Opinion No.

The Honorable Daniel "Bubba" Powers State Representative 552 Hempstead 104 North Hope, Arkansas 71880-6019

Dear Representative Powers:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion concerning a 1992 bond issuance in Hempstead County. The approved ballot-measure and subsequent ordinance listed the construction of "jail facilities" as the purpose of the bond issuance. Your question is whether Hempstead County may "use money from this issuance to also build a juvenile detention center."

You enclosed a copy of the ballot measure, which passed by a majority vote. The ballot stated:

FOR an…