TITLE attorney-general

Request for Opinions

Mr. Jerry L. Benedict, Administrative Director, Office of Court Administration, 205 West 14th Street, Austin, Texas 78711-2066

Re: Whether a part-time Title IV-D court master may engage in the practice of law (Request No. 0509-JC)

Briefs requested by March 25, 2002

The Honorable Michael A. McDougal, District Attorney, Ninth Judicial District, 301 North Thompson, Suite 106, Conroe, Texas 77301-2824

Re: Whether a peace officer employed by a drainage district may make warrantless arrests for traffic violations (Request No. 0510-JC)

Briefs requested by March 27, 2002

The Honorable Charles D. Penick, Bastrop County Criminal District Attorney, 804 Pecan Street, Bastrop, Texas 78602

Re: Whether an autopsy report may be withheld from the public if a prosecutor determines that its release would hinder a murder investigation (Request No. 0511-JC)

Briefs requested by March 26, 2002

The Honorable Tony Goolsby, Chair, Committee on House Administration, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Applicability of chapter 149, Agriculture Code, to horse slaughter plants that process, sell and transport horsemeat to foreign countries for human consumption, and related questions (Request No. 0512-JC)

Briefs requested by March 28, 2002

The Honorable Clyde Herrington, Angelina County District Attorney, P.O. Box 908, Lufkin, Texas 75902-0908

Re: Salary of county court-at-law judges in Angelina County (Request No. 0513-JC)

Briefs requested by March 28, 2002

The Honorable Kip Averitt Chair, House Committee on Financial Institutions Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a bank may use information contained in the magnetic strip of a driver's license (Request No. 0514-JC)

Briefs requested by March 27, 2002

The Honorable Kim Brimer, Chair, Business and Industry Committee, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Authority of a general law municipality to assign to a "city administrator" duties reserved by statute to the mayor or city manager, and related questions (Request No. 0515-JC)

Briefs requested by March 26, 2002

Mr. Jim Nelson, Commissioner of Education, Texas Education Agency, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701-1494

Re: Whether a member of a school district board of trustees may serve as county chair of a political party, and related questions (Request No. 0516-JC)

Briefs requested by March 26, 2002

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

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 5, 2002