RQ-0574-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Patrick M. Rose
Chair, Committee on Human Services
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Re: Calculation of fee that a campaign manager may charge to a charitable organization for services rendered in connection with the state employee charitable campaign (RQ-0574-GA)
Briefs requested by April 16, 2007
RQ-0575-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Raymond H. Reese
DeWitt County Attorney
307 N. Gonzales Street
Cuero, Texas 77954
Re: Calculation of "base year" from which to impose tax freeze adopted by county voters in November 2005 (RQ-0575-GA)
Briefs requested by April 16, 2007
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200701132
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 21, 2007
Opinion No. GA-0531
The Honorable Susan Combs
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Post Office Box 13528
Austin, Texas 78711-3528
Re: Application of section 103.001(b) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code to a claim filed by one of the Tulia defendants (RQ-0523-GA)
SUMMARY
Chapter 103 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code authorizes the Comptroller of Public Accounts to approve a claim for compensation for wrongful imprisonment where the sentence for the wrongful imprisonment was served concurrently with a sentence for an unrelated offense that was served in prison solely because of the wrongful conviction.
Opinion No. GA-0532
Mr. Timothy A. Braaten, Executive Director
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
6330 U.S. Highway 290 East, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78723
Re: Whether an open-enrollment charter school is authorized to operate a commissioned police force (RQ-0531-GA)
SUMMARY
The Education Code does not authorize an open-enrollment charter school to operate or maintain a commissioned police force.
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200701114
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 21, 2007