RQ-0041. Request #0041-JC. Request from the Honorable J. Steven Houston, Brewster County Attorney, P.O. Box 323, Alpine, Texas 79831, regarding whether a county attorney may serve simultaneously as an attorney for a city located in his county.

RQ-0042. Request #0042-JC. Request from the Honorable Steven B. Payson, Dawson County Attorney, P.O. Box 1268, Lamesa, Texas 79331, regarding whether ambulance service is subject to competitive bidding, and related questions.

RQ-0043. Request #0043-JC. Request from the Honorable James Warren Smith, Jr., Frio County Attorney, 500 East San Antonio St., Box 1, Pearsall, Texas 78061-3100, regarding authority of a court to compel the school attendance of a juvenile who is not living with a custodian.

RQ-0044. Request #0044-JC. Request from the Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair, Finance Committee, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711, regarding effect of Hopwood v. State, 78 F 3d 932 (5th Cir., 1996), on the use of race or ethnicity as a factor in matters of student financial assistance: Reconsideration of Attorney General Letter Opinion No. 97-001 (1997).

RQ-0045. Request #0045-JC. Request from the Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, Public Health Committee, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768, regarding authority of an economic development corporation, and related questions.

TRD-9901943

Elizabeth Robinson

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 31, 1999