Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided January 8, 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Mike Driscoll Harris County Attorney 1001 Preston, Suite 634 Houston, Texas 77002
Re: Constitutionality of article 601g, V.T.C.S., regarding out-of-state bidders on public contracts, and related questions
Dear Mr. Driscoll:
Your office has asked whether article 601g, V.T.C.S., enacted in 1985 (Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 83, at 449) is constitutional. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 1 of the statute provide:(b) The state or a governmental agency of the state may not award a contract for general construction, improvements, services, or public works projects or purchases of supplies,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Reeves, Inc. v. StakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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