RQ-0669-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable James L. Anderson, Jr.
Aransas County Attorney
301 North Live Oak Street
Rockport, Texas 78382
Re: Whether the appointment of a county court-at-law judge strips a county judge of his powers as "magistrate" (RQ-0669-GA)
Briefs requested by February 29, 2008
RQ-0670-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Will Hartnett
Chair, Committee on Judiciary
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether a rule of the Department of Family and Protective Services conflicts with section 42.041(a), Human Resources Code, which requires a license to operate a child-care facility (RQ-0670-GA)
Briefs requested by March 10, 2008
RQ-0671-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Richard J. Miller
Bell County Attorney
Post Office Box 1127
Belton, Texas 76513
Re: Whether a county may permit a property owner, for on-site sewage disposal purposes, to combine adjacent tracts of land without the necessity of replatting (RQ-0671-GA)
Briefs requested by March 10, 2008
RQ-0672-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Robert A. Almon
Cameron County Auditor
Post Office Box 3846
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Re: Whether a county's alleged underpayment to indigent health care providers is an unconstitutional debt for purposes of article XI, section 7, of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0672-GA)
Briefs requested by March 13, 2008
RQ-0673-GA
Requestor:
Ms. Kathleen T. Jackson, Chair
Lower Neches Valley Authority
Post Office Box 5117
Beaumont, Texas 77726-5117
Re: Whether members of the board of directors of the Lower Neches Valley Authority may participate in the Authority's health care plan (RQ-0673-GA)
Briefs requested by March 13, 2008
RQ-0674-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Billy W. Byrd
Upshur County Criminal District Attorney
405 North Titus Street
Gilmer, Texas 75644
Re: Whether a justice of the peace may serve as a court-appointed criminal defense attorney (RQ-0674-GA)
Briefs requested by March 13, 2008
For further information, please access the Web site at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200800823
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: February 12, 2008
Opinion No. GA-0601
The Honorable Keri Roberts
Mills County Attorney
Post Office Box 160
Goldthwaite, Texas 76844
Re: Whether Mills County may fund the Fox Crossing Water District (RQ-0615-GA)
S U M M A R Y
The Fox Crossing Water District (the "District"), a special-law conservation and reclamation district, is authorized to impose taxes and fees and collect other revenues generated by its operations. No statutory provision, however, prohibits the District from funding all its operation and maintenance expenses from other revenues such as grants, gifts, loans, or other revenues received from other sources, including Mills County, Texas (the "County"), if the source can legally provide the funds. But no constitutional provision or statute authorizes the County to pay for all of the District's maintenance and operation expenses.
For further information, please access the Web site at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200800839
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: February 13, 2007