Opinion No.

Honorable Charles D. Johnson County Attorney Dimmit County Courthouse Charring Springs, Texas 78834

Re: Whether the county auditor oath of office provision, Local Government Code § 84.007(b), prevails over chapter 171 of the Local Government Code (RQ-572)

Dear Mr. Johnson:

On behalf of the county auditor of Dimmit County, you ask whether the county auditor may also be employed as the executive director of a private, non-profit housing corporation. You explain that the non-profit housing corporation at issue was created in 1986. At that time, the person who is now the county auditor was hired as…