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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-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
Title: RQ-0551-KP
Re: Whether a county commissioner may simultaneously serve as chief of the local fire department
Request Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Requestor: Andrews County Attorney
Andrews, Texas
Title: RQ-0550-KP
Re: Whether a county commissioners court may pay the legal defense costs incurred by a district attorney in successfully defending against a grievance filed against her with the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the Texas State Bar; and related questions
Request Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Requestor: Liberty County Attorney
Liberty, Texas
Title: RQ-0549-KP
Re: Use of funds collected under Local Government Code section 118.0216
Request Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Requestor: McLennan County District Attorney
Title: RQ-0548-KP
Re: Whether, using certain grant funds, a county’s hiring of an administrative assistant to work in a dual role for the county judge and the prosecuting attorney constitutes a conflict of interest
Request Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Requestor: Clay County Auditor
Henrietta, Texas
