RQ-0608-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: Applicability of the nepotism statutes after a child is born to the marriage of a city employee and the son of a city commissioner (RQ-0608-GA)
Briefs requested by September 4, 2007
RQ-0609-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Homero Ramirez
Webb County Attorney
1110 Washington Street, Suite 301
Laredo, Texas 78042
Re: Retroactive application of section 11.168 of the Education Code (RQ-0609-GA)
Briefs requested by September 6, 2007
RQ-0610-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Thomas A. Davis, Jr., Director
Texas Department of Public Safety
Post Office Box 4087
Austin, Texas 78773-0001
Re: Constitutionality of section 521.032, Transportation Code, which permits the Department of Public Safety to issue an enhanced drivers license or personal identification certificate for the purpose of crossing the border between Texas and Mexico (Request No. 0610-GA)
Briefs requested by September 6, 2007
RQ-0611-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Steve Pena, Presiding Officer
Brazos River Authority
Post Office Box 7555
Waco, Texas 76714-7555
Re: Whether the Brazos River Authority may grant a discount off current lease rates for certain persons (Request No. 0611-GA)
Briefs requested by September 7, 2007
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200703436
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: August 7, 2007
Opinion No. GA-0559
The Honorable Raymond H. Reese
DeWitt County Attorney
307 North Gonzales Street
Cuero, Texas 77954
Re: Calculation of the "base year" from which to impose a tax freeze adopted by county voters in November 2005 (RQ-0575-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Texas Constitution article VIII, section 1-b(h) authorizes counties to adopt a tax limitation or "freeze" applicable to the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or sixty-five years of age or older. The property taxes on a qualified residence homestead are limited in subsequent years to the amount of tax imposed in the base year. In DeWitt County, where the voters adopted the tax limitation, the limitation became effective and the base year was established without action by the commissioners court. For DeWitt County taxpayers whose residence homesteads qualified for the tax limitation in 2005, the base year is 2005.
Opinion No. GA-0560
The Honorable Steven M. Hollis
Jasper County Criminal District Attorney
121 North Austin Street, Room 101
Jasper, Texas 75951
Re: Whether the Justice Court Technology Fund may be used to purchase technology equipment and to provide training for constables (RQ-0569-GA)
S U M M A R Y
The Justice Court Technology Fund established under Code of Criminal Procedure article 102.0173 may be used only for technological enhancements for the justice court and continuing education and training for justice court judges and clerks regarding technological enhancements. Whether the purchase of a computer for a constable serves as a technological enhancement for the justice court is a fact question to be determined by the commissioners court in the first instance. The Fund may not, however, be used to finance continuing education and training for a constable.
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200703435
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: August 7, 2007