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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-0570-KP
Re: Authorities and obligations regarding phone-card sales at a county jail
Request Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
Requestor: Cherokee County Auditor
Rusk, Texas
Title: RQ-0568-KP
Re: Authority of the Texas Ethics Commission to toll its obligation under Government Code § 571.1242(g) in circumstances beyond litigation
Request Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Requestor: Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development
Title: RQ-0567-KP
Re: Scope of third-party obligations resulting from child support liens under Family Code chapter 157
Request Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024
Requestor: House Committee on Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services
Title: RQ-0565-KP
Re: Interpretation of “developer” under Texas Water Code section 49.052(a)(3)
Request Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Requestor: House Committee on Higher Education
Title: RQ-0564-KP
Re: Whether commissary funds under Local Government Code § 351.0415 can be used to hire a full-time employee at a privately operated jail
Request Date: Friday, October 4, 2024
Requestor: Fannin County Auditor
Bonham, Texas
Title: RQ-0566-KP
Re: Interpretation of Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 394, as applied to a housing finance corporation’s residential development outside local government boundaries
Request Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Requestor: House Committee on Urban Affairs
Title: RQ-0563-KP
Re: Validity of district court orders directing state agencies to amend a person’s biological “sex” designation on state identification documents
Request Date: Friday, September 13, 2024
Requestor: Texas Department of Public Safety
Title: RQ-0561-KP
Re: Authority of a county commissioners court to create a new legal-support position and transfer funding or positions away from the county attorney’s office
Request Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Requestor: Aransas County Auditor
Rockport, Texas
Title: RQ-0558-KP
Re: Authority of a local government to create a gun ban, otherwise prohibited by law, through a 501(c)(3) or other private entity
Request Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Requestor: House Committee on Calendars
Texas House of Representatives
Title: RQ-0557-KP
Re: Authority of a county commissioners court to enact an order penalizing a dog owner for a public nuisance due to the dog’s excessive barking
Request Date: Thursday, August 8, 2024
Requestor: Bandera County Attorney
Bandera, Texas
