Requests for Opinions For further information, please access the website at www.texasattor- neygeneral.gov or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110. RQ-0418-KP TRD-202103028 Requestor: Austin Kinghorn The Honorable James White General Counsel Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety Office of the Attorney General Filed: August 3, 2021 Texas House of Representatives ♦ ♦ ♦ Post Office Box 2910 Opinions Austin, Texas 78768-2910 Opinion No. KP-0378 Re: Whether a legislator has a constitutional right to break quorum and whether Texas law allows for a determination that a legislator has The Honorable Terry Canales vacated office (RQ-0418-KP) Chair, House Committee on Transportation Briefs requested by August 10, 2021 Texas House of Representatives RQ-0419-KP Post Office Box 2910 Requestor: Austin, Texas 78768-2910 The Honorable Briscoe Cain Re: Whether amendments to a contingent fee contract for legal services Chair, House Committee on Elections entered into before September 1, 2019, must comply with chapter 2254 of the Government Code Texas House of Representatives (RQ-0397-KP) Post Office Box 2910 SUMMARY Austin, Texas 78768-2910 House Bill 2826 from the Eighty-sixth Legislature amended subchap- Re: Application of chapter 556 of the Government Code to the Texas ter C of chapter 2254 of the Government Code to add certain require- Windstorm Insurance Association (RQ-0419-KP) ments to contingent fee contracts for legal services entered into on or Briefs requested by September 1, 2021 after September 1, 2019. Senate Bill 1821 from the Eighty-seventh Legislature, effective on May 19, 2021, broadened the reach of those RQ-0420-KP requirements by amending the definition of "contingent fee contract" in Requestor: subchapter C to include amendments to contingent fee contracts under certain circumstances. The Honorable Matt Krause To the extent a contract amendment expands the scope of legal ser- Chair, House Committee on General Investigating vices to encompass a new legal matter, whether made before or after Texas House of Representatives May 19, 2021, a court could find on particular facts that the amended contract is subject to chapter 2254 requirements regarding the gov- Post Office Box 2910 ernmental approval process, Attorney General approval, and a cap on Austin, Texas 78768-2910 fees. A contract amendment subject to chapter 2254 of the Government Code but failing to meet the law's requirements is void under subsec- Re: The meaning of specialty provider and other terms for purposes of tion 2254.110. implementing Senate Bill 1207 from the 86th Legislature (RQ-0420- KP) For further information, please access the website at www.texasattor- neygeneral.gov or call the Opinion Committee at (512) 463-2110. Briefs requested by September 2, 2021 ATTORNEY GENERAL August 13, 2021 46 TexReg 4917 TRD-202103027 ♦ ♦ ♦ Austin Kinghorn General Counsel Office of the Attorney General Filed: August 3, 2021 46 TexReg 4918 August 13, 2021 Texas Register.