Attorney General

Request for Opinions

RQ-0714-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Beverly Woolley

Chair, Committee on Calendars

Texas House of Representatives

P.O. Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Meaning of the term "administrative costs" for purposes of section 352.1015(c), Tax Code, which relates to the expenditures of revenue from the hotel occupancy tax (RQ-0714-GA)

Briefs requested by July 4, 2008

RQ-0715-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Elton R. Mathis

Waller County Criminal District Attorney

846 Sixth Street, Suite 1

Hempstead, Texas 77445

Re: Whether the offices of an appraisal district must be physically located within the boundaries of the appraisal district's county (RQ-0715-GA)

Briefs requested by July 7, 2008

RQ-0716-GA

Requestor:

Dr. Raymund A. Paredes

Commissioner of Higher Education

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Post Office Box 12788

Austin, Texas 78711-2788

Re: Whether the Higher Education Coordinating Board's standard method of calculating high school grade point averages must be followed by independent school districts (RQ-0716-GA)

Briefs requested by July 7, 2008

RQ-0717-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Bobby Lockhart

Bowie County Criminal District Attorney

Post Office Box 3030

Texarkana, Texas 75504

Re: Authority of City of Texarkana municipal police officers in the state of Arkansas under various circumstances (RQ-0717-GA)

Briefs requested by July 10, 2008

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

TRD-200803019

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: June 11, 2008