88R10540 SCP-D By: Lozano H.B. No. 2731 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of a member of the State Board of Education 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 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; or (10) a member of the State Board of Education. 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, 2023.