Court Opinion

ID: 3797021
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:41:03.361471+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:22:22.285478
License: Public Domain

OPINION — AG — (1) A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PURCHASE INSURANCE TO PROTECT THE COUNTY FROM LOSS RESULTING FROM THE LIABILITY (IF THE COUNTY HAS SUCH LIABILITY UNDER THE LEASE OR RENTAL CONTRACT) OF THE COUNTY TO RE BUILD, REPLACE OR REPAIR MACHINERY OR ROAD EQUIPMENT RENTED OR LEASED TO THE COUNTY WHICH BECOMES LOST, DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND THAT THE PREMIUMS MAY BE PAID FROM THE " COUNTY HIGHWAY CASH FUND — UNRESTRICTED " (2) 19 O.S.H. 627 DOES NOT AUTHORIZE A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PURCHASE MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE ON ROAD MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT RENTED OR LEASED TO THE COUNTY, THE TITLE TO WHICH IS NOT IN THE COUNTY. CITE: 36 O.S.H. 130.1, 62 O.S.H. 331, 69 O.S.H. 26 (HIGHWAY, COUNTY HIGHWAY FUND, SURETY BOND) (JAMES P. GARNETT)