RQ-0588-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable James M. Kuboviak
Brazos County Attorney
300 East 26th, Suite #325
Bryan, Texas 77803
Re: Whether certain business entities are eligible for exemption from ad valorem taxation under section 25.07, Tax Code (RQ-0588-GA)
Briefs requested by July 18, 2007
RQ-0589-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jim Keffer
Chair, Committee on Ways & Means
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
Requestor:
The Honorable Byron Cook
Chair, Committee on Civil Practices
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
Re: Scope of the authority of the Office of Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (RQ-0589-GA)
Briefs requested by July 20, 2007
RQ-0590-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jana Duty
Williamson County Attorney
405 M.L.K. Street, Box 7
Georgetown, Texas 78626
Re: Whether a county that chooses to operate under subchapter C of chapter 111, Local Government Code, may appoint its county judge as its county budget officer (RQ-0590-GA)
Briefs requested by July 23, 2007
RQ-0591-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Wayne Thorburn, Administrator
Texas Real Estate Commission
P.O. Box 12188
Austin, Texas 78711-2188
Re: Whether an applicant for a home inspector license is required to carry general liability insurance, professional liability insurance, or both (Request No. 0591-GA)
Briefs requested by July 25, 2007
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200702687
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: June 27, 2007
Opinion No. GA-0552
The Honorable Richard Clark
Yoakum County Criminal District Attorney
Post Office Box 359
Plains, Texas 79355
Re: Whether a county may own or operate a medical clinic in an adjacent county without the adjacent county's consent (RQ-0560-GA)
S U M M A R Y
A county may purchase or lease a medical clinic in an adjacent county without the adjacent county's consent under section 263.022(c) of the Health and Safety Code if the county commissioners court determines that the acquisition is "necessary for hospital purposes" and that the expenditure of county funds serves a county purpose. TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. §263.022(c) (Vernon 2001); see TEX. CONST. arts. III, §52(a); VIII, §9(b). Once acquired, the hospital's board of managers may manage the facility, personnel, and patients consistently with legal requirements. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. §263.046(a) (Vernon 2001).
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200702688
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: June 27, 2007