Opinion No. (1980) Ag

The Attorney General is in receipt of your request for an Attorney General's Opinion in which you have asked, in effect, the following questions: 1. May a Board of County Commissioners enter into contracts with municipalities within said county whereby the municipality agrees to provide fire protection services for county highway barns, highway equipment, bridges and county roadway right of ways in return for an agreed monthly payment? 2. May such payment be made from county highway funds? The first question presented concerns the legality of a specific type of interlocal agreement between…