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• TRS investments (KP-0328) — Any TRS investment in real estate violates the Texas Constitution unless the investment qualifies as a “security” as defined in a Texas Government Code provision.

  — Asked by state Rep. John Whitmire, D-Houston, in an apparent reference to questions of the TRS’ investment in the Indeed Tower in downtown Austin.

• School board eligibility (KP-0329) — The state Tax Code prohibits an appraisal district employee from also serving as a trustee of a board of an ISD that is a participating taxing entity in the appraisal district.

  — Asked by state Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth.