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Mr. John H. McCormick Hamilton County Attorney

Dear Mr. McCormick:

You have asked the following question:

May the county commission expend public funds to repair and maintain private roads upon which county school buses are authorized to travel pursuant to agreements with the landowner/parents of children attending school?

In sum:

The county may not expend county funds to repair and maintain private roads, regardless of an agreement allowing school buses to travel upon the road to transport the children of the landowner/parent.

You state that the Hamilton County School Board allows its school buses…