Case law

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports · Dec 8, 2003

Your question assumes that the district court establishes and pays the associate judge's salary. … Moreover, in providing that Government Code, chapter 54, subchapter A sections relating to the "qualifications, powers, and immunity of a master" applied to child support masters, see id.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Sep 26, 1990

It clearly prohibits the operation of a golf cart on any highway except in a speed zone of 25 miles per hour or less. We saw how that prohibition would apply to local streets and highways. … That would then permit the street to qualify for designation as a combined use highway.

(2005)

90 Op. Att'y Gen. 195 · Maryland Attorney General Reports · Dec 16, 2005

See also 76 Opinions of the Attorney General 351, 354-56 (1991) (applying analysis described in Hughes and concluding that proposed legislation imposing benefits limits in order to allow the pension system to retain tax-qualified … The statute establishing the reserve fund does not create any specific obligation to retirees.

107oag093

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Apr 18, 2022

See Draft Bill Establishing Baltimore City Tow Board, Bill File on H.B. 1303, 1989 Leg., Reg. Sess. … the vehicle was towed, or if no limit is established, no more than $250 for towing or $30 per day for storage.”

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports · Aug 25, 1987

Whereas . . . a duly qualified Texas Veteran as described in said Act, as amended, has complied with the requirements of said Board to purchase said Land in accordance with the provisions of said Act which is made a part … -Houston [14th Dist.] 1975, no writ) (substantive rights and duties of parties to contract are established by law at time of contracting; subsequent law which changes such rights and duties violates article I , section 16

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports · Aug 2, 2006

In other words, if the local official and each qualifying family member receive $250 worth of gifts or less, does a disclosure still have to be filed? 3. … The statute does not establish some trigger for the filing of a questionnaire as it does for the statement required of an officer.

Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 18, 2002

The Watson Court identified the principle expressed by these prior cases is whether fees established by law are reasonably related to the expenses they were intended to pay. … Additionally, the Legislature appropriated $7,000,000 of the fund to the state general fund. 69 We are told that this was intended to be a one-time transfer to remove excess dollars from the fund; there is no clearly stated

Opinion Number

Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 26, 2003

The Bossier City Council, on April 18, 2000, passed an ordinance to establish a citizen's charter review commission for the purpose of revising Bossier City's home rule charter. 2. … Thus, Attorney General Opinion No. 81-270 did not need to rely on R.S. 33:1395.4 , as this statute was not enacted until 1977 and clearly did not pertain to a pre-1974 home rule charter government.

Maryland Attorney General Opinion 106OAG003

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Feb 18, 2021

Once a student was accepted, the original bill also established a strict process to be used “[i]n deciding to deny or limit a student’s access to campus residency or participation in a particular activity or aspect of campus … If the language “is unambiguous and clearly consistent with the statute’s apparent purpose,” then the inquiry ordinarily ends there. Id. at 275.

Maryland Attorney General Opinion 103OAG018

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Dec 4, 2018

As an initial matter, the Act defines “employee” to exclude workers (1) who qualify as independent contractors under LE § 8-205, (2) who serve as real- estate brokers paid by commission under LE § 9-222, (3) who are under … If the statutory language, read in context, “is unambiguous and clearly consistent with the statute’s apparent purpose,” the inquiry will “ordinarily” end, “and we apply the statute as written, without resort to other rules

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2006

The statute does not establish some trigger for the filing of a questionnaire as it does for the statement required of an officer. … The commissioner of the Texas EducationAgency provides for the establishment and operation of regional education service centers. See id. § 8.001(a).

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Jan 21, 1988

"Most commercial television programs, if fixed on film or tape at the time of broadcast qualify as 'audiovisual works'." (Sony Corp. v. … They may also qualify as dramatic, musical or other type of work.

108OAG81

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Sep 22, 2023

Answering the first question is straightforward: if enacted by the County Council, the STEP Act would clearly be a “local law” or “ordinance” within the meaning of TR § 25-101.1. … regulation,” and there is at least a question as to whether an executive branch agency’s internal policy, which is subject to change at any time and merely communicates how the agency plans to exercise its discretion, would qualify

California Attorney General Opinion 23-701

California Attorney General Reports · Jul 31, 2025

The Model Act provides a legislative template for States to “establish[] an independent tax tribunal within the executive branch of government.” … Code, § 11405.50 (APA definition of an adjudicative decision as “an agency action of specific application that determines a legal right, duty, privilege, immunity, or other legal interest of a particular person,” italics

Opinion No. Oag 2-91, (1991)

80 Op. Att'y Gen. 7 · Wisconsin Attorney General Reports · Mar 26, 1991

(2) Starlings, English sparrows, coturnix quail and chukar partridge. (3) Any other wild animal not specified in this [ NR 10 ] chapter." 5 This opinion will not address shining of raccoon or fox because section 29.245 clearly … See subsecs. 29.245(4)(b)2., (5)(b)2., Stats. 8 The following regulations establish the open and closed hunting seasons (unless noted otherwise) for the game or fur animal denoted in parentheses: Wis. Admin.

Labor & EmploymentSick and Safe Leave – Whether Employers May Apply Absence Control Policies to Prevent Abuse of Sick and Safe Leave

Maryland Attorney General Reports · Sep 10, 2019

When the statutory language, read in context, “is unambiguous and clearly consistent with the statute’s apparent purpose,” the inquiry “ordinarily” ends. Id. at 275. … Somewhat similarly, the District of Columbia’s sick leave law provides that “[n]othing in this subchapter shall prohibit an employer from establishing and enforcing a lawful policy relating to improper use of paid leave or

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports · Jul 2, 2000

the legal expenses incurred by a public officer or employee in defending against a criminal prosecution until it knows the outcome of the prosecution, A governmental body may not reimburse an individual whose guilt is established … One of the council members had been appointed to replace a council member who resigned after his indictment on Open Meetings Act violations and another had received immunity from prosecution. See id.

Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

California Attorney General Reports · Aug 24, 2023

Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517, 533 (1994) (observing that the “word ‘may’ clearly connotes discretion”). 17 People v. … Bill No. 607, August 27, 1991 (criminal grand juries may afford court opportunity to select panel more representative of general population, immunizing future challenge and reducing risk of successful appeal); see also Requestor

Opinion No. (1990)

Missouri Attorney General Reports · Nov 29, 1990

As a general rule, statutes are presumed to operate prospectively "unless the legislative intent that they be given retroactive operation clearly appears from the express language of the act or by necessary or unavoidable … However, courts have recognized that "[a]n owner of property is qualified to give his opinion as to the value of his own property even though he is not a real estate expert." Klein v.

Maryland Attorney General Opinion 98 OAG 023

Maryland Attorney General Reports · May 13, 2013

regulations and rules necessary to secure the prompt and efficient discharge of their duties. 62 Md. 566, 575-76 (1884).4 The Court of Appeals observed in Prettyman that “[t]he object of the provision was clearly … When qualified, every deputy shall have the power and authority to act in the place of the register and every act Gen. 23] 49 performed