Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas Attorney General Opinionshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXAGO/browse/?fq=untl_decade:2010-2019&fq=untl_institution:UNTGD2018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas Attorney General OpinionsTexas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10392018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051001/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051001/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1039" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1039" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051001/small/"/></a></p><p>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: The proper expenditure of pretrial intervention program funds accumulated in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure article 102.0121 (RQ-1141-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00192018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051002/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051002/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0019" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0019" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051002/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Deposit of restitution funds ordered in a criminal judgment by a statutory county court (RQ-1231-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10652018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051003/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051003/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1065" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1065" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051003/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Lottery Commission may deny or revoke an entity's bingo-related license based on the criminal history of an individual associated with that entity (RQ-1173-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-09802018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051004/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051004/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0980" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0980" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051004/small/"/></a></p><p>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).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10702018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051005/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051005/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1070" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1070" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051005/small/"/></a></p><p>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 that has a current tax rate of zero is subject to a rollback election under section 26.07 of the Tax Code or an ad valorem tax-freeze election under article VIII, section 1-b(h) of the Texas Constitution (RQ-1179-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00442018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051006/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051006/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051006/small/"/></a></p><p>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 142.056 of the Local Government Code limits the frequency of elections regarding the exclusive bargaining agent for municipal police (RQ-0029-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00372018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051007/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051007/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0037" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0037" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051007/small/"/></a></p><p>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 county to reimburse a county commissioner for legal costs related to defending against criminal allegations for which the commissioner was found not guilty (RQ-0018-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10182018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051009/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051009/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1018" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1018" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051009/small/"/></a></p><p>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 establish a rule that prohibits an elected county official from bringing a pet to the official's office (RQ-1114-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01672018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051010/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051010/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0167" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0167" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051010/small/"/></a></p><p>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).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-02112018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051011/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051011/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0211" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0211" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051011/small/"/></a></p><p>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 city council members also employed by an independent school district may receive compensation for their service on the city council (RQ-0213-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01992018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051012/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051012/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0199" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0199" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051012/small/"/></a></p><p>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 authority granted by section 1201.461 of the Occupations Code to a manufactured home retailer to remove the label of a salvaged manufactured home is preempted by federal law (RQ-0194-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-02022018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051013/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051013/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0202" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0202" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051013/small/"/></a></p><p>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 rights that a grandfathered bingo commercial lessor holds under a commercial lessor license may be transferred to another entity under the license transfer provisions of the Bingo Enabling Act (RQ-0199-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01892018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051014/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051014/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0189" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0189" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051014/small/"/></a></p><p>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 elected constable and deputy constables may simultaneously serve under the sheriff, specifically to perform tasks related to the duties of a weightenforcement officer under Transportation Code chapter 621 (RQ-0187-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10042018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051015/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051015/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1004" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1004" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051015/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Health and Human Services Commission is authorized to pay or, alternatively, an employee is required to pay interest on the amount paid to the Employees Retirement System to restore a reinstated employee' s service credit when the employee has been reinstated as part of a grievance procedure (RQ-1 098-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01782018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051016/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051016/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0178" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0178" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051016/small/"/></a></p><p>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 the West Travis County Public Utility Agency to impose impervious cover requirements (RQ-0171-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-09872018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051017/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051017/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0987" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0987" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051017/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Comptroller to implement rules regarding the imposition and collection of a sales and use tax by a municipality under particular circumstances (RQ-1 078-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00332018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051018/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051018/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0033" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0033" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051018/small/"/></a></p><p>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 chapter 681 ofthe Transportation Code authorizes a political subdivision to contract with a private business to enforce the privileged parking laws within that chapter (RQ-0013-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00522018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051021/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051021/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0052" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0052" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051021/small/"/></a></p><p>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 commissioners court, after adoption of the budget, to adopt a standing budget policy that automatically reduces the salary line item of an employee of an elected official upon the employee's departure from the position (RQ-0033-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10912018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051030/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051030/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1091" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1091" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051030/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Texas A&M University to use available university funds for the support and maintenance of the programs of a branch campus at Galveston or at other branch campuses as may be established in the state (RQ-1204-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00242018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051031/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051031/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0024" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0024" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051031/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Construction of section 1304.1581 of the Occupations Code, governing cancellations and refunds of service contracts (RQ-0001-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00732018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051032/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051032/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0073" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0073" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051032/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Applicability of expunction orders under article 45.0541 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to records in the possession of a juvenile probation department as a result of a referral for delinquent conduct as defined by subsection 51.03(a)(2) of the Family Code (RQ-0057-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10412018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051033/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051033/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1041" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1041" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051033/small/"/></a></p><p>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 may provide Internetbased local and long-distance telephone service to inmates in county jails (RQ-1145-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10162018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051034/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051034/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1016" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1016" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051034/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Government Code section 573.062, the nepotism continuousemployment exception, to a school district board member's spouse (RQ-1117-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01172018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051035/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051035/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0117" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0117" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051035/small/"/></a></p><p>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 appointing member city's governing body may remove a director it has appointed to the North Texas Municipal Water District (RQ-0106-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00902018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051036/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051036/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0090" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0090" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051036/small/"/></a></p><p>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: What qualifies as a "judicial function" of a county judge such that the judge may claim a state salary supplement under section 26.006 of the Government Code (RQ-0078-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01492018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051043/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051043/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0149" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0149" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051043/small/"/></a></p><p>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 individuals civilly committed pursuant to chapter 841 ofthe Health and Safety Code are eligible to vote by mail under section 82.002 of the Election Code (RQ-0142-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10132018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051044/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051044/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1013" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1013" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051044/small/"/></a></p><p>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 require a permit and charge a fee for installing an access point to a county road (RQ-111 0-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-02082018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050918/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050918/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0208" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0208" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050918/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Harris County Department of Education may establish a relief fund to provide grant funding to independent school districts located in Harris County impacted by Hurricane Harvey (RQ-0208-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01942018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050920/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050920/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0194" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0194" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050920/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Applicability of amendments to the Transportation Code made by Senate Bill 312, 85th Regular Session, to the Loop 1604 toll project in Bexar County (RQ-0190-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01362018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050921/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050921/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0136" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0136" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050921/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Long-Term Care Ombudsman may register a position and testify for or against legislation pending before the Texas Legislature (RQ-0130-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01052018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050922/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050922/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0105" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0105" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050922/small/"/></a></p><p>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 ofthe conflict of interest rules in chapter 171 of the Local Government Code to members of a planning and zoning commission or historic landmark commission who reside or own property within the historic district (RQ-0094-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10122018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050923/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050923/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1012" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1012" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050923/small/"/></a></p><p>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 State of Texas has a legal obligation to pay unfunded losses that exceed the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's ability to pay (RQ-1112-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-09922018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050924/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050924/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0992" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0992" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050924/small/"/></a></p><p>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 certain persons to direct the disposition of blood seized during the investigation of an intoxication-related offense (RQ-1082-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00592018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050925/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050925/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0059" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0059" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050925/small/"/></a></p><p>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 county comm1ss10ners court to establish requirements for indigent health care under the Texas Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act and relevant federal law (RQ-0041-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00752018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050926/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050926/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0075" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0075" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050926/small/"/></a></p><p>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 county that has accepted a public dedication of a right-of-way is obligated to maintain the sidewalks in that right-of-way (RQ-0061-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01102018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050927/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050927/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0110" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0110" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050927/small/"/></a></p><p>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 49.052 of the Water Code disqualifies an employee of the county attorney's office from serving as a member of the board of a water control and improvement district in the same county, when the county attorney also provides professional legal services to the water district (RQ-0102-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01512018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050928/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050928/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0151" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0151" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050928/small/"/></a></p><p>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).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00622018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050929/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050929/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0062" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0062" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050929/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Questions relating to the pos1t10n of Vice Chairman on the Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors (RQ-0044-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00172018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050931/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050931/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0017" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0017" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050931/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Construction of article III, section 49-k of the Texas Constitution, related to the Texas Mobility Fund, in light of the 2001 ballot language proposing the constitutional amendment (RQ-1229-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01032018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050932/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050932/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0103" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0103" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050932/small/"/></a></p><p>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 status of Insurance Code article 2 l .52B, the Any Willing Pharmacy statute, in light of federal court decisions (RQ-0092-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00492018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050933/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050933/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0049" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0049" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050933/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Questions regarding a notice prohibiting entry with a handgun onto certain premises under section 30.06 of the Penal Code and section 411.209 of the Government Code (RQ-0051-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00882018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050934/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050934/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0088" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0088" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050934/small/"/></a></p><p>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 criminal district attorney may use forfeiture funds to investigate operations of a juvenile detention center (RQ-0075-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10692018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050935/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050935/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1069" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1069" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050935/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Rockwall County Juvenile Board over policy matters of the juvenile probation department, including the adoption of a personnel manual (RQ-1178-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01152018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050937/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050937/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0115" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0115" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050937/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Under what circumstances Texas courts afford deference to agency interpretations of statutes (RQ-0110-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10232018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050938/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050938/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1023" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1023" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050938/small/"/></a></p><p>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 official court reporter for a multi-county judicial district is a state employee or a county employee and related questions (RQ-1124-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10172018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050940/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050940/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1017" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1017" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050940/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Family Code section 58.0071 authorizes the custodian of physical records and files in a juvenile case to destroy hard copies in particular instances (RQ-1119-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00142018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050941/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050941/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0014" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0014" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050941/small/"/></a></p><p>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 school board trustee, whose powers have been suspended by the Texas Education Commissioner under chapter 39 of the Education Code, may run and serve as a city council member for a city located within the school district's boundaries (RQ-0007-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-01522018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050942/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050942/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0152" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0152" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050942/small/"/></a></p><p>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 571.140 of the Government Code to sworn complaints filed with the Texas Ethics Commission when those complaints become the subject of litigation (RQ-0145-KP).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-10522018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050946/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050946/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1052" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1052" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050946/small/"/></a></p><p>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: Implementation of Senate Bill 1678, relating to the Major Events Trust Fund (RQ-1159-GA).</p>Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-00632018-09-05T20:47:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050956/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050956/"><img alt="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0063" title="Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0063" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050956/small/"/></a></p><p>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 water supply district may assign to another district certain duties and rights, including approval of the annual budget and contracting for certain services (RQ-0045-KP).</p>