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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2000

to established principles of statutory construction. … A person who holds legal title to property and owns the property in fee simple is clearly an owner for purposes of chapter 3 12.

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Oct 7, 1993

Clearly, if the legislature wanted to write section 6.412(a) to apply to a situation in which the appraisal review board member was personally involved, as well as a situation in which the member was related to an individual … We do not believe that, absent the constitutional prohibition, a judge would be qualified to sit in a case in which the judge had represented or was representing one of the parties as counsel. But see Taylor v.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1987

The authority to incur debt for purposes which are not authorized or to incur debt in excess of the limits on the amount of debt authorized or to incur debt without observing prescribed procedures for incurring debt clearly … Case law has not, however, always established a clear rule under article XI, section 7. In McNeil1 V.

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2005

Statutes should also be construed in harmony with other statutes unless a contrary intention is clearly manifest. … House Bill 3 83 amends section 15 1.OOl of the Texas Family Code, which establishes parents’ rights and duties. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. 5 151.001(a)-(d) (V emon Supp. 2004-05).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 5, 2010

XII, § 3, which provides, "[n]o person shall be denied the right to observe the deliberations of public bodies and examine public documents, except in cases established by law." … The right to privacy is qualified by the rights of others, and is limited by society's right to be informed about subjects of public interest.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Nov 2, 2021

Act, 5 which exempts them from many laws governing traditional school districts. 6 Our Supreme Court has explained that the Charter Schools Act “is intended to allow ‘teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish … We do not doubt that there may be some circumstances in which a charter school’s executive director will qualify as a public officer.

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61 Op. Att'y Gen. 49 · Wisconsin Attorney General Reports · Feb 17, 1972

In sec. 203 (a) (1) (A) of the Federal Act, the comparable replacement dwelling which may be purchased by the displaced homeowner in order to qualify for repayment under this provision must be a decent, safe and sanitary … A long line of cases decided by our Supreme Court clearly establishes that, in eminent domain proceedings, the property involved be appraised as a whole and that just compensation be made to the owner or owners "in gross.

Opinion No. Oag 5-88, (1988)

77 Op. Att'y Gen. 24 · Wisconsin Attorney General Reports · Feb 18, 1988

As such, lotteries, like bingo, clearly are now a regulated form of gambling. … Any land held in trust for an Indian tribe may qualify as a "reservation." See 71 Op. Att'y Gen. 82 (1982). *Page 36

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1964

(C-3573 "Wumerous decisions of our courts clearly establish the rule that in order to gain the exemption granted by Section 7 the linstitution of purely public charity' must not only … (C-357) . .The fact that an oragnlsation performs some charitable acts or engages In some charitable activity is not enough to qualify it for the tax

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Mar 3, 1992

This statutory requirement is consistent with Texas case law which recognizes that words in a statute should be given their ordinary and popular meaning unless a intent is clearly apparent from the use of the words in their … Id. § 26.05(d); see id. § 26.06 (establishing requirements for notice, hearing, and vote); State Property Tax Board, Truth In Taxation 1991: A Guide For Setting Tax Rates, at 4, 8-9 (1991) (stating requirements for notice

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Oct 4, 2002

. § 254b or 254c ; or (B) a federally qualified health center under 42 U.S.C. § 1396d ( l )(2)(B). Id. § 162.001(c). … This authority clearly depends on the Department's receipt of a request for intervention.

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 29, 1981

With respect to the third issue, that in light of article 1817, providing housing for the courts of appeals in Houston is clearly a `county function' of Harris County. … Section 11.21 of the Property Tax Code provides that: (a) A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the buildings and tangible personal property that he owns and that are used for a school that is qualified as

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1939

The claim of tax immunity was based upon the contentionthat the asserted tax was one upon an instru- mentality of the State. … The above cited authorities,we believe, conclu- sively establish the followingproposition: 1.

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Texas Attorney General Reports · Jun 21, 1985

Clearly some intensive uses, such as extensive new construction, may be ruled out as a practical matter. … As we indicated in Attorney General Opinion JM-123 (1983), article 1581e-1 must be construed in conformity with its purpose of enabling certain counties to qualify for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1962

Therefore the lntereit in the tract of land owned by the District qualifies for exemption from ad valorem taxes as being "public property" as required by Art. … The City of Galveston, supra, is conclusive in establishing the further principle that such an undivided interest may be "used!'

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Jan 18, 1990

a minimum wage higher than the minimum wage established under this chapter . . ." … Those things which, though not evil in themselves, if practiced by those not adequately trained therein by education and experience, or by those not morally qualified or of sufficient age or discretion, may

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 1971

In effect, by the 1957 amendment, Sec. 8 deleted from Sec. 10 the qualifying language ". . . that may be produced and saved, . . .IIas this pertains to the royalty payable on oil and the language II. . . that may be produced … Southland Royalty Co., 396 S.W.Zd 519 (Tex.Civ.App. 1965, error dism.), where on page 524 the Court said: "It has long been established that a royalty interest is one that is free of cost of

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0466

Texas Attorney General Reports · May 28, 2024

Noting the strict legal requirements related to conflicts of interest, you state that “[i]f every qualified, otherwise eligible entity with any tie to a Council member would lose the ability to remediate opioid harms because … No. 298 (1996) (“The scope of this term has not been clearly defined under either the constitutional provision or the Government Code section.”); but see Off. of Pub. Util. Couns. v. Pub. Util.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Oct 26, 1989

Primary consideration must be given to maintaining safety for motorists and officers with proper lighting, warning signs and clearly identifiable official vehicles and personnel. D. … The quantity of the breath sample shall be established by direct volumetric measurement.

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Maryland Attorney General Reports · Feb 14, 2025

Gen. 3] 21 any other local law, we would have expected the Commission to say so clearly. But the regulations do not clearly compel that reading. … Although the closest question is perhaps whether the Act requires the original offer or imposition of discipline to be made only by the chief, nothing in the Act’s or the regulations’ text clearly establishes a rule governing