Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - County Officers and Employees
Chapter 161 - County Ethics Commission in Certain Counties

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 161.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 161.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to:...

Section 161.002. Definitions - Sec. 161.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means a...

Section 161.003. Conflict With Civil Service Agreement - Sec. 161.003. CONFLICT WITH CIVIL SERVICE AGREEMENT. (a) This chapter...

Subchapter B. Creation of Commission; Appointment of Commission Members

Section 161.051. Creation of Commission by Order - Sec. 161.051. CREATION OF COMMISSION BY ORDER. (a) The commissioners...

Section 161.052. Creation of Commission by Election - Sec. 161.052. CREATION OF COMMISSION BY ELECTION. (a) A county...

Section 161.053. Ballot - Sec. 161.053. BALLOT. The commissioners court shall order the ballot...

Section 161.054. Result of Election - Sec. 161.054. RESULT OF ELECTION. If the proposition is approved,...

Section 161.055. Appointment of Commission - Sec. 161.055. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION. (a) The commission is composed...

Section 161.056. Eligibility - Sec. 161.056. ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible for appointment to...

Section 161.057. Terms - Sec. 161.057. TERMS. (a) Members of the commission serve terms...

Section 161.058. Vacancies - Sec. 161.058. VACANCIES. (a) A vacancy on the commission shall...

Section 161.059. Meetings - Sec. 161.059. MEETINGS. (a) The commission shall meet on a...

Section 161.0591. Chair - Sec. 161.0591. CHAIR. (a) The position of chair is selected...

Section 161.060. Removal of Commission Member - Sec. 161.060. REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBER. A member of the...

Section 161.061. Legal Representation - Sec. 161.061. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. The county attorney, or district attorney,...

Subchapter C. Powers

Section 161.101. General Powers - Sec. 161.101. GENERAL POWERS. (a) The commission shall adopt, publish,...

Section 161.102. Advisory Opinions - Sec. 161.102. ADVISORY OPINIONS. On the request of any person...

Section 161.103. Public Interest Information - Sec. 161.103. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION. (a) The commission shall develop...

Section 161.104. Commission Member Education and Training - Sec. 161.104. COMMISSION MEMBER EDUCATION AND TRAINING. (a) Not later...

Section 161.105. Education and Training for Persons Covered by Ethics Code - Sec. 161.105. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS COVERED BY ETHICS...

Section 161.106. Certain Discussions of Pending Complaints Prohibited - Sec. 161.106. CERTAIN DISCUSSIONS OF PENDING COMPLAINTS PROHIBITED. Until a...

Section 161.107. Disclosure of Certain Contracts - Sec. 161.107. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) The commission shall...

Subchapter D. Complaint Procedures and Hearings

Section 161.151. Definitions - Sec. 161.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Category One violation"...

Section 161.152. Complaint Procedures and Hearings - Sec. 161.152. COMPLAINT PROCEDURES AND HEARINGS. The commission shall adopt...

Section 161.153. Hearings and Settlement - Sec. 161.153. HEARINGS AND SETTLEMENT. (a) The commission may: (1)...

Section 161.154. Categorization of Violations - Sec. 161.154. CATEGORIZATION OF VIOLATIONS. An allegation of a violation...

Section 161.155. Filing of Complaint; Contents - Sec. 161.155. FILING OF COMPLAINT; CONTENTS. (a) An individual may...

Section 161.1551. Standing Preliminary Review Committee - Sec. 161.1551. STANDING PRELIMINARY REVIEW COMMITTEE. (a) The standing preliminary...

Section 161.156. Processing of Complaint - Sec. 161.156. PROCESSING OF COMPLAINT. (a) The standing preliminary review...

Section 161.157. Retaliation Against County Employee Reporting Violation of Ethics Code Prohibited - Sec. 161.157. RETALIATION AGAINST COUNTY EMPLOYEE REPORTING VIOLATION OF ETHICS...

Section 161.158. Preliminary Review: Initiation - Sec. 161.158. PRELIMINARY REVIEW: INITIATION. (a) The standing preliminary review...

Section 161.159. Preliminary Review: Response by Respondent - Sec. 161.159. PRELIMINARY REVIEW: RESPONSE BY RESPONDENT. (a) If the...

