One To Watch: TX AG Request For Opinion – “Is The Governmental Body Required To Provide The Responsive Information?”
Staff Report
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Request for Opinion
Original Request (read the original one page PDF request RQ-0324-KP)
Whether a governmental body is required to provide responsive information in response to a request for public information if the request is not feasible or will result in substantial interference with the ongoing operations of the governmental body
Received
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Official Requestor
Ms. Camille Cain
Executive Director
Texas Juvenile Justice Department
11209 Metric Boulevard, Building H, Suite A
Austin, Texas 78758
Request for Opinion
Original Request RQ-0325-KP
Whether the San Antonio River Authority may release an inundation easement that has been declared surplus without receiving fair market value
Received
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Official Requestor
Mr. Darrell T. Brownlow
Chairman
San Antonio River Authority
100 East Guenther Street
San Antonio, Texas 78204-1401
Request for Opinion
Original Request RQ-0326-KP
Authority of Fort Bend Independent School District to maintain a historic cemetery discovered on a school construction site)
Received
Friday, December 20, 2019
Official Request
The Honorable Senfronia Thompson
Chair, House Committee on Public Health
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-2910
