RQ-0770-GA
Requestor:
Mr. Robert Scott
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Re: Authority of the board of trustees of an independent school district to change the length of its members' terms after December 31, 2007 (RQ-0770-GA)
Briefs requested by January 19, 2009
RQ-0771-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Aaron Pena
Chair, Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Texas House of Representatives
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Authority of the Texas Lottery Commission to adopt a rule defining the terms "gambling promoter" and "professional gambler" (RQ-0771-GA)
Briefs requested by January 19, 2009
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200806619
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: December 19, 2008
Opinion No. GA-0687
Mr. Amadeo Saenz, Jr., P.E.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Transportation
125 East Eleventh Street
Austin, Texas 78701-2483
Re: Whether monies held in trust in a certain subaccount of the state highway fund may be transferred to a regional transportation authority (RQ-0721-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Section 228.012 of the Transportation Code does not provide authority for the Texas Department of Transportation to transfer monies held in trust in a particular subaccount of the state highway fund to a regional transportation authority.
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200806618
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: December 19, 2008