AG Opinions and Requests

The Texas Association of Counties has highlighted recent Attorney General opinions and requests for opinions of interest to counties. Summaries below are republished directly from opinion letters issued by the Office of the Attorney General without substantive editing.

Attorney General Opinions

No pertinent opinions published at this time.

Requests for an Attorney General Opinion

RQ-0638-KP: Senate Committee on State Affairs. Questions the legality of copay maximizer and alternative funding programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Texas law.

RQ-0639-KP: Sutton County Attorney. Asks a number of questions related to the application of Texas Local Government Code § 317.001-317.004 and county authority over donated park land.

RQ-0640-KP: House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs. Questions a City of Austin policy to conduct labor-contract negotiations in publicly recorded meetings and the application of Texas Local Government Code Sections 142.062 and 143.305.

RQ-0641-KP: Kinney County Auditor. Questions whether a Commissioners Court may use its general control over county buildings as specified in Texas Local Government Code §291.001 to prohibit security measures that an auditor deems necessary to fulfill statutory duty to protect sensitive records from unauthorized access.

RQ-0642-KP: Guadalupe County Attorney. Questions regarding what constitutes a "substantial risk of loss," as contemplated by Texas Penal Code Section 32.45(b) when a county auditor does not initially allocate earned interest into the correct account.

RQ-0643-KP: Dimmit County Auditor. Asks whether a member of the Dimmit County Commissioners Court may simultaneously serve as Fire Chief of the Dimmit County Fire Department.

RQ-0644-KP: Kerr County Attorney. Questions the effect of disaster proclamations on application of Texas Health & Safety Code § 193.010 and the standards governing the issuance of death certificates by catastrophe.