Request for Opinions

RQ-0027. Requested from The Honorable B. J. Shepherd , District Attorney, 220th Judicial District, P.O. Box 368, Meridian, Texas, 76665, regarding permissible methods of disposing of property forfeited to the state under chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure. Request Number 0027-JC.

RQ-0028. Requested from Mr. James D. Goerke, Executive Director, Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications, 333 Guadalupe Street, Suite 2-212, Austin, Texas, 78701-3942, regarding whether an emergency communications district may unilaterally withdraw from participation in a regional 9-1-1 Plan: Reconsideration of Attorney General Opinion DM-494 (1998). Request Number 0028-JC.

RQ-0029. Requested from The Honorable Steven M. Hollis, Sabine County Attorney, Pro Tem, P.O. Box 1783, Hemphill, Texas, 75948, regarding whether a county may exchange surplus property for rock. Request Number 0029-JC.

RQ-0030. Requested from The Honorable Jose R. Rodriguez, El Paso County Attorney, 500 East San Antonio, Room 203, El Paso, Texas, 79901, regarding constitutionality of an 1891 special law that purported to disincorporate the City of San Elizario. Request Number 0030-JC.

RQ-0031. Requested from The Honorable Yolanda de Leon, Cameron County District Attorney, 974 East Harrison Street, Brownsville, Texas, 78520, regarding effect of the 1997 amendment to section 34.06, Tax Code, on proceeds from the sale of property "struck off" prior to effective date of amendment. Request Number 0031-JC.

RQ-0032. Requested from The Honorable Joe Warner Bell, Trinity County Attorney, 1 First and Main, P.O. Box 979, Groveton, Texas, 75845, regarding whether a county commissioner may purchase automobile parts from a corporation in which he has a substantial interest. Request Number 0032-JC.

RQ-0033. Requested from The Honorable Gary L. Walker, Chair, Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas, 78768-2910, regarding whether the development of an "assured isolation facility" would satisfy the obligations of the State of Texas under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact, section 403.006, Health Safety Code, and related questions. Request Number 0033-JC.

TRD-9901473

Elizabeth Robinson

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 10, 1999