Requests for Opinions

RQ–0005. Request from the Honorable Pete P. Gallego, Chair, Committee on General Investigating, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas, 78768-2910, regarding whether the Open Meetings Act, Government Code, chapter 551, is applicable to the governing body of a hospital district when acting as a medical peer review committee, and related questions. Request Number 0005- JC

RQ–0006. Request from the Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Interim Committee on Sex Offenders, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711-2068, regarding Meaning of "full pay" for purposes of section 143. 073, Local Government Code, which requires a municipality to provide "leave with full pay" to a fire fighter or police officer who is absent for an illness or injury related to the person’s line of duty. Request Number 0006-JC

RQ–0007. Request from the Honorable Jerry Patterson, Chair, Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711-2068, regarding whether a local government may impose restrictions on the carrying of concealed handguns by licensees. Request Number 0007-JC

RQ–0008. Request from the Honorable Jerry Patterson, Chair, Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711-2068, regarding whether a sports authority created under Local Government Code chapters 334 and 335 may exercise the power of eminent domain. Request Number 0008-JC

TRD-9900546

Elizabeth Robinson

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: January 26, 1999