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TIE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
JIf MIATTOX
ATTORNEY GENERAL February 3, 1989
Mr. Joe Jack Mills
County Auditor
Dallas County
407 Records Building
Dallas, Texas 75202 LO-89-11
Dear Mr. Mills:
You have asked about the conclusion reached in
LO-88-126. That letter stated that chapter 171 of the Local
Government Code did not prohibit a county auditor from
selling road materials to the county. Although the letter
only addressed the applicability of chapter 171, you
correctly suggest that the letter implied that there was
nothing to prohibit a county auditor from entering into such
a contract.
You point out that a county auditor must take an oath
that states that he will not be personally interested in a
contract with the county. Local Gov't Code 84.007(b)(2).
You are correct in your suggestion that the oath would
prohibit the contract discussed in LO-88-126. See Attorney
General Opinion JM-1006 (1989). To the extent that
LO-88-126 suggested that there would be no prohibition on a
contract between the county auditor in his private capacity
and the county, it is overruled.
Very truly yours,
Sarah Woelk
Assistant Attorney General
Opinion Committee
SW/icd
Ref: ID# 5532
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO89-11, text, February 3, 1989; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth276300/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.