Request for Opinions
RQ-0444-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Carlos A. Pereda, Jr.
Maverick County Auditor
370 North Monroe Street, Suite 1
Eagle Pass, Texas 78852
Requestor:
The Honorable J. Steven Houston
Brewster County Attorney
107 West Avenue E, #7
Alpine, Texas 79830
Re: Distribution of federal grant funds to sheriffs under Operation Linebacker
(RQ-0444-GA)
Briefs requested by March 20, 2006
RQ-0446-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Raymund A. Paredes
Commissioner of Higher Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Post Office Box 12788
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Annexation of territory by Coastal Bend College (RQ-0446-GA)
Briefs requested by March 26, 2006
RQ-0447-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Anna Mowery
Chair, Committee on Land and Resource Management
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Meaning of the term "service plan" under sections 43.056 and 43.141,
Local Government Code, for purposes of a petition to disannex submitted by
the voters of an annexed area of a municipality (RQ-0447-GA)
Briefs requested by March 26, 2006
RQ-0448-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Geraldine ("Tincy") Miller
Chair, State Board of Education
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Re: Discretion available to the State Board of Education in adopting the
accounting method to be used in determining the market value of the Permanent
School Fund (RQ-0448-GA)
Briefs requested by March 30 , 2006
RQ-0449-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Joel Littlefield
Hunt County Attorney
Post Office Box 1097
Greenville, Texas 75403-1097
Re: Whether a county clerk must accept for filing and recording a common-law
copyright (RQ-0449-GA)
Briefs requested by March 30, 2006
RQ-0450-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Chair, Committee on International Relations and Trade
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Whether the Texas Lottery Commission may issue a group license under
the Bingo Enabling Act, chapter 2001, Texas Occupation Code (RQ-0450-GA)
Briefs requested by March 30, 2006
RQ-0451-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Beverly Woolley
Chair, Committee on Calendars
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Requestor:
The Honorable John Smithee
Chair, Committee on Insurance
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Conflict of interest disclosure requirements for local government officers
and persons who contract with local governmental entities (RQ-0451-GA)
Briefs requested by March 31, 2006
RQ-0452-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Anna Mowery
Chair, Committee on Land and Resource Management
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether a city council member who announces his candidacy for another
elective position may continue to serve as a council member until his successor
is qualified (RQ-0452-GA)
Briefs requested by March 31, 2006
RQ-0453-GA
Requestor:
Colonel Thomas A. Davis, Jr., Director
Texas Department of Public Safety
Post Office Box 4087
Austin, Texas 78773-0001
Re: Whether a person who was convicted as a sex offender in another state
prior to September 1, 1995, and was still under active supervision in that
state on September 1, 1997, is required to register as a sex offender in Texas
(RQ-0453-GA)
Briefs requested by April 2, 2006
For further information, please access the website
at www.oag.state.tx.us. or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200601503
Stacey Schiff
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 8, 2006