, Johnson County Place 1 (Johnson County Place 1)
YES
GF
Gary Farmer
Director, Somervell County Place 1 (Somervell County Place 1)
YES
MM
Marty McPherson
Director, Ellis County Place 2 (Ellis County Place 2)
YES
BD
Brad Daniels
Director, Hill County Place 2 (Hill County Place 2)
YES
PT
Paul Tischler
Director, Johnson County Place 2 (Johnson County Place 2)
YES
CB
Charles Beseda
Director, Somervell County Place 2 (Somervell County Place 2)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

General Counsel’s Report — The District’s legal counsel will brief the Board on pertinent legal issues and developments impacting the District since the last Board meeting, and legal counsel’s activities on behalf of the District, including without limitation waste injection well monitoring activities including any protests of injection well applications with the Railroad Commission of Texas or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, District rules enforcement activities, rules and management plan implementation issues, groundwater-related legislative activities, joint planning and DFC development activities, developments in groundwater case law and submission of legal briefs, contractual issues related to the District, open government, policy, personnel, and financial issues of the District, threatened or pending claims or litigation against the District, and other legal activities on behalf of the District – Brian Sledge, Legal Counsel, SledgeLaw Group, PLLC

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.