RQ-0576-GA
Requestor:
Ms. Belinda M. Griffin
Chair, Board of Regents
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Avenue
Houston, Texas 77004
Re: Whether a member of the Legislature may provide insurance services to a state university (RQ-0576-GA)
Briefs requested by April 23, 2007
RQ-0577-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Susan D. Reed
Bexar County Criminal District Attorney
Cadena-Reeves Justice Center
300 Dolorosa, Fifth Floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205-3030
Re: Whether section 133.154, Local Government Code, requires the collection of a $37 fee for all cases filed in a statutory probate court, including mental health cases (RQ-0577-GA)
Briefs requested by April 23, 2007
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200701198
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 28, 2007
Opinion No. GA-0533
The Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Chair, Committee on International Relations and Trade
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711-2068
Re: Counties' alternatives for disposing of seized gambling contraband (RQ-0536-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Depending on the terms of the court order forfeiting eight-liner machines as gambling contraband, and assuming such machines meet the definition of surplus or salvage property under Local Government Code chapter 263, a county commissioners court may order the machines sold by competitive bid or auction. The commissioners court may adopt rules requiring the purchasers to remove the property to a jurisdiction in which its use is legal.
Opinion No. GA-0534
Mr. Adan Munoz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Commission on Jail Standards
Post Office Box 12985
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Whether a county may deduct from a county-jail inmate's commissary account funds necessary to recover costs for medical expenses incurred during a previous incarceration in the county jail, for which the inmate is obligated to reimburse the county under Code of Criminal Procedure article 104.002(d) (RQ-0537-GA)
S U M M A R Y
A county may deduct from a county-jail inmate's account funds necessary to recover the costs of medical expenses incurred during a previous term of incarceration in the county jail, for which the inmate is required to reimburse the county under Code of Criminal Procedure article 104.002(d). The county must comply with applicable due-process requirements.
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200701197
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 28, 2007