TITLE attorney-general

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