Attorney General

Request for Opinions

RQ-0787-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Richard R. Hicks, III

Caldwell County Criminal District Attorney

Caldwell County Courthouse

Post Office Box 869

Lockhart, Texas 78644

Re: Whether premiums paid for group health insurance by the Caldwell County Employee Benefit Trust are subject to insurance premium taxes under section 222.002 of the Insurance Code (RQ-0787-GA)

Briefs requested by April 27, 2009

RQ-0788-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Edmund Kuempel

Chair, Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Texas House of Representatives

P.O. Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether an individual may simultaneously serve as a member of a school district board of trustees and as a principal of a disciplinary alternative program that serves several school districts (RQ-0788-GA)

Briefs requested by April 30, 2009

RQ-0789-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Garnet F. Coleman

Chair, Committee on County Affairs

Texas House of Representatives

P.O. Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a declaratory judgment establishing ownership in a company is sufficient to satisfy a request to the Texas Racing Commission for issuance of a new license (RQ-0789-GA)

Briefs requested by April 30, 2009

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

TRD-200901278

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: April 1, 2009


Opinions

Opinion No. GA-0701

The Honorable Pete Gallego

Chair, Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a justice of the peace is authorized to hear truancy cases involving students who are enrolled in a district that is located outside the boundaries of the justice's precinct (RQ-0748-GA)

S U M M A R Y

An offense for failure to attend school under section 25.094(a) of the Education Code may be prosecuted in a justice court of any precinct in the county in which the alleged truant resides or in which his school is located.

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

TRD-200901277

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: April 1, 2009