TITLE attorney-general

Request for Opinions

RQ-0444-GA

Requestor:

Mr. Carlos A. Pereda, Jr.

Maverick County Auditor

370 North Monroe Street, Suite 1

Eagle Pass, Texas 78852

Requestor:

The Honorable J. Steven Houston

Brewster County Attorney

107 West Avenue E, #7

Alpine, Texas 79830

Re: Distribution of federal grant funds to sheriffs under Operation Linebacker (RQ-0444-GA)

Briefs requested by March 20, 2006

RQ-0446-GA

Requestor:

Mr. Raymund A. Paredes

Commissioner of Higher Education

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Post Office Box 12788

Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Annexation of territory by Coastal Bend College (RQ-0446-GA)

Briefs requested by March 26, 2006

RQ-0447-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Anna Mowery

Chair, Committee on Land and Resource Management

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Meaning of the term "service plan" under sections 43.056 and 43.141, Local Government Code, for purposes of a petition to disannex submitted by the voters of an annexed area of a municipality (RQ-0447-GA)

Briefs requested by March 26, 2006

RQ-0448-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Geraldine ("Tincy") Miller

Chair, State Board of Education

1701 North Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701-1494

Re: Discretion available to the State Board of Education in adopting the accounting method to be used in determining the market value of the Permanent School Fund (RQ-0448-GA)

Briefs requested by March 30 , 2006

RQ-0449-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Joel Littlefield

Hunt County Attorney

Post Office Box 1097

Greenville, Texas 75403-1097

Re: Whether a county clerk must accept for filing and recording a common-law copyright (RQ-0449-GA)

Briefs requested by March 30, 2006

RQ-0450-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Chair, Committee on International Relations and Trade

Texas State Senate

Post Office Box 12068

Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Whether the Texas Lottery Commission may issue a group license under the Bingo Enabling Act, chapter 2001, Texas Occupation Code (RQ-0450-GA)

Briefs requested by March 30, 2006

RQ-0451-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Beverly Woolley

Chair, Committee on Calendars

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Requestor:

The Honorable John Smithee

Chair, Committee on Insurance

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Conflict of interest disclosure requirements for local government officers and persons who contract with local governmental entities (RQ-0451-GA)

Briefs requested by March 31, 2006

RQ-0452-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Anna Mowery

Chair, Committee on Land and Resource Management

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a city council member who announces his candidacy for another elective position may continue to serve as a council member until his successor is qualified (RQ-0452-GA)

Briefs requested by March 31, 2006

RQ-0453-GA

Requestor:

Colonel Thomas A. Davis, Jr., Director

Texas Department of Public Safety

Post Office Box 4087

Austin, Texas 78773-0001

Re: Whether a person who was convicted as a sex offender in another state prior to September 1, 1995, and was still under active supervision in that state on September 1, 1997, is required to register as a sex offender in Texas (RQ-0453-GA)

Briefs requested by April 2, 2006

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

TRD-200601503

Stacey Schiff

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 8, 2006