GA-0352

Greg Abbott

Summary

Governing body approval under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, governing body is required to authorize an interlocal contract according to the same statutes and procedures applicable to its contracting authority generally|Statutes governing a particular entity's contracting authority determine whether an entity's governing body may delegate authority to approve an interlocal contract|Municipally owned electric utility, the Interlocal Cooperation Act authorizes the governing body to establish procedures for entering into interlocal contracts that do not exceed $100,000 without requiring the approval of the governing body and necessarily permits delegation of such authority|Municipally owned electric utility governing body may not delegate approval of interlocal contracts that exceed $100,000

Opinion File

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