Opinion No.

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable Bob Turner Chair, Committee on Public Safety Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Authority of a municipality to regulate or prohibit street vendors (RQ-0070-JC)

Dear Representative Turner:

On behalf of the City of Camp Wood, you request an opinion from this office with respect to a city's authority to regulate or prohibit street vendors. You inform us that the city desires a ruling on the legality of a city ordinance on vendor permits, and you specifically ask us the following…