Attorney General

Request for Opinions

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


Opinions

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