Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0014 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0014

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a school board trustee, whose powers have been suspended by the Texas Education Commissioner under chapter 39 of the Education Code, may run and serve as a city council member for a city located within the school district's boundaries (RQ-0007-KP).
Date: April 29, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1003 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1003

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 Texas Constitution prevents local political subdivisions from recognizing domestic partnerships by granting benefits previously only available to married couples (RQ-1097-GA).
Date: April 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0985 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0985

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 home-rule city may change the terms of its officers from three to four years without first adopting a charter amendment (RQ-1077-GA).
Date: January 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1078 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1078

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 section 361.0961 of the Texas Health and Safety Code prohibits municipalities from adopting ordinances that ban plastic bags (RQ-1189-GA).
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0120 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0120

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a junior or community college to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in classrooms or other areas where minors attend class or are routinely present (RQ-0109-KP).
Date: November 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1002 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1002

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 auditor has a right to access inmate property in a county jail to compare it with inmate property receipts (RQ-1 096-GA).
Date: April 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0983 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0983

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 Medicaid reimbursement methodology imposed by rule 354.1143 of the Health and Human Services Commission impermissibly conflicts with section 32.050(c) of the Human Resources Code (RQ-1075-GA).
Date: January 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1071 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1071

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 charitable organization formed under section 281.0565 of the Health and Safety Code is a political corporation or subdivision of the State of Texas for purposes of article III, section 52(a) of the Texas Constitution (RQ-1180-GA).
Date: July 29, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0119 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0119

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The effect of section 130.0827 of the Education Code on the simultaneous service of an individual as a board trustee of Blinn College and a Brazos County commissioner (RQ-0108-KP).
Date: November 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0984 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0984

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 junior college district is considered to be a "school district" for purposes of section 395.022, Local Government Code, which relates to the payment of impact fees to a political subdivision (RQ-1076-GA).
Date: January 29, 2013
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0015 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0015

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of section 54.341 of the Education Code, the Hazlewood Act (RQ-0009-KP).
Date: April 29, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-172 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-172

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a petition calling for a county election to adopt the Optional County Road System that contains provisions not authorized under V.T.C.S. article 6702-1, chapter 3, subchapter C, invalidates the petition (RQ-80)
Date: September 29, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-173 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-173

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Human Resource Code section 101.063 provides immunity to volunteer ombudsman in the Texas Department of Aging long-term care ombudsman program (RQ-87)
Date: September 29, 1992
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-211 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-211

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Texas Racing Commission pursuant to sections 6.09 and 10.05 of the Texas Racing Act, article 179e, V.T.C.S., to receive and regulate the use of breakage generated by pari-mutuel wagering on greyhounds (RQ-230)
Date: March 29, 1993
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-212 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-212

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a school district may contract with off-duty police officers and deputy sheriffs for security services, and related questions (RQ-427)
Date: March 29, 1993
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-371 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-371

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Attorney General Opinion DM-283 (1994) correctly determined that a county clerk may collect a security fee, as authorized by section 291.008 of the Local Government Code, at the time of filing a birth, death, or fetal death record and related questions (RQ-738)
Date: December 29, 1995
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO96-112 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO96-112

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the class C misdemeanor penalty set forth in subsection (c) of section 14 of the Plumbing License Law, V.T.C.S. art. 6243-101, is limited to offenses under subsection (a) (ID# 38780)
Date: October 29, 1996
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO96-113 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO96-113

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce Room Tax Committee is subject to the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code (ID# 38830)
Date: October 29, 1996
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO96-114 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO96-114

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Whether prior conviction of a felony disqualifies an individual from serving as a member of a school district board of trustees(ID# 38806)
Date: October 29, 1996
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0209 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0209

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 local election officials had the discretion to accept or reject signatures on local option election petitions filed prior to the effective date of the 2003 amendments to the Alcoholic Beverage Code when the signatures were withdrawn by affidavit, or when the signatures appeared on the back side of a petition signature sheet from which certain statutory elements were absent (RQ-0159-GA)
Date: June 29, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0210 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0210

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 article XVI, section 65 of the Texas Constitution a justice of the peace announced his candidacy for another office on December 31 by informing a newspaper reporter that he would be a candidate for another office (RQ-0162-GA)
Date: June 29, 2004
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0318 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0318

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 certain members of the Commission of State Emergency Communication are entitled to receive compensatory per diem (RQ-0288-GA)
Date: April 29, 2005
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0319 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0319

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: Application of Transportation Code chapter 253 to a subdivision road located partially within a city’s boundaries and partially within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (RQ-0290-GA)
Date: April 29, 2005
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0353 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0353

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; Allocation of county funds to a hospital district that does not comprise the entire county (RQ-0322-GA)
Date: August 29, 2005
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History