Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0177 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0177

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: Restrictions on the use of a school district's public funds to provide transportation to and from polling places and for political communications for or against a particular measure or candidate (RQ-020 I-KP).
Date: January 17, 2018
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0131 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0131

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 municipality to use hotel occupancy tax revenue to fund a feasibility study and the construction; operation, and maintenance of a performing arts center (RQ-0122-KP).
Date: January 30, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0129 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0129

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: Administration and procedures related to motor vehicle registration (RQ-0119-KP).
Date: January 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0130 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0130

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 county attorney who is appointed to serve as a special prosecutor may be paid additional compensation (RQ-0120-KP).
Date: January 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0127 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0127

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 admissibility of certain forensic analyses in Texas courts, statutory authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, and reporting requirements for certain cnme laboratories (RQ-0117-KP).
Date: January 17, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0128 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0128

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 certain financial transactions of the San Jacinto River Authority comply with the Public Funds Investment Act and the Public Funds Collateral Act (RQ-0118-KP).
Date: January 17, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0125 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0125

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: Simultaneous service on the board of trustees of a public library district and on the city council (RQ-0115-KP).
Date: January 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0126 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0126

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 district attorney to use forfeiture funds for certain purposes (RQ-0116-KP).
Date: January 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0058 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0058

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: Proper procedure for a state agency when a court recognizes a new constitutional right and compliance with the ruling requires additional state funds (RQ-0039-KP).
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0059 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0059

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 county comm1ss10ners court to establish requirements for indigent health care under the Texas Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act and relevant federal law (RQ-0041-KP).
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0057 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0057

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 legality of fantasy sports leagues under Texas law (RQ-0071-KP).
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0055 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0055

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: Responsibilities of the Texas Forensic Science Commission under article 39.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedme (RQ-0032-KP).
Date: January 8, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0056 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0056

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 state law authorizes a municipality to reimburse an appellant for costs incurred in a successful appeal to a zoning board (RQ-0037-KP).
Date: January 8, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0001 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0001

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 an independent school district may use the certified estimate of property tax values to adopt a tax rate after adopting its budget (RQ-1211-GA).
Date: January 20, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1040 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1040

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 authority of a county appraisal district to place excess funds in a capital improvement fund or to spend excess funds on a one-time, lump-sum payment to its employees (RQ-1143-GA).
Date: January 31, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1039 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1039

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 proper expenditure of pretrial intervention program funds accumulated in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure article 102.0121 (RQ-1141-GA).
Date: January 27, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1038 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1038

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 statutory records retention requirements apply to model lesson plans developed and maintained by the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (RQ-1140-GA).
Date: January 21, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1034 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1034

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 Government Code section 51.608, which requires that court costs imposed on a defendant in a criminal proceeding be the amount required on the date the defendant is convicted, violates federal and state constitutional prohibitions of ex post facto laws (RQ-1135-GA).
Date: January 2, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1035 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1035

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: Confidentiality of records in juvenile misdemeanor cases (RQ-1136-GA).
Date: January 2, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1036 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1036

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 Texas Constitution article XVI, section 40 prohibits a constable from serving as a commissioner of an emergency services district (RQ-1137-GA).
Date: January 2, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1037 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1037

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 councils of governments are "units of general local government" for purposes of the federal HOME Investment Partnership Program (RQ-1139-GA).
Date: January 2, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History