TITLE attorney-general

Request for Opinions

RQ-0141-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Tom Maness

Criminal District Attorney, Jefferson County

1001 Pearl Street, Third Floor

Beaumont, Texas 77701-3545

Re: Whether inquests and arraignments constitute statutory duties of a justice of the peace (Request No. 0141-GA)

Briefs requested by January 22, 2004

RQ-0142-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Joe F. Grubbs

Ellis County and District Attorney

Temporary Administration Building

1201 North Highway 77, Suite B

Waxahachie, Texas 75165-5140

Re: Whether an employee of the City of Midlothian may simultaneously serve as a director of the Mountain Peak Water Supply Corporation (Request No. 0142-GA)

Briefs requested by January 22, 2004

RQ-0143-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Mike Krusee

Chair, Committee on Transportation

Texas House of Representatives

P.O. Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether the Port of Houston Authority may use magnetic stripe information on a driver's license for controlling access to its terminals (Request No. 0143-GA)

Briefs requested by January 23, 2004

RQ-0144-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Joe F. Grubbs

Ellis County and District Attorney

Temporary Administration Building

1201 North Highway 77, Suite B

Waxahachie, Texas 75165-5140

Re: Whether a municipality's finance director may simultaneously serve as a temporary municipal judge in the same city (Request No. 0144-GA)

Briefs requested by January 22, 2004

RQ-0145-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Tim Curry

Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County

401 West Belknap

Fort Worth, Texas 76196-0201

Re: Construction of §1704.163, Occupations Code, which relates to the "attorney exemption" for executing a bail bond (Request No. 0145-GA)

Briefs requested by January 26, 2004

RQ-0146-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable Sonya Letson

Potter County Attorney

500 South Fillmore, Room 303

Amarillo, Texas 79101

Re: Whether a hospital district, or its contractor, may require a person to use available health insurance as a prerequisite to qualifying for indigent health care (Request No. 0146-GA)

Briefs requested by January 26, 2004

RQ-0147-GA

Requestor:

Mr. John A. Wells, Executive Director

Texas Military Facilities Commission

2200 West 35th Street, Building 64

Austin, Texas 78703-1222

Re: Whether the Adjutant General has implied authority to build, maintain, and repair buildings necessary to carry out his responsibilities (Request No. 0147-GA)

Briefs requested by January 26, 2004

RQ-0148-GA

Requestor:

The Honorable David Swinford

Chair, Committee on Government Reform

Texas House of Representatives

P.O. Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Refund of taxes on travel trailers (Request No. 0148-GA)

Briefs requested by January 26, 2004

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

TRD-200308864

Nancy S. Fuller

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: December 22, 2003