Chapter 18 of Education Code, County Equalization Tax
Re: Whether Education Code section 11.301authorizes the citizens of Harris County to use repealed chapter 18 of the Education Code to increase the county equalization tax (RQ-1152-GA).
Submitted by Dan Patrick
Chair, Committee on Education, Texas State Senate
Summary, Opinion No. GA-1047: A court would likely conclude that section 11.301 and former chapter 18 of the Education Code do not authorize a countywide school district to hold a petition-initiated election to increase the county equalization tax.
County Approval for Groundwater
Re: Whether the Red River Authority must obtain county approval for any purchase of groundwater in a county without a groundwater conservation district (RQ-1155-GA).
Submitted by Craig Estes
Chair, Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
Texas Senate
Summary, Opinion No. GA-1049: Whether a contract for the purchase of groundwater that does not entitle the Red River Authority to drill for and produce groundwater nevertheless conveys a “groundwater right” such that it must be approved by the Commissioners Court in a county without a groundwater conservation district is a question that can only be answered by reference to the particular contract at issue. Such questions are not the appropriate subject of an attorney general opinion. H