ACCOMPLISH A COMBINATION OF THE FOREGOING."
WHETHER ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES FITS WITHIN THIS DEFINITION IS A QUESTION OF FACT WHICH CANNOT BE ANSWERED BY AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION. 74 O.S. 18B(A)(5) (1983). FURTHER, THE DEL CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN ADVISED BY ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, WHO IS THE PROPER PARTY TO APPLY THE LAW TO THE FACTS OF THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FUNCTIONS AS A LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE STATE, THE LEGISLATURE, AND VARIOUS STATE BOARDS, AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS. AS SUCH, SHE IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT OR GIVE LEGAL ADVICE TO MUNICIPALITIES OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OF A LOCAL NATURE.
AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEL CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY AND FOR THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER A FAILURE TO ADMINISTER SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES CONSTITUTES A BREACH OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH HUD. TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION WOULD REQUIRE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARTICULAR CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AS NOTED ABOVE, IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO.
(GAY ABSTON TUDOR)