Opinion No. (1979)

Dear Commissioner Leavitt,

The Attorney General has considered your request for an opinion wherein you ask the following question:

"Does a City County Health Department have the power to join witha municipality to construct, operate or maintain a sanitary sewersystem?"

This question is presented primarily because of the language of 11 O.S. 37-201 (1977) which provides in relevant part:

"The municipal governing body may: . . . 3. Join with other municipalities or any improvement district or sanitary district of the state, or any of its departments, agencies or instrumentalities, as may be provided…