Opinion No.

Mr. Richard A. Weiss, Director Department of Finance and Administration P.O. Box 3278 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-3278

Dear Mr. Weiss:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on a follow-up question arising from Opinion 97-293, issued to you on January 15, 1998. In that opinion, I opined that "state employees are generally prohibited from entering into a professional or consultant services contract with a state agency, but state employees and members of their immediate family may, under limited circumstances, sell commodities and other services to the state." You have requested that…