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 Opinions
RQ-1148. Request from the Honorable Kim Brimer, Chair, Committee on Business and 
Industry, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-
2910, concerning whether section 321.406, Tax Code, limits the frequency of 
elections held under chapter 334 of the Local Government Code. 
RQ-1149. Request from the Honorable, James A. Farren, Randall County Criminal 
District Attorney, 501 Sixteenth Street, Suite 300, Canyon, Texas 79015, 
concerning whether the superintendent of a county road district may hire the son 
of a county commissioner. 
RQ-1150. Request from the Honorable James A. Farren, Randall County Criminal 
District Attorney, 501 Sixteenth Street, Canyon, Texas 79015, concerning whether 
a county may adopt a policy to buy back sick leave from its employees. 
RQ-1151. Request from Mr. Mike Moses, Commissioner of Education, Texas Education 
Agency, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701-1494, concerning 
Taxation of property owned by a charter school. 
RQ-1152. Request from Mr. Steve Robinson, Executive Director, Texas Youth 
Commission, P.O. Box 4260, Austin, Texas 78765, concerning applicability of the 
sex offender registration law to juveniles adjudicated in other states and 
supervised in Texas under the Interstate Compact on Juveniles. 
RQ-1153. Request from the Honorable Kim Brimer, Chair, Committee on Business and 
Industry, Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-
2910, concerning whether a dishonored check is a "debt" for purposes of chapter 
392 of the Texas Finance Code and 15 U.S.C. section 1692. 
RQ-1154. Request from the Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Committee on Criminal 
Justice, Texas State Senate, P.O. Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711, concerning 
Regulation of embalming. 
RQ-1155. Request from the Honorable Donna J. Gordon, Houston County Attorney, 
100 North Sixth Street, Suite 105, Crockett, Texas 75835, concerning whether a 
county may pay the autopsy expenses of a resident who dies in a neighboring 
county hospital. 
RQ-1156. Request from Mr. Louis J. Rodriguez, President, Midwestern State 
University, 3401 Taft Boulevard, Wichita Falls, Texas 76308-2099, concerning 
whether Midwestern State University may convey the mineral rights in unimproved 
land it plans to sell to a residential housing developer.
RQ-1157. Request from the Honorable Jose R. Rodriguez, El Paso County Attorney, 
County Courthouse, 500 East San Antonio, Room 203, El Paso, Texas 79901, 
concerning authority of a hospital district to issue a warrant to a third party 
as a hedge against interest rate fluctuations. 
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