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The Attorney                       General of Texas
                                               January      28,   1980

MARK WHITE
Attorney General

                   Honorable Albert Brown, Chairman                  Opinion No. NW-132
                   Committee on Constitutional
                    Amendments                                       Re: Whether     the  competitive
                   House of Representatives                          bidding requirements  of article
                   Austin, Texas                                     23684 V.T.C.S., apply to housing
                                                                     authorities.

                   Dear Representative         Brown:

                          You ask whether article 2368a, V.T.C.S., applies to housing authorities.
                   Article 2368a, V.T.C.S., requires cities and counties to let certain contracts
                   on competitive bids and sets out notice requirements.    A housing authority is
                   created in each city by article 1269k, V.T.C.S. It may not exercise its
                   powers unless the governing body of the city declares a need for it to
                   function.    Article 1269k, V.T.C.S., does not include sny requirement of
                   competitive bidding.

                           Texas courts have stated that a housing authority is a division of the
                   city within which it exists. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Glidden
                   a,      283 S.W.2d 440 (Tex.x
                      rounds 291 S.W.2d 315 (Tex. 1956); M&s v. Housimz Autho&y
                   if---
                     .W.2d 487 (Tex. Civ. App. - Daii~~ .
                   266 S.W.2d 842 (Tex. 1954). Miers v.‘Hx
                    involved the condemnation of land by
                    that article    3268, V.T.C.S., exempting     m