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Dear Mayor Mayeaux:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to payment of invoices submitted by the Chief of Police. You indicate you refused to approve the purchase by the police department of items such as cold/sinus medicine but it was subsequently approved by the Board of Aldermen. You submit the following questions:

1. Is it legal for the Police Department to purchase items such as cold/sinus medicine that is not in the budget?

2. If the purchase approved by the Board of Aldermen is deemed illegal is the Chief of Police liable as well?

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