TITLE attorney-general

Request for Opinions

RQ-0325-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable James Tirey

Hale County Attorney

500 Broadway, Suite 80

Plainview, Texas 79072

Re: Whether the Hale County Hospital Authority may enter into an income guarantee agreement to induce physicians to practice in its facility (Request No. 0325-GA)

Briefs requested by April 23, 2005

RQ-0326-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Robert Puente

Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Applicability of the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551, Government Code, to a meeting between two members of a governmental body and two newly-elected but not yet sworn-in members (Request No. 0326-GA)

Briefs requested by April 24, 2005

For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us. or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.

TRD-200501355

Nancy S. Fuller

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 30, 2005