RQ-0653-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Vicki Truitt
Chair, Committee on Pensions and Investments
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether an educational institution may contract with a third-party administrator that is owned by or otherwise affiliated with a company that sells qualified investment products to the institution's employees (RQ-0653-GA)
Briefs requested by January 25, 2008
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200706509
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: December 19, 2007
Opinion No. GA-0585
The Honorable Armando R. Villalobos
Cameron County District Attorney
974 East Harrison Street
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Re: Whether article XI, section 11 of the Texas Constitution prevails over the Harlingen City Charter regarding the filling of vacancies on the city commission (RQ-0594-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Article XI, section 11(b) of the Texas Constitution requires a municipality that has lengthened its non-civil service officers' terms of office to fill a vacancy by majority vote of the qualified voters at a special election. This constitutional requirement prevails over an inconsistent city charter provision.
Opinion No. GA-0586
The Honorable Kevin Bailey
Chair, Committee on Urban Affairs
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether a local civil service commission may adopt a rule that awards additional points to applicants on the basis of residency within the municipality (RQ-0599-GA)
S U M M A R Y
A local civil service commission may not adopt a rule that awards additional points to an applicant on the basis of residency within the municipality.
Opinion No. GA-0587
Mr. Buddy Garcia, Chair
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Post Office Box 13087
Austin, Texas 78711-3087
Re: What limitations, if any, the Legislature has imposed on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality with regard to tax exemption and tax rollback relief for pollution control property (RQ-0635-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Neither section 11.31(k) nor section 26.045(f) of the Tax Code restricts the rule-making authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to only those pollution control facilities, devices, or methods associated with advanced clean energy projects.
For further information, please access the Web site at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200706571
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: December 21, 2007