Attorney General

Request for Opinions

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.

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Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: December 19, 2008


Opinion

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