Opinion No. (2002)

Dear Senator Hobson,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

Does any provision of law require a municipality to use competitive bidding procedures when purchasing insurance coverage for the municipality and/or its employees?

¶ 1 Your question relates to purchasing insurance coverage for a municipality as well as for its employees.1 It is necessary to identify the legislative authority for a municipality to purchase insurance generally before addressing limitations upon that authority. "A city's power…