Opinion No. (1979)

Dear Mr. Burns,

The Attorney General is in receipt of your request for an opinion wherein you ask, in effect, the following questions:

1. What is the standard or test to be applied when determiningwhether a member of a school board is "indirectly interested" in aschool district contract to purchase goods? 2. Does it constitute a violation of 70 O.S. 5-124 (1971), for a schoolboard member to sell goods to a third person who has contracted to sellthe same goods to the school district?

There are two statutory provisions in Oklahoma that are applicable to the questions presented. Title 70 O.S. 5-124…