Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas. This issue includes the annual index for 2002.

This report is categorized into nine categories: (I) Most Recent Developments, (II) Background and Analysis, (III) Overview of U.S. Policy Concerns, (IV) Obstacles to peace and Independence, (V) The South Caucasus's External Security Context, (VI) U.S. Aid Overview, (VII) U.S. Security Assistance, (VIII) U.S. Trade an Investment, and (IX) Legislation.

A report of a pedestrian archaeological survey of 2,250 feet proposed access route for the Sand Spring Substation.

A report of a pedestrian survey for a proposed wastewater treatment plant and two outflow pipeline right-of-ways conducted southeast of Lake Ray Hubbard and in the floodplain of Trinity River.

A self-evaluation report from the Texas Department of Insurance for 2007.

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: When a surety is entitled to a refund under Government Code section 41.258, which mandates an officer taking a bail bond to require the surety to pay a cost (RQ-0153-GA)

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 Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ 2004 plan for allocating low-income housing tax credits is consistent with Senate Bill 264 (RQ-0161-GA)

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 district attorney of the 173rd Judicial; District may simultaneously hold a part-time teaching position at Trinity Valley Community College and receive compensation for doing so (RQ-0234-GA)

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: Validity of engineering documents prepared and sealed by a licensed engineer who is employed by an unregistered firm (RQ-0235-GA)

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 seal of a professional engineer licensed in Texas may be placed on engineering plans, specifications, and other documents relating to projects not to be constructed in Texas (RQ-0244-GA)

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 an establishment that furnished food and shelter to four or more persons who are unrelated to the proprietor and that requires those persons to obtain personal care services through the proprietor's licensed home health agency is an assisted living facility that must be licensed under section 247.021(a) of the Health and Safety Code (RQ-0381-GA)

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 seal placed on certified copies of documents recorded in the county clerk's office must be raised (RQ-0394-GA)

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 article VIII, section 6b of the Texas Constitution permits a commissioners court to distribute county permanent school funds reductions to a school district based on students attending school in the district who have transferred from another school district (RQ-0386-GA)

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 Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a licensed acupuncturist may perform "spinal manipulation" (RQ-0308-JC)

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 Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a district attorney subject to the Professional Prosecutors Act may serve as a legal officer in the Air Force Reserve and related questions (RQ-0326-JC)

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 Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether an "optometric glaucoma specialist" may use that designation as his sole professional title(RQ-0329-JC).

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 Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether without violating article 3 section 53 of the Texas Constitution a county may pay group-health-insurance premiums for retirees for whom ,at the time they retired , the county did not provide such benefits and related questions.(RQ-0334-JC).

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 Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a "joint clerk" who performs the duties of both the district clerk and the county clerk is entitled to complete the term of office to which elected when the county population exceeds eight thousand persons after the release of the 2000 United States Census of Population(RQ-0339-JC).

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 Department of Transporation over construction and maintenance of utility lines along a controlled-access highway (RQ-0563-JC)

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 Euless Economic Development Corporation is "a governmental entity that has the power of eminent domain" under section 272.001(b)(5) of the Local Government Code (RQ-0568-JC)

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 district attorney pro tem to modify a standing local government between a district attorney's office and a law enforcement agency regarding the distribution of forfeited funds (RQ-0569-JC)

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 member of the legislature who resigns his or her legislative office may, during the term for which he or she was elected, be appointed to a position or office that requires senate confirmation. (RQ-05740JC)

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 municipality may adopt particular subdivision ordinances applicable to its extraterritorial jurisdiction and whether a county may do so in its unincorporated areas (RQ-0664-GA)