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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS |
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Subtitle B. ETHICS |
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Chapter 571. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION |
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Subchapter D. ADVISORY OPINIONS |
Sec. 571.091. OPINION TO BE GIVEN ON REQUEST
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(a) The commission shall prepare a written opinion answering the request of a person subject to any of the following laws for an opinion about the application of any of these laws to the person in regard to a specified existing or hypothetical factual situation:
(1) Chapter 302;
(2) Chapter 303;
(3) Chapter 305;
(4) Chapter 2004;
(5) Chapter 572;
(6) Subchapter C, Chapter 159, Local Government Code, as provided by Section 571.061(a)(2);
(7) Title 15, Election Code;
(8) Chapter 36, Penal Code;
(9) Chapter 39, Penal Code;
(10) Section 2152.064; or
(11) Section 2155.003.
(b) An opinion request under Subsection (a) must be in writing to the commission.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 506, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 507, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1154, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 8.13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 , Sec. 3.08, eff. September 1, 2007.