Can a county accept money donated on condition that a building (money donated to county museum for restoration of historic building) be named for the donor or a person designated by the donor?
If the named person is deceased, and there is no commercial benefit to be gained by the naming, then I suppose it wouldn't be considered the sale of a naming right. But, what if the person is alive and involved in business in the community? Is the county public benefit (building restored) sufficient to outweigh the possible business benefits the person might receive by having their name on a public building? Also, I am confused about the acceptance of conditional donations. Upon acceptance by commissioners court, donations become county funds. How can a donor limit commissioners court's authority to determine how county funds are spent, and for how long? At what point does the donor lose the right to claim the funds back if the county does not use the funds as agreed?

Donations don't come with conditions.

If you haven't already looked at it, the discussion of conditional gifts in AG Opinion GA-0562 (2007) might be helpful. Here is a link:
https://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2007/htm/ga-0562.htm

Tha AG opinion is a good starting point for analysis.

Thank you for the replies.