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 Requests
ORQ-8 (ID-36980). Request from Gail Fenter, Assistant City Attorney,City of 
Midland, P.O. Box 1152, Midland, Texas 79702-1152.
ORQ-8 (ID-37261). Request from Steven Hilbig, Bexar County Criminal District 
Attorney, 300 Dolorosa, Suite 5072, San Antonio, Texas 78205-3030.
ORQ-8 (ID-38558). Request from Thomas Myers, Rohne, Hoodenpyle, Lobert, Myers & 
Scott, P.C., 1323 West Pioneer Parkway-Spur 303, Arlington, Texas 76013.
ORQ-8 (ID-38560). Request from Paul F. Wieneskie, Cribbs & McFarland, P.O. Box 
13060, Arlington, Texas 76094-0060, concerning duties and responsibilities of 
school districts and local law enforcement agencies to release public 
information under the Sex Offender Registration Act, specifically under Texas 
Civil Statutes, 6252-13c.1, sec.5 and related questions.
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Request for Opinions
RQ-871. Request from James R. Wilson, Director, Texas Department of Public 
Safety, 5805 North Lamar Boulevard, Post Office Box 4087, Austin, Texas 78773-
0001, concerning authority to carry a handgun on the premises of certain 
establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
RQ-872. Request from Jane Monday, Regent, Texas State University System, 333 
Guadalupe, Tower III, Suite 810, Austin, Texas 78701-3942, concerning taxability 
of real property owned by a state university and operated as an amusement park 
in connection with other recreational facilities.
RQ-873. Request from Honorable Galen Sumrow, District Attorney, Rockwall County, 
County Courthouse, Rockwall, Texas 75087, concerning whether an individual may 
serve simultaneously as a municipal judge in more than one city.
RQ-874. Request from Mary Boyd, Executive Director, Advisory Commission on State 
Emergency Communications, 333 Guadalupe Street, Suite 2-212, Austin, Texas 
78701-3942, concerning indemnification of various persons involved in poison 
control implementation.
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