RQ-0684-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Susan Combs
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Post Office Box 13528
Austin, Texas 78711-3528
Re: Whether an applicant who has a leasehold interest in "qualified property" is eligible to apply for a limitation on the appraised value of the qualified property (RQ-0684-GA)
Briefs requested by April 11, 2008
RQ-0685-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jeri Yenne
Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney
County Courthouse
111 East Locust, Suite 408A
Angleton, Texas 77515-4676
Re: Whether a municipal court has jurisdiction to hear "dangerous dog" determination appeals and compliance hearings (RQ-0685-GA)
Briefs requested by April 14, 2008
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200801515
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 19, 2008
Opinion No. GA-0606
The Honorable Jeff Wentworth
Chair, Committee on Jurisprudence
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711-2068
Re: Whether the criminal trespass provisions of section 30.05 of the Penal Code apply to recreational vehicle parks (RQ-0621-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Property used as an RV park is "property" where criminal trespass may occur. Whether a particular person has committed criminal trespass on such property depends on the circumstances and the effect to be given to any agreement with the owner of the property concerning the person's rights of entry or presence on the property.
Opinion No. GA-0607
The Honorable Jeri Yenne
Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney
111 East Locust, Suite 408A
Angleton, Texas 77515
Re: Whether Senate Bill 1161 (2007) and House Bill 2884 (2007), both of which amended Education Code section 25.0951, can be harmonized (RQ-0625-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Because they can be harmonized, both of the enactments adopted by the Eightieth Legislature amending Education Code section 25.0951(a) are effective. Compare Act of May 25, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., ch. 908, §31, 2007 Tex. Gen. Laws 2274, 2288, with Act of May 23, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., ch. 984, §1, 2007 Tex. Gen. Laws 3457, 3457-58. Consequently, section 25.0951(a) requires a school district, within ten school days of the student's tenth absence, to file a complaint against or to refer to juvenile court a student who fails to attend school without excuse for at least ten days or parts of days within a six-month period.
If the school district files an untimely complaint or referral, it may file a new complaint that lists some of the absences named in the dismissed complaint in addition to a subsequent, previously unlisted unexcused absence. The new complaint must be filed within ten days of the tenth absence listed in the new complaint.
Opinion No. GA-0608
The Honorable Susan D. Reed
Bexar County Criminal District Attorney
Cadena-Reeves Justice Center
300 Dolorosa, Fifth Floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205-3030
Re: Whether article 2.122(a)(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which grants certain state felony law enforcement authority to inspectors of the United States Postal Service, applies to inspectors of both the United States Postal Inspection Service and the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (RQ-0628-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Article 2.122(a)(6) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure grants certain state powers of arrest, search, and seizure to inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection Service and to inspectors of the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200801496
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 18, 2008