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78R5283 JSA-D

By:  Hilderbran                                                   H.B. No. 1261



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing the attorney general to provide a written 
opinion on request of a member of the legislature.
	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, 2003.