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.

Letter Opinion

LO-#98-002. Request from the Honorable Jose
 R. Rodriguez, El Paso County Attorney, County Courthouse, 500 East San Antonio,
 Room 203, El Paso, Texas, 79901, regarding whether article 37.122 of the
 Education Code prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages at non-school events
 held at a student activities complex owned by an independent school district
 (RQ-1003).


SUMMARY. Subsection 37.122 of the Education
 Code does not prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages at the Student 
Activities
 Complex owned by the Socorro Independent School District except during an
 athletic event sponsored or participated in by a public school of this state.

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Request for Opinion

RQ-1070. Request from the Honorable Jerry
 Patterson, Chair, Veteran Affairs And Military Installations, Texas State
 Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas, 78711, regarding whether foreclosure
 of a senior lien extinguishes all rights under an inferior home equity lien,
 and related question (Request No. 1070).


RQ-1071. Request from the Honorable David
 Sibley, Chair, Economic Development Committee, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box
 12068, Austin, Texas, 78711, regarding whether the North Bosque Water Supply
 Corporation is subject to the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551, Government Code
 (Request No. 1071).


RQ-1072. Request from the Honorable Al Edwards,
 Chair, Committee on Rules and Regulations, Texas House of Representatives,
 P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas, 78768-2910, regarding restoration of civil rights
 under article 48.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, for individual convicted
 of "other" offense that is a misdemeanor (Request No. 1072).


RQ-1073. Request from the Honorable Frank
 D. Moore, Delta County Attorney, P.O. Box 28, Cooper, Texas, 75432, regarding
 whether a commissioners court may lease court house space to a title company
 (Request No. 1073).


RQ-1074. Request from the Honorable Rene
 O. Oliveira, Chair, Committee on Economic Development, Texas House of 
Representatives,
 P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas, 78768-2910, regarding whether a municipality
 may establish a civil penalty for violations of sections 485.019, Health and
 Safety Code restriction of access to aerosol paint that exceeds the penalty
 set by statute (Request No. 1074).


RQ-1075. Request from the Honorable Joe Frank
 Garza, District Attorney, 79th Judicial District of Texas, P.O. Drawer 3157,
 Alice, Texas, 78333, regarding whether an independent school district may
 employ a teacher who is married to a member of the board of trustees (Request
 No. 1075).


RQ-1076. Request from the Honorable Clyde
 Alexander, Chair, Committee on Transportation, Texas House of Representatives,
 P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas, 78768-2910, regarding authority of the Department
 of Public Safety to detain motorcyclists who are riding without a helmet
 (Request No. 1076).


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