Legal Opinion
Opinion No. 75-288 (1975) Ag
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided December 2, 1975Published
1Opinion of the Court
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — COMPETITIVE BIDDING To comply with 69 O.S. 636 [69-636](c) (1971) a board of county commissioners must go out for bid on culvert pipe each time that the purchase is $1,500 or more. The purchase period for each such purchase is terminated upon approval by the purchasing officer and certification by the officer charged with keeping the appropriation and expenditure records. A board of county commissioners cannot lawfully make an indefinite number of purchases of culvert pipe which are each less than $1,500 with the intent to circumvent the competitive bidding…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McVicker v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMM'RS OF COUNTY OF CADDOSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968
- Tobin v. Town CouncilWyoming Supreme Court · 1933
- The First National Bank & Trust Company of Chickasha v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Fonder v. City of South Sioux FallsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1955
- State v. KollarikSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
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