Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0933 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0933

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 constable who was convicted of a felony but whose conviction was finalized only after he was reelected to a new term automatically vacates his office (RQ-1016-GA)
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0934 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0934

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 recreational off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles may be legally operated on a public beach and whether a county is authorized to establish a system for registering such vehicles with the county for operation on a beach (RQ-1017-GA)
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0935 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0935

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; Autority of a county, under section 35.019, Water Code, to enact water availability requirements applicable to that part of a county outside of a priority groundwater management area, and related questions (RQ-1003-GA)
Date: May 21, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0936 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0936

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 non-attorneys may represent parties at special education due process hearings conducted by the Texas Education Agency (RQ-1021-GA)
Date: May 21, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0937 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0937

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 treasurer with regard to the reconciliation of accounts of elected officials (RQ-1018-GA)
Date: May 29, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0938 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0938

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 permit a constable one one precinct to provide the services authorized by section 351.061, Local Government Code, in a different precinct (RQ-1020-GA)
Date: May 29, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0939 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0939

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 employ a county elections administrator to perform the duties of a 9-1-1 addressing agent and to assist in the preparation of redistricting maps (RQ-1023-GA)
Date: May 29, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0940 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0940

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 constable with regard to payment of outstanding warrants issued by a justice court (RQ-1024-GA)
Date: May 29, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0941 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0941

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 section 775.034, Health and Safety Code, a county commisioners court may meet to vote on the appointment of a member of the governing board of an emergency services district prior to January 1 of the year in which the appointment takes effect (RQ-1027-GA)
Date: May 29, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0942 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0942

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 Type A general-law municipality with a population of less than 900,000 to enact an ordinance setting either a 300-foot "Alcohol-Free School Zone" or a 1,000-foot zone around a school in which the sale of of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption would be prohibited (RQ-1028-GA)
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0943 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0943

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, in determining the market value of a residence homestead, a chief appraiser is required to consider the value of previously sold foreclosed residential property (RQ-1029-GA)
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0944 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0944

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 mental health professional is required by chapter 261, Family Code, to report abuse or neglect that occurred during the childhood of a now-adult patient (RQ-1030-GA)
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0945 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0945

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 Angleton-Danbury Hospital District is authorized to sell a hospital facility to a third party and lease care for the District's needy residents (RQ-1033-GA)
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
When Congressional Legislation Interferes with Existing Contracts: Legal Issues (open access)

When Congressional Legislation Interferes with Existing Contracts: Legal Issues

This report surveys the legal theories invoked when laws enacted by Congress interfere with contracts entered into before enactment, prompting suits against the United States by disappointed contract parties.
Date: May 31, 2012
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism (open access)

U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism

This report examines the evolution of counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and the European Union (EU), particularly since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It includes a discussion of U.S.-EU cooperation progress and ongoing challenges, as well as perspectives and issues for Congress.
Date: May 21, 2012
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance (open access)

Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance

"This report summarizes the concerns expressed with the current Texas Department of Transportation(TxDOT) methods, presents approaches some TxDOT districts have taken to overcome problems, and summarizes the current status of other agencies' efforts at mechanistic based acceptance for flexible base. Also this report presents results and findings from a full-scale compaction experiment."
Date: May 2012
Creator: Sebesta, Stephen; Taylor, Ross & Frazier, James
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of an Early-Stage Toll Revenue Estimation Model (open access)

Development of an Early-Stage Toll Revenue Estimation Model

This report contains a standalone, spreadsheet-based model that prepares early-stage traffic and toll revenue estimates.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Beaty, Curtis & Lieu, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rational Use of terminal Achorages in Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (open access)

Rational Use of terminal Achorages in Portland Cement Concrete Pavements

Report describing the results of a study to look at various systems used to protect bridges from expansion of Portland cement concrete (PCC) due to changes in temperatures. It includes background information on the problem, identifies particular bridges that have concerns, a literature review on the topic, results of field experimentation, collection and analysis of data, and conclusions and recommendations, with supplementary references and appendices.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Jaiswal, Harshita; Ryu, Sungwoo; Choi, Pangil; Choi, Seongcheol; Jayawickrama, Priyantha; Senadheera, Sanjaya et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compendium of student papers: 2011 undergraduate transportation scholars program. (open access)

Compendium of student papers: 2011 undergraduate transportation scholars program.

Report compiling the research papers written by students participating in the 2011 Undergraduate Transportation Scholars Program. The papers in this compendium report on the following topics: evaluating the impact of nighttime work zone lighting characteristics n motorists; late night roadway visibility; investigation of the use and pricing of the I-15 express lanes in San Diego; intercity passenger rail access to airports: a case study at the Milwaukee airport; development of a background complexity assessment tool; identifying pavement preservation treatments suitable for performance-related specifications; and arsenic content and retro-reflectivity of glass beads used in pavement markings.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Desorcie, Felicia; Jian, Ruoxin; Kelly, Pete; Larson, Shawn; Rasulo, Marcus; Rivera, Joshua et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Bond Review Board Local Government Annual Report: 2011 (open access)

Texas Bond Review Board Local Government Annual Report: 2011

Annual report of local government debt in Texas, broken down by areas and categories, with statistics and other relevant information.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Texas Bond Review Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Effects of bending and heat on the ductility and fracture toughness of flange plate (open access)

Effects of bending and heat on the ductility and fracture toughness of flange plate

"This report documents the findings of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)sponsored research project that investigated the possible causes of the cracking and developed recommendations to prevent the occurrence of such cracking."
Date: May 2012
Creator: Keating, Peter B. & Christian, Lee C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recommendations for design, construction, and maintenance of bridge approach slabs (open access)

Recommendations for design, construction, and maintenance of bridge approach slabs

Report regarding treatment methods for controlling settlements of approach slabs of new bridge construction. The report is presented in two parts, with the first part concerns the compiling and presentation of documented information while the second part deals with field evaluation of methods to reduce settlement.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Puppala, Anand J.; Archeewa, Ekarut; Saride, Sireesh; Hoyos, Laureano R., 1972- & Nazarian, Soheil, 1955-
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Develop Mechanistic-Empirical Design for CRCP (open access)

Develop Mechanistic-Empirical Design for CRCP

This report explains why a mechanistic-empirical (ME) based pavement design method will allow Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to optimize pavement structures to best utilize the limited financial resources available.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Ha, Soojun; Yeon, Jungheum; Choi, Byounghooi; Jung, Youn su; Zollinger, Dan G.; Wimsatt, Andrew James, 1964- et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Natural Outlook, May 2012 (open access)

Natural Outlook, May 2012

Newsletter discussing environmental issues and policies in Texas. This issue discusses the international delegations interested in shale production hosted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in the early 2010s.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History