ATTORNEY GENERAL
Under provisions set out in the Texas Constitution, the Texas Government Code, 
Title 4,  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.

Office of the Attorney General

Request for Opinions

RQ-892. Requested from the Honorable Mike
 Driscoll, Harris County Attorney, 1001 Preston, Suite 634, Houston, Texas
 77002-1891, concerning whether a juvenile board may provide educational 
services
 to juveniles that have not been adjudicated delinquent.


RQ-893. Requested from Dr. David R. Smith
, Commissioner of Health , Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street,
 Austin, Texas 78756-3199, concerning whether the Texas Department of Health
 is required to issue a supplementary birth certificate in the case of an
out-of-state adoption by two persons of the same gender.


RQ-894. Requested from Barry R. McBee, 
Chair, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, P.O. Box 13087,
 Austin, Texas 78711-3087, concerning Constitutionality of a federal regulation
 that requires the immediate temporary suspension of a motor vehicle safety
 inspector's license under certain circumstances.


TRD-960905

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