Attorney General Opinions Requested

RQ-0797-GA Honorable Jon Whitmire, Chair, Criminal Justice, Texas State Senate, whether the section 143.023(c), Local Government Code, prohibition against certifying a person 45 years or older for a beginning position in a police department applies to the reappointment of a police officer under section 143.0251, Local Government Code.

RQ-0798-GA Honorable Mark Homer, Texas House of Representatives, authority of a city to re-acquire extraterritorial jurisdiction that it previously relinquished pursuant to chapter 42 of the Local Government Code.

RQ-0799-GA Lamar Beckworth, Director, Texas Department of Public Safety, whether a county's disclosure on its website of driver license photographs received from the Department of Public Safety would violate the Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act or the Driver Privacy Protection Act.

RQ-0800-GA Honorable Scott Brumley, Potter County Attorney, whether a county auditor may require the county treasurer to obtain prior approval of a transfer of county funds from one account in the county depository to another, or from one investment to another.

RQ-0802-GA Sidney “Buck” LaQuey, CPA, Grimes County Auditor, whether a justice of the peace deferring the adjudication of a charge of violating the Parks and Wildlife Code may impose a special expense without assessing a fine and, if so, whether any portion of the special expense must be remitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.

RQ-0807-GA Honorable H. Michael Bartley, Delta County Attorney, Whether a passenger who is not a county employee may be transported in a county vehicle.