Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 681 (ORQ-65) (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 681 (ORQ-65)

Document issued by the Open Records Division at 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, Greg Abbott regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Questions Concerning the applicability of the HIPAA Privacy Rule and state law to health information subject to the Public Information Act, chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code (QRQ-65).
Date: February 13, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0133 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0133

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a certain promotional campaign violates chapter 40 of the Business and Commerce Code, the Contest and Gift Giveaway Act (RQ-0080-GA)
Date: January 13, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0134 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0134

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a tax abatement agreement entered into under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act, chapter 312 , Tax Code, may be amended retroactively (RQ-0081-GA)
Date: January 13, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0135 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0135

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a bail bond licensee may operate under one or more assumed names, and whether a bail bond board may regulate the number of names under which a licensee operates (RQ-0075-GA)
Date: January 14, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0136 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0136

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a company in which the Leon County Judge has a substantial interest may sell fuel and oil products to the county (RQ-0084-GA)
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0137 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0137

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a House Bill 3534 invalidates or prohibits sales tax rebate contracts between a municipality and certain businesses (RQ-0085-GA)
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0138 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0138

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether individual county commissioners are entitled to access medical insurance coverage information regarding a former commissioner and his wife (RQ-0077-GA)
Date: January 21, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0139 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0139

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; The status of subdivison roads dedicated for public use in a county with fewer than 50,000 people where the commissioners court approved the subdivision plat for filing but did not accept the roads for county maintenance (RQ-0087-GA)
Date: January 28, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0140 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0140

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Execution of tax warrants and property seizure and sale under chapter 33, Tax Code (RQ-0089-GA)
Date: January 28, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0141 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0141

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Residency requirements for voting in an election in Texas (RQ-0157-GA)
Date: February 4, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0142 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0142

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Obligation of a state agency to pay for the services of an attorney ad litem appointed for a parent under section 107.013 of the Family Code (RQ-0090-GA)
Date: February 4, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0143 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0143

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether proceeds from the sale of an agency’s salvage or surplus personal property, originally purchased with revenues constitutionally dedicated to highway purposes, may be placed in the state’s general revenue fund (RQ-0082-GA)
Date: February 5, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0144 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0144

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether schools of acupuncture are subject to regulation by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under chapter 61, subchapter G of the Education Code, or whether they are exempt from regulation under section 61.303(a) of the code (RQ-0091-GA)
Date: February 5, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0145 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0145

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a justice of the peace may receive, in addition to a salary, fees for issuing certified copies of birth and death certificates as provided by section 154.005(a) of the Local Government Code (RQ-0092-GA)
Date: February 5, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0146 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0146

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether an officer, as bailiff and head of courthouse security, is entitled to judicial immunity from a suit for injuries occurring while removing an individual from the courthouse (RQ-0094-GA)
Date: February 9, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0147 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0147

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether, under Code of Criminal Procedure article 45-041(b)(1)(C), a justice of the peace may order a convicted defendant to pay a fine before court costs (RQ-0093-GA)
Date: February 11, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0148 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0148

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether recent amendments to section 11.13(1) of the Tax Code may be applied to restrict homestead exemptions for the 2003 tax year (RQ-0104-GA)
Date: February 12, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0149 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0149

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether an amendment to section 16.012(m) of the Water Code, which repealed a provision that excepted certain water-use surveys from disclosure under the Public Information Act, applies to surveys obtained by the Texas Water Development Board prior to the amendment’s effective date (RQ-0096-GA)
Date: February 18, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0150 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0150

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Town Center Improvement District of Montgomery County is authorized to enter into a contract with a city to provide law enforcement services in unincorporated areas of Montgomery County (RQ-0097-GA)
Date: February 18, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0151 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0151

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a person who purchases water from the Jonah Water Specialty District but who resides in an area outside the district's boundaries is eligible to vote in a district election (RQ-0098-GA)
Date: February 18, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0152 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0152

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county clerk may charge fee for posting an Open Meetings Act notice (RQ-0099-GA)
Date: February 19, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0153 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0153

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Fannin County Commissioners Court may retain counsel to advise it on legal matters without the consent of the county attorney (RQ-0106-GA)
Date: February 19, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0154 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0154

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a commissioners court may delegate its authority under Local Government Code section 111.070(c) to amend the county budget by transferring amounts between budgeted items (RQ-0100-GA)
Date: February 24, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0155 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0155

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether it is a violation of article III, section 53 of the Texas Constitution for a county to pay court reporters a fee for a transcript in addition to the court reporter's salary (RQ-0101-GA)
Date: February 24, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History