Request for Opinions
RQ-0806-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Robert Scott
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Re: Eligibility for employment of a former member of a school district
board of trustees under section 11.063 of the Education Code (RQ-0806-GA)
Briefs requested by July 17, 2009
RQ-0807-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable H. Michael Bartley
Delta County Attorney
Post Office Box 462
Cooper, Texas 75432
Re: Whether a passenger who is not a county employee may be transported
in a county vehicle (RQ-0807-GA)
Briefs requested by July 20, 2009
For further information, please access
the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at
(512) 463-2110.
TRD-200902587
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: June 24, 2009
Opinion No. GA-0721
The Honorable Jim Pitts
Chair, Committee on Appropriations
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether the Hall County Hospital District may contribute funds
for the construction of a building to house emergency service vehicles
operated by the City of Turkey (RQ-0772-GA)
S U M M A R Y
The Hall County Hospital District has express authority to provide
for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. The District's
board of directors has the discretion to determine in the first instance
whether an expenditure of District funds to construct a building to
house the City of Turkey's emergency service vehicle is necessary
to provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service
and whether such an expenditure comports with the requirements of
article III, section 52(a) of the Texas Constitution.
Opinion No. GA-0722
The Honorable Jim Pitts
Chair, Committee on Appropriations
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether the phrase "cut of a county road" in Local Government
Code section 240.907 includes boring under the road (RQ-0776-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Texas Local Government Code section 240.907 authorizes counties
to impose a fee not to exceed $500 on a person or entity for each
cut of a county road during or as an incident to the installation,
maintenance, or repair of a person's or entity's facilities or properties.
A county may impose the section 240.907 fee for the activities of
excavating or cutting the surface of a county road but not for activities
that bore or tunnel under a county road without cutting the road surface.
Opinion No. GA-0723
The Honorable Hope Andrade
Texas Secretary of State
Post Office Box 13697
Austin, Texas 78711-3697
Re: Whether a private employer may limit the notarial acts performed
by an employee who is a notary public (RQ-0779-GA)
S U M M A R Y
A notary public is an appointed public officer for limited purposes.
A private employer may limit or prohibit an employee who is a notary
public from performing notarial acts during employment hours.
Because a commission is issued to an individual notary, the notary's
private employer may not take possession of or transfer the notary's
book and seal after the notary leaves employment. The secretary of
state may adopt rules to specify the details of the disposition of
a notary's book and seal.
For further information, please access
the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at
(512) 463-2110.
TRD-200902588
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: June 24, 2009
Opinions