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, please fax your request to (512) 462-0548 or call (512) 936-1730. To 
inquire about pending requests for opinions, phone (512) 463-2110.

Request for Opinion
RQ-1120. Request from the Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Jurisprudence 
Committee, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711, regarding 
whether the City of Desoto Economic Development Corporation may participate in 
the funding of a proposed ice hockey arena.

RQ-1121. Request from the Honorable Jose R. Rodriguez, El Paso County Attorney, 
500 East San Antonio, Room 203, El Paso, Texas 79901, regarding whether a 
governmental body may continue a regular meeting for up to one week without 
reposting notice.

RQ-1122. Request from the Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, Committee on 
Judicial Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 
78768-2910, regarding whether a private non-profit organization may administer 
scholarship monies for minority students at public universities in Texas.

RQ-1123. Request from the Honorable Jerry Patterson Chair, Senate Committee on 
Veteran and Military Installations, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, 
Texas 78711-2068, regarding authority of a home rule city to regulate unoccupied 
and/or unsafe mobile homes and manufactured housing.

RQ-1124. Request from the Honorable Tom Maness, Criminal District Attorney, 
Jefferson County, P. O. Box 2553, Beaumont, Texas 77704, regarding whether a 
member of the Pleasure Island Commission may be appointed to the Parks Board of 
Jefferson County.

RQ-1125. Request from the Honorable Charles R. Roach, Hardin County District 
Attorney, P.O. Box 1409, Kountze, Texas 77625, regarding whether a commissioners 
court is required to vest management of the county law library in a committee of 
the local bar association.

RQ-1126. Request from the Honorable Carlos Truan, Chair, Committee on 
International Relations Trade and Technology, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 
12068, Austin, Texas 78711-2068, regarding reconsideration of Letter Opinion No. 
98-010 (1998): Authority of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to 
adopt a rule permitting certain persons to purchase refrigerant products.
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