Wichita County v. Bonnin

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

I. Introduction

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. The question before us is whether the district court has jurisdiction over a declaratory judgment action brought by a deputy sheriff against the Wichita County Commissioners Court. 1 The declaratory judgment action concerns the effect of a minimum salary proposal approved by the voters of Wichita County. We affirm the trial court’s denial of the Commissioners Court’s plea to the jurisdiction.

II. Local Government Code § 152.072

Before we turn to the…