Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT August 2, 2011 The Honorable Vince Ryan Opinion No. GA-0870 Harris County Attorney 10 19 Congress, 15th Floor Re: Authority of a county judge to order a Houston, Texas 77002 municipal recall election (RQ-0945-GA) Dear Mr. Ryan: You seek our opinion on the authority of the Harris County Judge to order a recall election pursuant to Jacinto City's (the "City") municipal charter.! You tell us that the City, a home-rule city within Harris County, received a petition for the recall of a member of the city council. See Brief at 1. You indicate the petition was…