RQ-0654-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Kevin Bailey
Chair, Committee on Urban Affairs
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Eligibility of particular individuals to sign a zoning change protest under section 211.006(d)(2), Local Government Code (RQ-0654-GA)
Briefs requested by January 31, 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-200800016
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 2, 2008
RQ-0655-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Fred Hill
Chair, Committee on Local Government Ways and Means
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Implementation of changes to tax proceedings required by House Bill 1010, Act of May 17, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., ch. 648, Tex. Gen. Laws 1223, which provides for the consolidation of appraisal districts (RQ-0655-GA)
Briefs requested by January 31, 2008
RQ-0656-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jeri Yenne
Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney
County Courthouse
111 East Locust, Ste 513A
Angleton, Texas 77515
Re: Wet/Dry Status of Certain Precincts within Brazoria County (RQ-0656-GA)
Briefs requested by February 4, 2008
RQ-0657-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jeb McNew
Montague County Attorney
Montague County Courthouse
Post Office Box 336
Montague, Texas 76251-0336
Re: Whether county officials who handle fee funds may set up individual accounts in their own name (RQ-0657-GA)
Briefs requested by February 4, 2008
RQ-0658-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Robert Scott
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Re: Applicability of impact fees assessed against school district property under chapter 395, Local Government Code (RQ-0658-GA)
Briefs requested by February 4, 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-200800108
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 9, 2008
Opinion No. GA-0588
The Honorable John R. Roach
Collin County Criminal District Attorney
Collin County Courthouse
210 South McDonald, Suite 324
McKinney, Texas 75069
Re: A law enforcement agency's authority concerning money seized as contraband pending a court's rendition of final judgment (RQ-0595-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Under article 59.03(c)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer may require a law enforcement agency to take custody of property, including money, that has been seized as contraband. The law enforcement agency's authority and responsibility to maintain custody under the article, subject to other law, continues until a court directs the property's disposition in a final judgment. The law enforcement agency has reasonable discretion to choose the means of maintaining custody of such property. However, a law enforcement agency does not have independent authority to deposit and maintain money seized as contraband in an interest-bearing account, and may do so only pursuant to court order.
For further information, please access the Web site at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200800109
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 9, 2008