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Dear Mr. Walters:

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General regarding your legal authority to honor a payroll check made payable to Don Wilson, an Assistant District Attorney, appointed by your predecessor. You state that on October 20, 1994, you were presented with this check, dated January 2, 1990, in the sum of $249.51. It is my understanding that Mr. Wilson inadvertently failed to timely negotiate the check. It is my further understanding that the books of the prior administration have been audited and closed for the year 1990, and you took office in January, 1991.

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