Request for Opinions
RQ-0063-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Ben W. "Bud" Childers
Fort Bend County Attorney
301 Jackson Street, Suite 728
Richmond, Texas 77469-3108
Re: Authority to appoint a master or associate judge, and limitations on
such appointment (Request No. 0063-GA)
Briefs requested by July 18, 2003
RQ-0064-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Rodney Ellis
Chair, Committee on Government Organization
Texas State Senate
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Whether the use of parking facilities at the Texas Medical Center for
events held outside the Medical Center would forfeit the Center's property
tax exemption under section 11.23(j) of the Tax Code (Request No. 0064-GA)
Briefs requested by July 23, 2003
RQ-0065-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable David Swinford
Chair, Committee on Government Reform
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether municipal hotel/motel taxes may be used to fund certain programs
of a senior center (Request No. 0065-GA)
Briefs requested by July 23, 2003
RQ-0067-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Fred Hill
Chair, Local Government Ways and Means Committee
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether a city council may delegate to a city board the authority to
grant variances under section 109.33(e) of the Alcoholic Beverage Code (Request
No. 0067-GA)
Briefs requested by July 25, 2003
RQ-0068-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Kenneth Armbrister
Chair, Natural Resources Committee
Texas State Senate
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Responsibility for maintenance of a public road (Request No. 0068-GA)
Briefs requested by July 26, 2003
RQ-0069-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Norman Arnett
Stonewall County Attorney
P.O. Box 367
Aspermont, Texas 79502
Re: Whether the nepotism statute, chapter 573, Government Code, precludes
the continued employment of an employee of the sheriff's office after her
marriage to the sheriff (Request No. 0069-GA)
Briefs requested by July 25, 2003
RQ-0070-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Oliver S. Kitzman
Criminal District Attorney, Waller County
836 Austin Street, Suite 103
Hempstead, Texas 77445
Re: Whether a commissioners court is required to provide notice and a hearing
before approving the placement of a stop sign on a county road (Request No.
0070-GA)
Briefs requested by July 31, 2003
For further information,
please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us.
or call the Opinion Committee at 512/463-2110.
TRD-200304063
Nancy S. Fuller
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: July 2, 2003