Opinion No.

Honorable Gene Raff Prosecuting Attorney P. O. Box 1098 Forrest City, Arkansas 72335

Dear Mr. Raff:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding a particular contract entered into by the Forrest City Special School District No. 7. Your specific questions are paraphrased as follows:

1. Is W. L. Laws prohibited from serving as a supplier to a prime contractor by virtue of his relation to the superintendent of schools? W. L. Laws is the brother of James L. Laws, the Superintendent of the Forrest City School District, and has been selected by the prime contractor to supply certain…