A number of Important Issues in energy research and development which warrant special attention by the Energy Research and Development Office (ERDO) are identified and examined. Six matters considered to be of sufficient weight to be labeled Important Issues are: nuclear reactor siting policy: nuclear energy centers; the development of solar electric power; exploitation of western oil shale; improvements in mining technology for coal; assuring uranium fuel supplies; and automotive energy systems. The environmental issue is treated separately. Actions that ERDO can take to help resolve the issues are discussed.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether dual eployment of Independent School District tax assessor-collector and city commissioner results in legal incompatibility.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is an employee of the Texas Highway Department entitled to extended sick leave due to pregnancy.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Notice requirements of Open Meetings Act.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether deposition in court proceeding is subject to limitation of Open Records Act.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the recent decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex parte Johnny Ray Matthews renders Article 6701 1-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes unconstitutional?

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether specific information resales of property disclosable under Open Records Law.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Responsibilities candidates for federal office under the Campaign Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1973.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authorities of cities to establish water pollution control program under 21.357, Texas Water Code.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Must the commission furnish copies of official documents to attorneys in lawsuits not involving the commission?

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether in view of amendment to Art. 3912e, § 4, V.T.C.S., it is still necessary to maintain separate accounts of the fees received by county officials.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can a habitual truant be committed to a state Juvenile Training School under the provisions of Article 4.25 of the Education Code?

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Proper method of taxing water pump and irrigation casing when placed in a water well.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether former participant in Texas Teacher Retirement System, who declined at the time to exercise option to participate in Optional Retirement System, may upon return to teaching after educational absence elect to participate in the Optional System.

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Texas Engineering Practice Act prohibits (1) a private association of engineers from accrediting and certifying persons; (2) use of membership or accreditation in an association of engineers by an individual not a registered engineer.

This Number System Cross Reference Guide constitutes a ready reference for programing the MCS-8 Microcomputer or designing logic systems. Columns give the number equivalents of decimal, binary, octal, and hexidecimal systems for decimal numbers zero through 255, as well as a corresponding teletype character opposite each row of equivalent numbers. (RWR)

Included are descriptions of welding methods and joint design, welding equipment, and qualification tests. (DG)

DODT (Display Octal Debugging Technique) is a program written for the MCS-8 that allows the user to modify a program via the solid-state keyboard. The program occupies 766 octal words. The minimum system requirements for using DODT are as follows: MCS-8 computer set with TV display option and Solid State Keyboard option; DODT programmable read only memories (PROM) at memory page 000 and 001; 256 word (RAM) at page 10. (RWR)

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