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KP-0146
Ken Paxton

Veterans treatment court judge, not the commissioners court, is authorized to select and supervise the staff of a veterans treatment court program

KP-0183
Ken Paxton

Article XVI, section 50 - home equity lending|U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs cash-out refinance loan - whether Texas veterans may obtain|Home equity lending - Texas Constitution article XVI, section 50|Department of Veterans Affairs cash-out refinance loan|Cash out loan|Home equity loan

GA-0057
Greg Abbott

Selective Service Local Board members, city council members serving as|Selective Service Local Board exercises governmental powers only when federal law provides for conscription|City councilman holds office of trust under the state

GA-0174
Greg Abbott

Military leave-time account, municipal fire fighters and police officers are entitled to donate any amount of leave to their department's military leave-time account that they would be entitled to for themselves|Delete time from military leave-time account, a municipality may not|Insurance and benefits coverage, municipality must maintain when a municipal fire fighter or police officer is called for military duty, but only on the terms in effect when the employee received the call which may include the employees' obligations to pa|Military leave-time account, municipal fire fighters are entitled to donate any amount of leave to their department's military leave-time account that they would be entitled to use for themselves|Delete time from the military leave-time account, a municipality may not|Insurance and benefits coverage, when a municipal fire fighter is called for military duty a municipality must maintain, but only on the terms in effect when the employee received the call which may include the employees' obligations to pay their portion |Military leave-time account, municipal fire fighters and police officers are entitled to donate any amount of leave to their department's military leave-time account that they would be entitled to use for themselves|Insurance and benefits coverage, municipality must maintain when a police officer is called for military duty, but only on the terms in effect when the employee received the call which may include the employees' obligations to pay their portion of any pre|Military leave-time account, municipal police officers are entitled to donate any amount of leave to their department's military leave-time account that they would be entitled to use for themselves

GA-0200
Greg Abbott

Construction, repair, or maintenance contracts that are within the Texas Military Facilities Commission's exclusive authority, military facilities' exclusion from the Texas Building and Procurement Commission's duty to manage certain state facilities unde|Construction, repair, and maintenance of state-owned facilities located on property of Texas Military Facilities Commission, Commission has exclusive authority for use|Construction, repair, and maintenance of state-owned facilities located on property of Commission, Commission has exclusive authority for the|Construction, repair, or maintenance contracts that are within the Commission's exclusive authority, military facilities' exclusion from the Texas Building and Procurement Commission's duty to manage certain state facilities under section 2165.007 of the

GA-0325
Greg Abbott

Military leave of absence, authority of civil service commission, when a police officer or fire fighter returns from a military leave of absence, to demote officers who had advanced in rank because of the military leave of absence

GA-0347
Greg Abbott

Opinion Withdrawn 1/14/2008 - Superseded by statute, Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 54.203|Opinion Withdrawn 1/14/08

GA-0445
Greg Abbott

Opinion Withdrawn 1/14/2008 - superseded by statute, Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 54.203

GA-0460
Greg Abbott

County attorney not barred by either article XVI, section 12 of Texas Constitution or by common-law incompatibility from serving as volunteer ombudsman for the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve|County attorney, article XVI, section 11 of Texas Constitution does not barr service as volunteer ombudsman for the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve |County attorney not barred by common-law incompatibility from serving as volunteer ombudsman for the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

GA-0676
Greg Abbott

Property tax exemption, maximum authorized amounts for disabled veterans|Disabled veterans, maximum amount of property tax exemption authorized

GA-0736
Greg Abbott

Adjutant general is precluded from accruing state compensatory leave by section 659.024(c), Government Code, as a single state officer who governs a state agency\r\n\r\n|Adjutant general is precluded from accruing state compensatory leave by section 659.024(c), Government Code, as a single state officer who governs a state agency|Assistant adjutant general is not a single state officer who governs a state agency under section 659.024(c), Government Code, and may accrue compensatory leave

GA-0918
Greg Abbott

Residence homestead exemption, under subsection 11.131(c) of the Tax Code a surviving spouse’s qualifications for the residence homestead property tax exemption are determined on January 1, 2012 and the fact that the disabled veteran died in 2011 prior to the effective date of subsection 11.131(c) does not deprive the surviving spouse of the|Surviving spouse of the residence homestead exemption whose qualifications for the residence homestead property tax exemption are determined on January 1, 2012, the fact that the disabled veteran died in 2011 prior to the effective date of subsection 11.131(c) does not deprive the

GA-0969
Greg Abbott

Hazlewood Act tuition exemption, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has authority to determine whether to promulgate certain rules relating to exemption|Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has authority to adopt rule which would allow veterans applying for state Hazlewood Exemption who are otherwise entitled to federal Chapter 33 benefits to not first exhaust Chapter 33 benefits, court would likely conclude that|Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has authority to adopt rule which would allow veterans applying for state Hazlewood Exemption who are otherwise entitled to federal Chapter 33 benefits to not first exhaust Chapter 33 benefits, court would likely conclude that

DM-0148
Dan Morales

Adjutant General, as chief of Texas National Guard, has authority to purchase liability insurance with federal funds to cover officers and employees who operate mobile shooting range

DM-0283
Dan Morales

Security fee, county and district court clerks' collection of (Modified by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-371 (1995))|Security fee, commissioners court's authority to adopt (Modified by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-371 (1995))|Probate court clerk, authority to collect courthouse security fee (Modified by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-371 (1995))|Discharge record, county clerk may charge courthouse security fee upon filing if commissioners court has authorized collection (Modified by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-371 (1995))

DM-0421
Dan Morales

College or university governing board may not waive collection of fees unless expressly authorized by statute|College or university medical-service fee, governing board may not waive payment of from active-duty personnel unless expressly permitted by statute|Fees, governing board may not waive collection of from employees or their dependents unless expressly permitted by statute|Discretionary fee must be compulsory where statute does not specify whether compulsory or voluntary|Voluntary fee, governing board may not charge of a student who will not use the service|Waiver of fee for employees and dependents, governing board may not grant unless expressly permitted by statute|Compulsory fee|Voluntary fee

DM-0422
Dan Morales

Veterans entitled to retention preference in reduction in workforce over similarly qualified and situated employees, but not over more qualified employees|Retention preference in reduction in workforce, veterans entitled to over similarly qualified and situated employees, but not over more qualified employees

DM-0468
Dan Morales

Fixed-point residence requirement, statute exempting certain honorably discharged, resident veterans from college tuition is probably unconstitutional|Fixed-point residence requirement, statute exempting certain honorably discharged, resident veterans from tuition is probably unconstitutional|Retroactively applied, a court probably would use three-part test to determine whether judicially modified statute will be

JC-0183
John Cornyn

State employment, only males between ages of 18 and 25 inclusive must furnish proof of selective service registration or exemption as condition of|Is|Selective service registration or exemption, only males between ages of 18 and 25 inclusive need show evidence of for state employment

JC-0265
John Cornyn

Agency statements concerning internal management of agency are not rules within Act and may be included in policy letters|Texas Air National Guard, validity of regulation providing for termination of officer for lacking professional qualifications|Termination of officer from Texas Air National Guard, validity of regulation authorizing

JC-0380
John Cornyn

Legal officer in United States Air Force Reserve, district attorney subject to Professional Prosecutors Act may serve as because such service is not the private practice of law