Opinion No.

Mr. Ray Stelly, C.P.A. San Jacinto County Auditor 1 State Highway 150, Room B1 Coldspring, Texas 77331

Re: Executive sessions of the San Jacinto County Commissioners Court (RQ-0241-GA)

Dear Mr. Stelly:

You ask several questions about a dispute that has arisen in San Jacinto County regarding executive sessions of the commissioners court, the county clerk's role in those meetings, and the proper custodian of the tape recordings of the executive sessions.1

You indicate that the San Jacinto County Clerk, prior to and including the commissioners court meeting of June 1, 2004, routinely recorded the…