ATTORNEY GENERAL
Under provisions set out in the Texas Constitution, the Texas Government Code, 
Title 4, sec.402.042 and numerous statutes, the attorney general is authorized 
to write advisory opinions for state and local officials. These advisory 
opinions are requested by agencies or officials when they are confronted with 
unique or unusually difficult legal questions. The attorney general also 
determines, under authority of the Texas Open Records Act, whether information 
requested for release from governmental agencies may be held from public 
disclosure. Requests for opinions, opinions, and open record decisions are 
summarized for publication in the Texas Register. The Attorney General responds 
to many requests for opinions and open records decisions with letter opinions. A 
letter opinion has the same force and effect as a formal Attorney General 
Opinion, and represents the opinion of the Attorney General unless and until it 
is modified or overruled by a subsequent letter opinion, a formal Attorney 
General Opinion, or a decision of a court of record. To request copies of 
opinions, phone (512) 462-0011. To inquire about pending requests for opinions, 
phone (512) 463-2110.

Open Records Request
ORQ-4 (ID #33610).
Request from Rick Perry, Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 
12847, Austin, Texas 78711, concerning whether attorney work-product regarding 
civil litigation may be excepted from disclosure under Chapter 552 of the 
Government Code once the litigation for which the requested information was 
created has concluded.
ORQ-5 (ID #32804)(ID #34268).
Request from Nora Linares, Executive Director, Texas Lottery Commission, P.O. 
Box 16630, Austin, Texas 78761-6630, concerning whether the commission's 
disaster recovery plan and certain information contained in its lottery retailer 
database or in its lottery winners databases are confidential under sec.466.022 
of the Government Code and related questions.
TRD-9516209

Requests for Opinions
(RQ-860). Request from Honorable George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, P.O. Box 
12428, Austin, Texas 78711, concerning whether a pardonable conviction exists 
after the completion of "regular" or "shock" probation under Texas Code of 
Criminal Procedure, Article 42.12, sec.20.
TRD-9516176