Attorney General

Requests for Opinion

RQ-0583-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Bill Moore

Johnson County Attorney

Guinn Justice Center

204 South Buffalo Avenue

Fourth Floor, Suite 410

Cleburne, Texas 76033-5404

Re: Responsibility for selection and discontinuance of financial software used by the office of the county auditor (RQ-0583-GA)

Briefs requested by May 28, 2007

RQ-0584-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Charlie F. Howard

Chair, Committee on Local and Consent Calendars

Texas House of Representatives

P.O. Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Responsibilities of a school district in dealing with student truancy: Clarification of Attorney General Opinion No. GA-0417 (2006) (RQ-0584-GA)

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

TRD-200701723

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: May 2, 2007


Opinion

Opinion No. GA-0543

The Honorable Royce West

Chair, Committee on Intergovernmental Relations

Texas State Senate

Post Office Box 12068

Austin, Texas 78711-2068

Re: Whether, in light of section 716.101 of the Health and Safety Code, a county may cremate an unidentified deceased pauper's remains (RQ-0551-GA)

S U M M A R Y

Despite its authority to dispose of the body of an unidentified deceased pauper under section 694.002(a) of the Health and Safety Code by cremation, section 716.101 of the same code prohibits a crematory establishment from accepting such remains for cremation. Accordingly, a county may not have the remains of an unidentified pauper cremated.

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

TRD-200701724

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: May 2, 2007