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On April 13, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court held that deputy constables fall within the definition of "police officers" and are, as such, entitled to engage in collective bargaining with their public employers under Local Government Code chapter 174.
The Compromise of 1850 set Texas's boundaries at their present position: Texas ceded its claims to land which later became half of present-day New Mexico, [97] a third of Colorado, and small portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming to the federal government, in return for the assumption of $10 million of the old republic's debt. [97]
The Local Government Code of 1991 provides for the three levels of Local Government Units or LGUs in the Philippines: (1) the province (2) city and municipality, and (3) the barangay. [15] The country remains a unitary state and the National Government continues to have strong influence over local government units.
"420" did not originate from the Los Angeles police or penal code for marijuana use. [113] California Penal Code section 420 prohibits the obstruction of access to public land. [113] [114] The use of "420" started in 1971 at San Rafael High School, where a group of students would go to smoke at 4:20 pm. [113]
The US has historically had minimum age requirements for many positions, ranging from President to local members of city council. While there is no maximum age limit or point of forced retirement—other countries like Canada enforce retirement ages on judges [ 1 ] and senators [ 2 ] —there are term limits in some cases, most notably a limit ...
California: In 1959 the Government Code Section 12947.5 (part of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, passed in California) declares in part, “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to permit an employee to wear pants on account of the sex of the employee”, with exceptions only for “requiring an ...
The 2010 Austin suicide attack occurred on February 18, 2010, when Andrew Joseph Stack III deliberately crashed his single-engine Piper Dakota light aircraft into Building I of the Echelon office complex in Austin, Texas, United States, [5] killing himself and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) manager Vernon Hunter. [6]