Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided December 18, 1991Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Joe Lucas El Paso County Attorney Room 201, City-County Building El Paso, Texas 79901
Re: Whether Local Government Code section 252.024 in itself exempts municipal purchases of excess or surplus insurance from competitive bidding, and related questions (RQ-127)
Dear Mr. Lucas:
Your questions relate to the provisions of a 1985 amendment to the statutes governing purchases by municipalities. Those provisions, now codified as section 252.024 of the Local Government Code, state:
This chapter does not prevent a municipality from selecting a licensed insurance broker1 as the sole broker of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Texas Highway Commission v. Texas Ass'n of Steel Importers, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1963
- Sterrett v. BellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Gaddy v. First Nat. Bank of BeaumontCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Brownsville Fabrics, Inc. v. Gulf Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- City of Corpus Christi v. McClaughertyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955