Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 22.008. Publication of Decisions

(a) The supreme court shall appoint one or more licensed attorneys to serve at the will of the court and to report the decisions of the supreme court.

(b) The supreme court shall designate the cases to be reported and the reporter may report and publish only the designated cases.  As soon as the cases are finally disposed of and the opinions are recorded, the reporter shall obtain from the proper clerk the records of the cases to be reported, with the briefs and opinions.

(c) Under the direction of the supreme court, the reporter shall promptly prepare the decisions for publication with appropriate syllabuses and statements, proper index, and table of cited cases and reported cases.  Each report shall incorporate only the main propositions made in the briefs and considered by the court in the opinion, with the authorities cited in support of the propositions.

(d) The reporter shall return the record, with briefs and opinions, to the clerk when the report is completed and from time to time shall deliver the reports to the comptroller for publication.  Each volume shall be copyrighted in the name of the reporter, who immediately on delivery of the edition shall transfer and assign it to the state.  The edition shall be electrotyped.  The state owns the plates, and the comptroller shall preserve them.