Opinion No.

Honorable Joe Resweber County Attorney Harris County Courthouse Houston, Texas 77002

Re: Are Harris County justices of the peace required to publish semi-annual status reports?

Dear Mr. Resweber:

Your office has asked if justices of the peace in Harris County are required by section 6 of article 1200ff, V.T.C.S., Acts 1977, 65th Leg., ch. 725, at 1798, to publish semi-annual status reports of the revenues and activities of their courts. Section 6 of that statute reads in part:

Each municipal court, corporation court, and justice court in the state shall publish during the first week of January…