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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the persons authorized to submit a request for an |
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attorney general opinion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 402.042(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An opinion may be requested by: |
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(1) the governor; |
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(2) the head of a department of state government; |
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(3) a head or board of a penal institution; |
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(4) a head or board of an eleemosynary institution; |
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(5) the head of a state board; |
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(6) a regent or trustee of a state educational |
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institution; |
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(7) a chair or vice chair of a committee of a house of |
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the legislature; |
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(8) a county auditor authorized by law; or |
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(9) the chairman of the governing board of a river |
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authority. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |