Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0047 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0047

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 extent to which firearms may be excluded from buildings that contain courts, offices utilized by the courts, and other county officials (RQ-0040-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0049 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0049

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: Questions regarding a notice prohibiting entry with a handgun onto certain premises under section 30.06 of the Penal Code and section 411.209 of the Government Code (RQ-0051-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0050 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0050

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: Application of Penal Code sections 30.07 and 46.03, relating to the open carry of handguns, to school districts (RQ-0054-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0051 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0051

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 an institution of higher education to establish certain rules regarding the carrying of handguns on campus (RQ-0076-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0052 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0052

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 commissioners court, after adoption of the budget, to adopt a standing budget policy that automatically reduces the salary line item of an employee of an elected official upon the employee's departure from the position (RQ-0033-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0053 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0053

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: Eligibility for forgiveness of a B-OnTime loan (RQ-0034-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0054 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0054

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 the common-law doctrine of ~ incompatibility prohibits simultaneous service as a county sheriff and a member of the board of trustees of a school district (RQ-0036-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0046 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0046

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 the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project otherwise known as the Post Oak Boulevard Dedicated Bus Lanes Project (RQ-0028-KP).
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0043 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0043

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 the State Board of Education to promulgate rules govelning the process used by school districts and charter schools in selecting instructional materials (RQ-0026-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044

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 section 142.056 of the Local Government Code limits the frequency of elections regarding the exclusive bargaining agent for municipal police (RQ-0029-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0045 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0045

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 nepotism laws prohibit a county hospital from employing a county judge's spouse (RQ-0030-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0042 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0042

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 police department or sheriffs office may display the national motto, "In God We Trust," on its patrol vehicles (RQ-0059-KP).
Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0041 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0041

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: Discoverability under Brady v. Maryland and the Michael Morton Act of recordings of inmate telephone calls to which the criminal district attorney's office has access without a warrant (RQ-0025-KP).
Date: October 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0037 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0037

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 to reimburse a county commissioner for legal costs related to defending against criminal allegations for which the commissioner was found not guilty (RQ-0018-KP).
Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0038 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0038

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 the Open Meetings Act applies to district and county court-at-law judges when they meet to appoint county officials (RQ-0019-KP).
Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0039 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0039

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: Taxing authority of the Port IsabelSan Benito Navigation District (RQ-0021-KP).
Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0040 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0040

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 community college system may expend funds for attorney's fees incurred by a member of its board of trustees in a challenge to the member's qualification to serve as trustee (RQ-0022-KP).
Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0048 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0048

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: Effect of the Governor's vetoes of the General Appropriations Act (RQ-0047-KP).
Date: September 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0033 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0033

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 chapter 681 ofthe Transportation Code authorizes a political subdivision to contract with a private business to enforce the privileged parking laws within that chapter (RQ-0013-KP).
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0034 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0034

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 municipalities or local law enforcement agencies are authorized to impound a motor vehicle for lack of proof of insurance or financial responsibility (RQ-0014-KP).
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0035 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0035

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: Disposition of a dissolved municipality's remaining assets (RQ-0015-KP).
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0036 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0036

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 sections 843.306 and 1301.057 of the Insurance Code apply to a pharmacy benefit manager acting on behalf of a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider organization (RQ-0016-KP).
Date: August 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0029 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0029

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 hospital district to create a charitable organization under section 281.0565 of the Health and Safety Code and related governance questions (RQ-0008-KP).
Date: August 10, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0030 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0030

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 with criminal jurisdiction may, pursuant to section 41.005, Government Code, retain a commission on bond forfeiture collection (RQ-0010-KP).
Date: August 10, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History