Opinion No.

Honorable Stephen C. Howard Orange County Attorney Orange County Courthouse Orange, Texas 77630

Re: Whether a county may enter into a binding agreement for solid waste disposal services, and related questions (RQ-1045)

Dear Mr. Howard:

You inform us that Orange County intends to establish a solid waste disposal system in which solid waste would be burned and the energy produced would be sold. The county would buy solid waste from municipalities within the county and would sell its own solid waste, along with the municipalities' solid waste, to a privately-owned incinerator, which would burn the…