Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's executive director may adopt, as standards for installing, altering, operating, and inspecting elevators, escalators, and related equipment, the current version of safety codes A17.1 and A17.3, adopted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and related questions (RQ-0479-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Texas Health Care Information Council may use certain data to prepare reports (R-0480-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas Funeral Service Commission to regulate cemetery and crematory owners or operators (RQ-0476-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the requirement of section 341.502(a) of the Finance Code applies to loan transactions other than those "regulated by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner" (RQ-0483-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a constable who fails to provide evidence of permanent peace officer licensure under section 86.0021(b) of the Local Government Code automatically forfeits his office, and related questions (RQ-0484-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the provisions of House Bill 2912 on regulated entities’ compliance history authorizes the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to consider compliance history that occurred prior to February 1, 2002 (RQ-0482-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Applicability of article 103.0031 of the Code of Criminal Procedure when a defendant has failed to appear in a Class C misdemeanor case (RQ-0485-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether section 623.011 of the Transportation Code provides the Texas Department of Transportation with discretion to decide whether to issue a permit authorizing an oversize or overweight motor vehicle to operate on public roads (RQ-0487-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether subsection (c) and (d)(4) of Local Government Code section 242.001 authorize a county and a municipality to agree to a “hybrid” mix of regulations related to plats and subdivisions of land (RQ-0492-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a 1999 amendment to article XVI, section 65 of the Texas Constitution, which removed the staggered terms for certain county offices, substantively affects offices created after that date (RQ-0488-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a hotel, motel, or dormitory is within the meaning of “domicile” for the purposes of Transportation Code section 522.022 (RQ-0490-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county may require prospective contractors to submit affidavits disclosing their business relationships with officers and employees of the county and county entities (RQ-0491-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a constable who has not been issued a permanent peace officer license under chapter 1701 of the Occupations Code is a peace officer for purposes of article 2.12(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (RQ-0501-JC)