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In 2002, 22 states had a medical examiner system, 11 states had a coroner system, and 18 states had a mixed system. Since the 1940s, the medical examiner system has gradually replaced the coroner system and serves about 48% of the US population. [4] [5] The largest medical examiner's office in the United States is located in Baltimore, Maryland ...
On December 17, 2002, Harris County Commissioner's Court appointed Dr. Sanchez the Chief Medical Examiner for Harris County. In November 2007, Harris County approved a bond for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art building for the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office to be located at 1861 Old Spanish Trail in the Texas Medical Center.
The Office of the Attorney General was first established by executive ordinance of the Republic of Texas government in 1836. The attorneys general of the Republic of Texas and the first four attorneys general under the 1845 state constitution were appointed by the governor. The office was made elective in 1850 by constitutional amendment.
The Texas bar association is investigating whether Ken Paxton's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct.
The State Bar of Texas is composed of those persons licensed to practice law in Texas and is an "integrated" or "mandatory" bar. The State Bar Act, adopted by the Legislature in 1939, mandates that all attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas be members of the State Bar. [4] [5] As of 2023, membership in the Texas Bar stood at 113,771. [6]
Eleven people have died in the last eight days due to heat-related illnesses in Webb County, Texas, the county medical examiner said.
The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) was created in 1991 by the 72nd Texas Legislature as an independent agency to manage and conduct hearings in contested cases for most licensing and other state agencies. [1] SOAH provides a forum for administrative hearings for agencies without staff to conduct hearings. [2]
As of 2022, the pay for ALJ-3, including locality adjustments, ranges from $136,651.00 per year to $187,300.00 depending on the particular locality and advancement from rate A to F. [7] As of 2022, pay for ALJ-2 and ALJ-1 is capped at $187,300.00 based on salary compression caused by salary caps based on the Executive Schedule.