10/22/10

This week, Texas Attorney General Opinion No. GA-0810 (2010) was issued on "Meaning of the words 'bid' and 'proposal' for purposes of chapter 44 of the Education Code and chapter 71 of the Natural Resources Code."  

The Summary to the Opinion stated,

"An independent school district's use of the word 'proposal' in the title of an invitation to participate in the competitive process to lease property for oil, gas, and mineral development does not, by itself, violate the terms of chapter 71 of the Natural Resources Code. Whether a particular political subdivision complied with that chapter in an effort to lease its mineral interests will involve a fact-intensive inquiry and construing the request, neither of which this office may do."

To read the opinion, click on the link below.

https://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2010/htm/ga-0810.htm