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House Bill 1259 |
House Author: Kolkhorst et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Duncan |
House Bill 1259 amends the Government Code to prohibit the Teacher Retirement System of Texas board of trustees from employing outside legal counsel to provide legal services to the retirement system unless the contract for such services is approved by the attorney general, regardless of the source of funds to be used to pay the outside counsel. The bill requires the attorney general to promptly act on a board request to approve a contract for outside legal services and, if the attorney general denies the request, to provide the board with the reason for the denial; on denial of such a request, the board then may select alternative outside legal counsel, subject to approval by the attorney general.