Counties and County Commissioners Courts; County Officers - Specific; Commissioner/County Judge; Nepotism
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Texas Attorney General Opinion
A commissioners court may delegate to the county judge its implied authority to employ persons. A court would likely conclude that a county judge who is delegated such authority is prohibited by the anti-nepotism prohibition in Government Code section 573.041 from appointing the spouse of a county commissioner to a paid county position.
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