Opinion No.

The Honorable Jerry E. Hinshaw State Representative Route 4, Box 444A Springdale, Arkansas 72764

Dear Representative Hinshaw:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding lease-purchases by cities in Arkansas. You attached to your correspondence a copy of Opinion No. 80-170, issued by this office on October 13, 1980, wherein reference was made to the fact that there is no statutory or case-law authority directly on point. You have asked whether there have been any changes in the statutes with respect to these lease-purchase arrangements.

The cases cited in that opinion have been…