Attorney General Opinions
Opinion No. JC-0314
The Honorable William M. Jennings, Gregg County Criminal District Attorney,
101 East Methvin Street, Suite 333, Longview, Texas 75601
Re: Whether and the extent to which a board of district judges may be involved
in the hiring of employees of a community supervision and corrections department
(RQ-0232-JC)
S U M M A R Y
The district judges who are entitled to participate in the management of
a community supervision and corrections department are authorized to finally
approve all appointments made by the department director. Attorney General
Opinion DM-208 (1993) is overruled.
Opinion No. JC-0315
Mr. C. Tom Clowe, Jr., Chair, Texas Lottery Commission, P.O. Box 16630
Austin, Texas 78761-6630
Re: Whether the Texas Lottery Commission may count a lottery vendor's contracts
with a broker or "pass-through" entity toward the vendor's good faith historically
underutilized business participation goal (RQ-0247-JC)
S U M M A R Y
The Texas Lottery Commission may count a lottery vendor's contracts with
a broker or "pass-through" entity toward the vendor's good faith historically
underutilized business participation goal.
Opinion No. JC-0316
Mr. Jim Muse, Executive Director, General Services Commission, 1711 San
Jacinto Street, Austin, Texas 78711-3047
Re: Whether "reverse auctions" constitute a permissible method of competitive
bidding by state agencies (RQ-0257-JC)
S U M M A R Y
So-called "reverse auctions" do not constitute competitive bidding for
the purposes of chapters 2155, 2156, and 2157 of the Government Code. The
General Services Commission may not purchase goods and services through "reverse
auctions" without specific statutory authority to do so.
Opinion No. JC-0317
The Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, Committee on Judicial Affairs,
Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether the addition of certain protest words to a traffic citation
constitutes a valid promise to appear in court (RQ-0270-JC)
S U M M A R Y
The addition of protest words to a signature on a traffic ticket has no
effect whatsoever on the obligation of the ticketed party to appear in court.
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Susan D. Gusky
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: December 21, 2000