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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-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-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-0560-KP
Re: Scope of evidentiary disclosure requirement under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 56A.52
Request Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024
Requestor: Liberty County District Attorney
Liberty, 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
Title: RQ-0556-KP
Re: Authority of the Texas Supreme Court to require district and county clerks to integrate their case management systems with the proprietary re:SearchTX database
Request Date: Monday, August 5, 2024
Requestor: Tarrant County Auditor
Fort Worth, Texas
Title: RQ-0555-KP
Re: Authority of the Health and Human Services Commission to regulate and license providers of Individualized Skills and Socialization services under chapter 103 of the Human Resources Code or other law
Request Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
Requestor: Leon County Attorney
Centerville, Texas
Title: RQ-0553-KP
Re: Whether a vote by the board of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school affirming the existing policy to permit a chaplain to be hired by or volunteer at a school complies with the Eighty-eight Legislature’s Senate Bill 763
Request Date: Friday, July 26, 2024
Requestor: Senate Committee on Administration
Title: RQ-0552-KP
Re: Whether electronic notice captured by a QR code on a traffic violation card satisfies the notice requirements of Transportation Code sections 543.003 and 543.004
Request Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Requestor: Senate Committee on Nominations
