Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county commissioners court is prohibited from executing a tax abatement agreement with a wind turbine company for its fixtures and improvements to be located on a commissioner's real property; whether a commissioner who will receive royalties from a wind turbine company must abstain from voting on a tax abatement agreement with the company.
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Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county commissioners court is prohibited from executing a tax abatement agreement with a wind turbine company for its fixtures and improvements to be located on a commissioner's real property; whether a commissioner who will receive royalties from a wind turbine company must abstain from voting on a tax abatement agreement with the company.
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Texas Attorney General Opinions
An attorney general opinion is a written interpretation of existing law. The Texas Constitution and section 402.042 of the Texas Government Code grant the attorney general authority to issue attorney general opinions.
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0600,
text,
January 29, 2008;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth275496/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.