The Judicial Inquiry Commission has considered your request for an opinion concerning
whether under the Canons of Judicial Ethics a Circuit Judge, permanently assigned to
the criminal division of the circuit court, may serve as a member of the Alabama State
Fair Authority. In your letter you state that the Alabama State Fair Authority is a
nonprofit governmental agency, which has as its purpose providing recreational
entertainment, educational and civic opportunities for the people of the City of
Birmingham, as well as the State.