Opinion No. 79-183 (1979) Ag

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 determining whether a member of a school board is "indirectly interested" in a school district contract to purchase goods? 2. Does it constitute a violation of 70 O.S. 5-124 [70-5-124] (1971), for a school board member to sell goods to a third person who has contracted to sell the same goods to the school district? There are two statutory provisions in Oklahoma that are applicable to the questions presented. Title 70 O.S.…