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Each month, the Texas Association of Counties highlights recent Attorney General opinions and requests for opinions of interest to county officials. Summaries are republished directly from opinion letters issued by the Office of the Attorney General without substantive editing.

Attorney General Opinions

Requests for an Attorney General Opinion

RQ-0591-KP: Bailey County Attorney. Questions the scope of authority of a juvenile probation officer related to detention hearings and ex parte communications.

RQ-0592-KP: Grimes County District Attorney. Asks a number of questions related to the authority of the commissioners court over the use of vehicles allocated to constables’ offices.

RQ-0593-KP: Hood County Attorney. Questions the interpretation and application of Chapter 26 of the Tax Code and Chapter 1042 of the Special District Local Laws Code to a hospital district.

RQ-0594-KP: House Committee on Public Education. Questions the authority of the Village of Salado to reduce a Local Option Homestead Exemption.

RQ-0595-KP: House Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs. Questions legislative authority over the size or scope of a city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.