Opinion ID: 1095462
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: interpretation and application of section 109 to defendants anderson, frazier and nunnally

Text: Thereafter, the majority proceeds to the core issue to be resolved today, the interpretation and application of Section 109 to the defendants. Before any public officer or member of the Legislature can be held to have violated Section 109, he must meet all four of the following factors: (a) having any direct or indirect interest in any contract (b) with the state or any political subdivision (c) executed during his term of office or one year thereafter, and (d) authorized by any law, or order of any board of which he was a member. Majority opinion, at 693. Applying these factors to defendants Anderson, Frazier, and Nunnally, the inescapable conclusion is that each violated Section 109. Each had a direct interest in a contract with the state that was executed during their terms of office and which was authorized by the Legislature of which they were members. The majority's holding as to these defendants is flawless and I concur fully. C.