Request for Opinions
RQ-0509-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Rodney Ellis
Chair, Committee on Government Organization
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Whether a school district may delegate the purchase of food products
and supplies to a food service management company (Request No. 0509-GA)
Briefs requested by August 24, 2006
RQ-0510-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Laura Garza Jimenez
Nueces County Attorney
Nueces County Courthouse
901 Leopard, Room 207
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-3680
Re: Authority of a county attorney to represent the Texas Department of
Aging and Disability Services, in prosecuting an application for placement
under chapter 593, Health and Safety Code (Request No. 0510-GA)
Briefs requested by August 28, 2006
RQ-0511-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Mark E. Price
San Jacinto County Criminal District Attorney
1 State Highway 150, Room 21
Coldspring, Texas 77331-0430
Re: Confidentiality of sales figures collected from property owners and
included in the appraisal of land purchased for expansion of a county jail
(Request No. 0511-GA)
Briefs requested by August 28, 2006
RQ-0512-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Roy DeFriend
Limestone County and District Attorney
Limestone County Courthouse
200 West State Street, Suite 110
Groesbeck, Texas 76642
Re: Whether a licensed bail bondsman in a Texas county may make a bond
to release a person from confinement in another state (Request No. 0512-GA)
Briefs requested by August 28, 2006
RQ-0513-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jane Nelson
Chair, Committee on Health and Human Services
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Whether the requirements of section 265.004, Family Code, apply to
all prevention and early intervention programs funded by the Department of
Family and Protective Services (Request No. 0513-GA)
Briefs requested by August 29, 2006
RQ-0514-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Ed Walton
Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney
100 West Mulberry
Kaufman, Texas 75142
Re: Circumstances under which a county may opt out of an agreement made
under chapter 312, Tax Code, the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement
Act (Request No. 0514-GA)
Briefs requested by August 29, 2006
RQ-0515-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Ismael "Kino" Flores
Chair, Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, in ranking
housing development applications, is required to include as a factor quantifiable
community participation with regard to the housing development, evaluated
on the basis of written statements from neighborhood organizations (Request
No. 0515-GA)
Briefs requested by August 31, 2006
For further information, please access the website
at www.oag.state.tx.us, or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200603999
Stacey Schiff
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: August 1, 2006