ATTORNEY GENERAL

Requests for Opinions

RQ-0586-KP

Requestor:

The Honorable Eduardo Serna

Zavala County Attorney

200 East Uvalde Street, Suite 2

Crystal City, Texas 78839

Re: Whether a commissioners court can rescind and readopt a different county budget after the annual budget was approved (RQ-0586-KP)

Briefs requested by April 11, 2025

RQ-0587-KP

Requestor:

The Honorable Cecil Bell, Jr.

Chair, House Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Texas House of Representatives

Post Office Box 2910

Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Interpretation of Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 394, as applied to a housing finance corporation's residential development outside local government boundary (RQ-0587-KP)

Briefs requested by April 16, 2025

For further information, please access the website at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.

TRD-202500962

Justin Gordon

General Counsel

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 18, 2025


Opinions

Opinion No. KP-0489

Colonel Freeman F. Martin

Director

Texas Department of Public Safety

Post Office Box 4087

Austin, Texas 78773-0001

Re: Validity of district court orders directing state agencies to amend a person's biological "sex" designation on state identification documents (RQ-0563-KP)

S U M M A R Y

The "judicial power" endowed to district courts does not countenance ex parte orders directing state agencies to amend a person's biological sex on driver's licenses or birth certificates. The underlying proceedings are coram non judice, and the resulting orders are void. State agencies must immediately correct any unlawfully altered driver's licenses or birth certificates that were changed pursuant to such orders.

For further information, please access the website at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110.

TRD-202500963

Justin Gordon

General Counsel

Office of the Attorney General

Filed: March 18, 2025