Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0176 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0176

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 handgun license holders may carry handguns on the premises of a church that does not post signs excluding handguns and whether churches are exempt from the private security fees charged to private institutions (RQ-0196-KP).
Date: December 21, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0171 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0171

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 Type A general-law municipality may collect dues on behalf of homeowners associatfons in exchange for partial payment of the municipality's accounting expenses (RQ-0163-KP).
Date: November 13, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0172 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0172

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 ofa county commissioners court under Local Government Code section 111.062 to appoint two part-time employees to fulfill the functions of a county budget officer, and the applicability of incompatibility rules to the appointed employees (RQ-0165-KP).
Date: November 13, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0173 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0173

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 attorney serving a county pursuant to a collection contract under article 103.0031 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may collect delinquent restitution owed to a crime victim (RQ-0166-KP).
Date: November 13, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0174 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0174

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: County authority related to a court's registry account (RQ-0167-KP).
Date: November 13, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0175 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0175

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 appraisal district is authorized to modify the boundary of a school district upon receipt of information suggesting the survey line is inaccurate (RQ-0168-KP).
Date: November 13, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0170 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0170

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 term "direct recording electronic voting machine" as used in subsection 121.003(12) of the Election Code includes voting machines that produce paper ballots (RQ-0169-KP).
Date: October 24, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0169 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0169

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 municipal utility district may use its surplus funds to repair or replace clustertype mailbox facilities that serve residences in the district (RQ-0160-KP).
Date: October 17, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0168 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0168

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 483 .102 ofthe Health and Safety Code authorizes an eligible prescriber to directly or by standing order prescribe an opioid antagonist to law enforcement agencies (RQ-0181-KP).
Date: October 4, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0166 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0166

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 public school district to operate a transportation system outside of its geographical boundaries under section 34.007 of the Education Code (RQ-0156-KP).
Date: October 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0167 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0167

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 board of trustees of a public junior college may allow licensed concealed handguns in open meetings of the board of trustees (RQ-0158-KP).
Date: October 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0164 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0164

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 validity of local stock law elections held under statutes in effect in 1918 (RQ-0154-KP).
Date: September 12, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0165 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0165

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 affidavits regarding ownership of real property by adverse possession may be recorded with the county clerk pursuant to section 12.00l(a) of the Property Code (RQ-0155-KP).
Date: September 12, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0161 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0161

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: Requirements for signatures on a petition filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on the ballot (RQ-0151-KP).
Date: September 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0162 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0162

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 commissioners court may fund the county fire marshal and safety coordinator position through revenue generated by a sales and use tax imposed pursuant to chapter 324 of the Tax Code (RQ-0152-KP).
Date: September 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0163 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0163

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 district attorney's office must pay for the copy of the reporter's record filed with the trial court Clerk pursuant to Rule ofAppellate Procedure 34.6(h) (RQ-0153-KP).
Date: September 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0158 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0158

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 State may obtain a waiver of a defendant's right to seek expunction of the record of arrest for the offense for which it places the defendant in pretrial diversion (RQ-0148-KP).
Date: August 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0159 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0159

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 expenditures of commissary proceeds violate section 351.0415 of the Local Government Code (RQ-0149-KP).
Date: August 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0160 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0160

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 commissioners court may enter an order authorizing the treasurer to pay certain types of claims and bills prior to presenting the actual claims or bills to the commissioners court (RQ-0150-KP).
Date: August 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0157 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0157

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 relatives of a public official may perform uncompensated work for the official's office without violating nepotism laws if the relatives receive reimbursement of actual expenses or a per diem expense payment (RQ-0147-KP).
Date: August 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0156 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0156

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 wholly owning a motor vehicle manufacturer results in affiliation with that manufacturer for purposes of subsection 2301.476(a)(2) of the Occupations Code (RQ-0170-KP).
Date: July 31, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0154 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether an independent school district must hold a tax ratification election pursuant to Tax Code section 26.08 m specific circumstances (RQ-0159-KP).
Date: July 14, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0155 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether under certain circumstances municipal tree preservation ordinances may violate the Takings Clause of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0164-KP).
Date: July 14, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0151 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Application of section 552.1175 of the Government Code to reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission that by statute must be made available to the public (RQ-0144-KP).
Date: June 13, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History