TITLE attorney-general

Request for Opinions

RQ-0517

The Honorable Danny Buck Davidson, Panola County Criminal District Attorney, County Courthouse, 110 South Sycamore, Carthage, Texas 75633.

Re: Authority of a sheriff to post a list of approved bail bondsmen in a county without a bail bond board (Request No. 0517-JC)

Briefs requested by April 11, 2002

RQ-0518

Mr. Jim Loyd, Executive Director, Texas Health Care Information Council, 206 East 9th Street, 19th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701.

Re: Whether data compiled by the Texas Health Care Information Council constitutes "reports" for purposes of section 108.011(f) of the Health and Safety Code (Request No. 0518-JC)

Briefs requested by April 11, 2002

RQ-0519

The Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, County Affairs Committee, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910.

Re: Constitutionality of a provision in the Texas Fair Defense Act that permits each county to establish its own standard of indigency, and related questions (Request No. 0519-JC)

Briefs requested by April 8, 2002

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

TRD-200201564

Susan D. Gusky

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 13, 2002