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Maryland Attorney General Opinion 110OAG40

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Jul 18, 2025

Att’y on the front porches of homes with clearly visible doorbell cameras.14 Even in public places, however, individuals may have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they take steps to keep others from overhearing … Att’y officer’s use of a body-worn camera will intercept a private conversation that qualifies as an “oral communication” under the Wiretap Act. But we can offer some general guidance.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1968

A reading of the entire Texas Liquor Control Act clearly indicates that Texas follows the general rule stated above and beverages of Intoxicating alcoholic content were only to be commercially dealt … Venue must be established in order to prosecute for the illegal sale.

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Jan 12, 1987

Printing Industries Association of Texas, 600 S.W.2d 264 , 265-66 (Tex. 1980) (doctrine of sovereign immunity prevents suit to subject the state to liability without express legislative consent). … The City National Bank case clearly differs from the case at hand.

Opinion No. Oag 60-81, (1981)

70 Op. Att'y Gen. 237 · Wisconsin Attorney General Reports · Nov 23, 1981

The federal policy behind the ICWA is clearly that of "keeping Indian children with their families, deferring to tribal judgment on matters concerning the custody of tribal children, and placing Indian children who must be … Second, the tribe must have an established mechanism which has been given the power to deal with child custody matters.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2004

The Transportation Commission (the “Commission”) may establish vehicle storage facility licensing requirements “to ensure that the facility maintains adequate standards for the care of stored vehicles.” … By not qualifying the nonconsent tows that are subject to section 643.206, that section clearly applies to nonconsent tows made at the direction of a peace officer. I.

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Aug 7, 2002

You ask about the authority of a sheriff in a county that has not established a bail bond board under chapter 1704 of the Occupations Code. … Clearly, chapter 17 authorizes an officer taking a bond to require proof of the sufficiency of security offered by the bondsmen, proof that the officer could require in the form of an application.

Opinion No. Oag 37-83, (1983)

72 Op. Att'y Gen. 135 · Wisconsin Attorney General Reports · Aug 29, 1983

Thus, the Board has the authority to decide how many employes will be needed and from which of the established civil service classifications they will be drawn. … This function is clearly within the powers conferred upon the Corporation under chapter 181.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2003

See id. 5 12.053(b)(2) (Vernon 1998) (“A person is not eligible for appointment . . . if the person . . . is not qualified to serve under Section 12.151, 12.152, or 12.153.“). … Because the legislature amended section 1.023(c), the legislature clearly did not intend the addition of section 1.023(e) and (f) to repeal section 1.023(c).

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Maryland Attorney General Reports · Jul 22, 2025

Att’y on the front porches of homes with clearly visible doorbell cameras.14 Even in public places, however, individuals may have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they take steps to keep others from overhearing … Att’y officer’s use of a body-worn camera will intercept a private conversation that qualifies as an “oral communication” under the Wiretap Act. But we can offer some general guidance.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 9, 2001

However, Monterey clearly establishes that the rough-proportionality standard will not apply if governmental regulation has the effect of denying development altogether. 5 The Arkansas Supreme Court's pronouncements on the … As an officer of the executive branch of government, I am neither qualified nor empowered to make such a determination.

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Feb 8, 2000

A Comptroller rule provides that property qualifies for allocation if it constitutes a commercial instrument or commercial equipment, is used for a business purpose, has a taxable situs in the appraisal district, and "is … Although the allocation formula set forth in section 21.055, like the formula set forth in 21.05, clearly reflects the legislature's attempt to satisfy federal constitutional requirements, the section 21.055 formula is not

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0446

Texas Attorney General Reports · Oct 18, 2023

Qualifying municipalities exercising this authority may designate parks and facilities for the park board to manage and control. Id. § 306.031(a). … Finally, an ordinance that clearly contravenes the Legislature’s purposes or objectives for enacting a state statute may also be preempted. Compare ESI/Emp. Sols., L.P. v. City of Dallas, 531 F.

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Washington Attorney General Reports · Mar 1, 1996

The court held that the homestead exemption applied to the foreclosure because, "the lien does not qualify as one of the statutory homestead exceptions". Id. at 425 . … "In short, when the legislature has wanted to add exceptions to the homestead exemption, it has done so clearly and directly." Id.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Jul 27, 1993

In three notable departures from the norm, however, the state has established regional agencies with the power to exercise land use functions in the affected regions. … Such coordination of land use authority for a delineated portion of certain counties does not, in our view, qualify as a "consolidation" of those counties.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Jun 18, 1987

So amended, the definition of "business" clearly embraced governmental entities and agencies of the state. (Compare, fn. 7, ante.) … But just as clearly, it placed them in apposition to private entities where the term "employer" was originally found.

California Attorney General Opinion 24-405

California Attorney General Reports · May 15, 2025

certain places, described below, where Congress has the power to exercise “exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever.” 4 If a property qualifies as a “federal enclave,” then “federal jurisdiction is exclusive of all … The California Supreme Court has observed that, “since self-preservation is the first law of nations and states, as well as of individuals, it will not be presumed, in the absence of clearly expressed intent, that the state

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1943

It is true that the general rule is qualified to the extent that the court has the power, in the exercise of a sound … The~quoted constitutional and statutory provisions clearly evi- dence the jealous care’with which the framers

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1989

The board may re- quire individuals to pass an examination demonstrating their competence in the field in order to qualify for a Certified Appli- cator's License. … Unlike the new provisions of sections 7.41 (a) and (b), which regulate only registrants and dealers who are under the jurisdiction of the department, subsection (c) clearly attempts to directly regulate licensees of the

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Florida Attorney General Reports · Oct 10, 1984

Oklahoma City, 395 U.S. 458 , 459-460 , (1969): "This Court has never held that the States are required to establish avenues of appellate review, but it is now fundamental that, once established, these avenues must be kept … The court clearly indicates or implies that it has the authority to assure that an indigent criminal defendant receives a fair trial.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2001

The Port Cities Rescue Mission (the “Mission”), a nonprofit organization established to provide shelter to needy persons, rehabilitates substance abusers, trains them in skills that will enable them to obtain employment, … In particular, section 4A of the Act authorizes a qualifying city to create an industrial development corporation governed by that section, see id. @4A(h)(l), and authorizes the city to levy a sales and use tax for the benefit