Opinion No.

The Honorable Tim Hutchinson State Representative Post Office Box 933 Bentonville, AR 72712

Dear Representative Hutchinson:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the authority of the Department of Health and the Little Rock School District to contribute matching funds to the "New Futures Program" being initiated in Little Rock. Specifically, you have asked:

1) Does the Department of Health have the authority to contribute money to a private, non-profit corporation such as the New Futures Organization without a specific appropriation from the General Assembly? and

2) Does…