RQ-0773-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable D. Matt Bingham
Smith County Criminal District Attorney
Smith County Courthouse
100 North Broadway, 4th Floor
Tyler, Texas 75702
Re: Whether the Open Meetings Act is applicable to a gathering in which a minority of a commissioners court meet informally with community leaders under particular circumstances (RQ-0773-GA)
Briefs requested by February 4, 2009
RQ-0774-GA
Requestor:
The Honorable Jeff Wentworth
Chair, Committee on Jurisprudence
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Authority of local taxing units or central appraisal districts to collect assessments for public improvement districts (RQ-0774-GA)
Briefs requested by February 6, 2009
RQ-0775-GA
Requestor:
Dr. David L. Lakey
Commissioner
Texas Department of State Health Services
Post Office Box 149347
Austin, Texas 78714
Re: Authority of the Department of State Health Services to enforce state asbestos regulations against municipalities (RQ-0775-GA)
Briefs requested by February 9, 2009
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200900166
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 13, 2009
Opinion No. GA-0688
The Honorable Jeff Wentworth
Chair, Committee on Jurisprudence
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711-2068
Re: Whether the police chief of an independent school district may simultaneously serve as a member of a city council of a city that is located within the geographical boundaries of the school district (RQ-0724-GA)
S U M M A R Y
The common-law doctrine of incompatibility does not bar an individual from simultaneously serving as the chief of police of an independent school district and as a city council member of a city located within the geographical limits of the school district.
Opinion No. GA-0689
Mr. Robert Scott
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Re: Whether section 11.051(a-1), Education Code, alters the common-law standard for determining the number of votes necessary for a school district board of trustees to act in its official capacity (RQ-0725-GA)
S U M M A R Y
Section 11.051(a-1), Texas Education Code, does not alter the common-law standard for determining the number of votes necessary for a school district board of trustees to act in its official capacity.
For further information, please access the website at www.oag.state.tx.us or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200900165
Stacey Napier
Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: January 13, 2009