Attorney General

Request for Opinions

RQ-0797-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable John Whitmire

Chair, Committee on Criminal Justice

Texas State Senate

Post Office Box 12068

Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Whether the section 143.023(c), Local Government Code, prohibition against certifying a person 45 years or older for a beginning position in a police department applies to the reappointment of a police officer under section 143.0251, Local Government Code (RQ-0797-GA)

Briefs requested by June 25, 2009

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

TRD-200902051

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: May 27, 2009