Open Records Request
Pursuant to section 402.042 of the Texas Government Code, this office will
prepare and publish a formal decision on the following issue:
ORQ-59 (ID# 144356)
Re: What procedures should
the Texas State Library and Archives Commission follow in making available
for public inspection archived records if the records contain information
that may be confidential by law?
Requestor: Mr. Christopher LaPlante, State Archivist, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, P.O. Box 12927, Austin, Texas 78711-2927.
Parties interested in submitting a brief to the Attorney General concerning
ORQ-59 are asked to please submit the brief no later than February 16, 2001.
For more information, please contact Michael Garbarino
at (512) 936-6736.
TRD-200100269
Susan Gusky
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 16, 2001
NOTICE: The following request for decision has
been withdrawn by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the requesting
governmental body. Therefore, no formal open records decision will be rendered
on the following request:
ORQ-33 (ID#125658)
Re: Whether certain social
security numbers and home addresses in Governor Mark White's appointment files
and other archived records are confidential, and related questions.
Please note: The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has submitted
a new request for a formal decision which replaces ORQ-33. The notification
to the public for this new request is being published in the
Texas Register
as ORQ-59, upon which the Office of the Attorney General
will be rendering a formal open records decision.
For more information, please contact Michael Garbarino
at (512) 936-6736.
TRD-200100268
Susan Gusky
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 16, 2001
RQ-0329-JC.
Ms. Lois Ewald, Executive Director, Texas Optometry Board, 333 Guadalupe
Street, Suite 2-420, Austin, Texas 78701-3942
Re: Whether an "optometric glaucoma specialist" may use that designation
as his sole professional title (Request No. 0329-JC)
Briefs requested by February 8, 2001
RQ-0330-JC.
Mr. Robert J. Huston, Chair, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission,
P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087
Re: Tax status of certain types of pollution control equipment under section
11.31 of the Tax Code (Request No. 0330-JC)
Briefs requested by February 10, 2001
RQ-0331-JC.
Mr. Jim Nelson, Commissioner of Education, Texas Education Agency, 1701
North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Re: Applicability of nepotism and conflict-of-interest to the governing
boards of open- enrollment charter schools (Request No. 0331-JC)
Briefs requested by February 9, 2001
RQ-0333-JC.
Mr. Robert L. Maxwell, Administrator, State Board of Plumbing Examiners,
929 East 41st Street, Austin, Texas 78765
Re: Authority of a licensed plumbing inspector, and related questions (Request
No. 0333-JC)
Briefs requested by February 16, 2001
RQ-0334-JC.
The Honorable Jack Skeen Jr., Criminal District Attorney, Smith County
Courthouse, 100 North Broadway, 400 Tyler, Texas 75702
Re: Authority of a county to pay group health insurance premiums for certain
retirees, and related questions (Request No. 0334-JC)
Briefs requested by February 16, 2001
RQ-0335-JC.
The Honorable Virginia K. Treadwell, McCulloch County Attorney Courthouse,
Room 302, Brady, Texas 76825
Re: Whether a county commissioner may serve as a volunteer fire fighter
(Request No. 0335-JC)
Briefs requested by February 16, 2001
For further information, please call (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200100325
Susan D. Gusky
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 17, 2001
Withdrawal of Open Records Request
Request for Opinions