Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS June 26, 1989 Ms. C. Kingsbery Ottmers Opinion No. JM-1063 public Counsel public Utility Counsel Re: Whether a state agency 8140 Mopac may pay the temporary fees Westpark III, Suite 120 assessed against accountants Austin, Texas 78759 and engineers in its employ (RQ-1619) Dear Ms. Ottmers: You refer to Attorney General Letter Opinion 88-79, which concluded that a state agency is not prohibited by the Texas Constitution from paying the attorney tax imposed by Tax Code section 191.142 for any attorney in its employ on the date on which the tax becomes due. You ask…