RQ-0533-KP
Requestor:
The Honorable Glenn Hegar
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Post Office Box 13528
Austin, Texas 78711-3528
Re: Application of conflict-of-interest rules to grants awarded by the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council (RQ-0533-KP)
Briefs requested by April 3, 2024
RQ-0534-KP
Requestor:
The Honorable Jenny P. Dorsey
Nueces County Attorney
901 Leopard Street, Room 207
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-3689
Re: Whether a member of the board of managers of the Nueces County Hospital District may simultaneously serve as a member of the board of directors of the Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority (RQ-0534-KP)
Briefs requested by April 3, 2024
For further information, please access the website at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-202400970
Justin Gordon
General Counsel
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 5, 2024
Opinion No. KP-0458
Ms. Jacky Cockerham
Aransas County Auditor
2840 Highway 35 North
Rockport, Texas 78382
Re: Authority of a deputy sheriff under Transportation Code section 621.402 to operate a fixed motor vehicle weigh station for all commercial vehicles (RQ-0005-AC)
S U M M A R Y
The Transportation Code grants the State broad powers regarding the inspection of commercial trucks on Texas highways: chapter 621 regulates the weight and size of all vehicles, while chapter 644 sets forth safety standards for commercial vehicles. A court would likely conclude that neither subsections 621.402(a) nor 644.103(a) authorize a deputy sheriff from Aransas County to operate a fixed commercial vehicle weigh station directing all commercial vehicles to exit a highway to be weighed. Accordingly, we do not determine whether the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution would permit the particular scenario as proposed.
For further information, please access the website at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-202400969
Justin Gordon
General Counsel
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: March 5, 2024