Opinion No. Oag 3-81, (1981)

THOMAS A. MARONEY, District Attorney Waupaca County

Your predecessor has by letter asked for my opinion on the following questions:

1) Whether the county board as a whole must approve a forfeiture in the amount of $2,500 or greater in settlement of an action for forfeiture under sec. 50.04, Stats., brought against a county owned extended care facility; and

2) Whether or not the answer to the first question is different is the forfeiture is assessed as a consequence of an administrative order following a formal hearing instead of through a stipulated settlement.

The answer to the first question is…