Section 161.160. Preliminary Review: Written Questions - Sec. 161.160. PRELIMINARY REVIEW: WRITTEN QUESTIONS. During a preliminary review,...

Section 161.161. Preliminary Review and Preliminary Review Procedures - Sec. 161.161. PRELIMINARY REVIEW AND PRELIMINARY REVIEW PROCEDURES. The commission...

Section 161.162. Preliminary Review Hearing: Procedure - Sec. 161.162. PRELIMINARY REVIEW HEARING: PROCEDURE. (a) The standing preliminary...

Section 161.163. Preliminary Review Hearing: Resolution - Sec. 161.163. PRELIMINARY REVIEW HEARING: RESOLUTION. (a) As soon as...

Section 161.164. Formal Hearing: Standard of Evidence - Sec. 161.164. FORMAL HEARING: STANDARD OF EVIDENCE. During a formal...

Section 161.165. Formal Hearing: Subpoenas and Witnesses - Sec. 161.165. FORMAL HEARING: SUBPOENAS AND WITNESSES. (a) A subpoena...

Section 161.166. Formal Hearing: Procedure - Sec. 161.166. FORMAL HEARING: PROCEDURE. (a) Not later than the...

Section 161.167. Formal Hearing: Resolution - Sec. 161.167. FORMAL HEARING: RESOLUTION. (a) At the conclusion of...

Section 161.168. Status of Complaint - Sec. 161.168. STATUS OF COMPLAINT. (a) The commission shall keep...

Section 161.169. Extension of Deadline - Sec. 161.169. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE. The commission may, on its...

Section 161.170. Subpoena - Sec. 161.170. SUBPOENA. (a) In connection with a formal hearing,...

Section 161.171. Status of Complainant - Sec. 161.171. STATUS OF COMPLAINANT. The complainant is not a...

Section 161.172. Applicability of Other Acts - Sec. 161.172. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER ACTS. (a) Except as provided...

Section 161.173. Confidentiality; Offense - Sec. 161.173. CONFIDENTIALITY; OFFENSE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 161.174. Availability of Commission Orders on Internet - Sec. 161.174. AVAILABILITY OF COMMISSION ORDERS ON INTERNET. (a) As...

Subchapter E. Enforcement

Section 161.201. Order - Sec. 161.201. ORDER. The commission may: (1) issue and enforce...

Section 161.202. Civil Penalty for Delay or Violation - Sec. 161.202. CIVIL PENALTY FOR DELAY OR VIOLATION. (a) The...

Section 161.203. Waiver or Reduction of Penalty - Sec. 161.203. WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF PENALTY. (a) A person...

Section 161.204. Notification of Regulatory or Supervisory Entity - Sec. 161.204. NOTIFICATION OF REGULATORY OR SUPERVISORY ENTITY. The commission...

Section 161.205. Civil Penalty for Frivolous or Bad-Faith Complaint - Sec. 161.205. CIVIL PENALTY FOR FRIVOLOUS OR BAD-FAITH COMPLAINT. (a)...

Section 161.206. Factors Considered for Assessment of Sanction - Sec. 161.206. FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ASSESSMENT OF SANCTION. The commission...

Section 161.207. Appeals - Sec. 161.207. APPEALS. (a) A respondent may appeal the decision...

Section 161.208. Delivery of Record to Reviewing Court - Sec. 161.208. DELIVERY OF RECORD TO REVIEWING COURT. (a) After...

Section 161.209. Cost of Preparing Commission Record - Sec. 161.209. COST OF PREPARING COMMISSION RECORD. (a) The commission...

Section 161.210. Collections - Sec. 161.210. COLLECTIONS. The county attorney may collect a fine...

Subchapter F. Dissolution of Commission

Section 161.301. Petition for Dissolution of Commission - Sec. 161.301. PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF COMMISSION. If, after an...

Section 161.302. Dissolution Election - Sec. 161.302. DISSOLUTION ELECTION. (a) An election under this subchapter...

Section 161.303. Dissolution of Commission - Sec. 161.303. DISSOLUTION OF COMMISSION. If the proposition is approved...

Section 161.304. Saving Provisions - Sec. 161.304. SAVING PROVISIONS. The dissolution of a county ethics...