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