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| 1 | 1 | 86R4280 MAW-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Collier H.B. No. 1007 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a member of the legislature to request | |
| 8 | 8 | an attorney general opinion. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 402.042(b), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) An opinion may be requested by: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) the governor; | |
| 14 | 14 | (2) the head of a department of state government; | |
| 15 | 15 | (3) a head or board of a penal institution; | |
| 16 | 16 | (4) a head or board of an eleemosynary institution; | |
| 17 | 17 | (5) the head of a state board; | |
| 18 | 18 | (6) a regent or trustee of a state educational | |
| 19 | 19 | institution; | |
| 20 | 20 | (7) a member [committee] of a house of the | |
| 21 | 21 | legislature; | |
| 22 | 22 | (8) a county auditor authorized by law; or | |
| 23 | 23 | (9) the chairman of the governing board of a river | |
| 24 | 24 | authority. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |