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The following requests (RQs) have been received by the Opinion Committee, and are currently pending. If you wish to view the request letter, go here, and select the desired request letter from the index, or click on the RQ number below.
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Pending Requests
Title: RQ-0538-KP
Re: Authority of a sheriff to contract with other local governments and private entities for the off-duty work of sheriff deputies in certain circumstances
Request Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Requestor: Fayette County Auditor
Title: RQ-0537-KP
Re: Whether the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code section 551.071, authorizes discussion about hiring a law firm, and whether boilerplate language contained on a meeting notice or agenda is sufficient notice of an executive session
Request Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Requestor: Hood County Attorney
Granbury, Texas
Title: RQ-0536-KP
Re: Whether the mayor of a Type C municipality who resigns holds over in office under article XVI, section 17 of the Texas Constitution
Request Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Requestor: Starr County
Rio Grande City, Texas
Title: RQ-0535-KP
Re: Calculation of “average land value” under Local Government Code section 212.209
Request Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Requestor: Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development
Title: RQ-0534-KP
Re: Whether a member of the board of managers of the Nueces County Hospital District may simultaneously serve as a member of the board of directors of the Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority
Request Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Requestor: Nueces County Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
Title: RQ-0533-KP
Re: Application of conflict-of-interest rules to grants awarded by the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council
Request Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Requestor: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Title: RQ-0532-KP
Re: Applicability of article 39.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to third-party records in the possession of the local juvenile justice agency and used in support of its social history report to the juvenile court
Request Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Requestor: Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney
Fort Worth, Texas
Title: RQ-0531-KP
Re: Whether Texas Property Code section 52.002 requires a district clerk to prepare an abstract of judgment rendered by a court of appeals
Request Date: Friday, February 2, 2024
Requestor: Parker County Attorney
Weatherford, Texas
Title: RQ-0530-KP
Re: Whether section 6.05(f) of the Tax Code bars the continued employment of the Chief Appraiser if his sibling is elected as the County Tax Assessor/Collector
Request Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Requestor: Erath County Attorney
Title: RQ-0528-KP
Re: Calculation of the limitation of school tax on homesteads of the elderly or disabled under Texas Tax Code section 11.26
Request Date: Thursday, January 4, 2024
Requestor: Wichita County Criminal District Attorney
Wichita Falls, Texas
