Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0980 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0980

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 "project duration ordinance" adopted by the City of Austin contravenes section 245.005 of the Local Government Code (RQ-1070-GA).
Date: December 10, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0976 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0976

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 municipality may require sex offenders who reside within the city to register with the sheriff rather than with the chief of police (RQ-I064-GA).
Date: November 20, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0977 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0977

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 bail bond board may permit a licensed bail bond holder to change part of the collateral he or she posted as security (RQ-1067-GA).
Date: November 20, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0973 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0973

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 taxing authority may impose, and a county is obligated to pay, penalties and interest on ad valorem taxes imposed on real property purchased by a county for the year of sale that have remained unpaid (RQ-I063-GA).
Date: November 5, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0975 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0975

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 Higher Education Coordinating Board may grant a certificate of authority to a foreign school, including a foreign medical school, pursuant to section 61.306 of the Education Code (RQ-I062-GA).
Date: November 20, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0974 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0974

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 there is a conflict between two provisions of the Transportation Code that permit judges and peace officers to omit their residence address from their drivers' licenses, and a provision of the Tax Code that requires the submission of proof of the residence address of an applicant for a homestead exemption (RQ-1060-GA).
Date: November 9, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0972 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0972

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: Authority of an employer to ban the transport and storage of handguns by concealed handgun license holders in locked private vehicles on employee parking lots (RQ-I061-GA).
Date: November 5, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0979 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0979

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 staff of the Sunset Advisory Commission is entitled to receive confidential records, documents, and files and to attend confidential disciplinary hearings, deliberations, and other proceedings of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (RQ-1066-GA).
Date: December 4, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0981 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0981

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: Authority of a county to form a transportation reinvestment zone, collect an ad valorem tax increment, and pledge and assign all or part of the increment to secure bonds to pay the cost of a transportation project (RQ-1 071-GA).
Date: December 10, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0978 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0978

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 Cherokee County Community Supervision and Corrections Department may prescribe a procedure that permits the issuance of checks without the signature of the county auditor (RQ-1069-GA).
Date: November 20, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0949 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0949

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 particular circumstances, a school district may, pursuant to section 22.011, Education Code, permit charities to participate in campaigns to solicit contributions (RQ-1031-GA)
Date: June 12, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0950 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0950

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; Authority of the Texas Lottery Commission to conduct second-chance drawings and other games via the Internet (RQ1037-GA)
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0951 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0951

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 private retail establishment may charge an itemized and disclosed "service fee" on a consumer transaction (RQ-1036-GA)
Date: June 18, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0952 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0952

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; Final authority to set the salary of the official court reporter in the Van Zandt County Court at Law, and to determine whether the position is full-time or part-time (RQ-1039-GA)
Date: June 18, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0953 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0953

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; Authority of a county to issue bonds pursuant to article VIII, section 1-g(b), Texas Constitution (RQ-1040-GA)
Date: June 18, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0954 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0954

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; Calculation of a county's rollback tax rate (RQ-1025-GA)
Date: June 26, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0955 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0955

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 federally appointed designated engineering representative must be licensed by the Board of Professionals Engineers under the Texas Engineering Act, chapter 1001, Occupations Code (RQ-1047-GA)
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0956 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0956

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; Status of unused funds of a county's crime victims' office (RQ-1049-GA)
Date: July 25, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0957 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0957

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 the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551 of the Government Code, to a coordinated county transportation authority created under chapter 460 of the Transportation Code, and to its committees (RQ-1042-GA)
Date: July 27, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0958 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0958

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 execute a surface lease of county school land that contains a term obligating the lessee to make expenditures for land management and maintenance.
Date: July 27, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0959 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0959

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 local election under section 1502.055, Government Code, is required before a municipality may sell its sewage collection system and treatment plant to a river authority: Possible conflict with chapter 30, Water Code.
Date: July 31, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0960 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0960

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: Refund of cash bail bonds under article 17.02, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0961 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0961

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 Conservation and Reclamation District Number Three in Brazoria County may conduct operations within the boundaries of another district.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0962 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0962

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 38.007 of the Texas Education Code, section 109.33 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, and the home-rule provision of the Texas Constitution authorize a home-rule municipality with a population of less than 900,000 to enact an ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of a public school.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History