Opinion No.

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable Rick Perry Governor of Texas Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Clarification of Attorney General Opinion JC-0426: Whether a state university may contract with a bank that employs a member of the board of regents as an officer (RQ-0473-JC)

Dear Governor Perry:

You request reconsideration of Attorney General Opinion JC-0426, which determined that the common-law conflict-of-interest rule barred Texas Woman's University ("TWU" or "the University") from contracting with a bank in which a regent of…