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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided July 2, 1987No. JM-616Published

1Opinion of the Court

THE ATTORNEY GESERAL OF T.EXMJ hnuary 8. 1987 Bonorable Mike Drfscoll Opinion No. JM-616 Earrls County Attorney 1001 Preston, Suite 634 Re: Constitutionality of article Houston, Texas 77002 6Olg. V.T.C.S., regarding out-of- state bidders on public contracts, and related questions Dear Mr. Driscoll: Your office has asked whether article 6Olg. 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 con- struction,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Reeves, Inc. v. StakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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