Opinion No. (2008)

Dear Honorable Ballenger

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

Absent provisions to the contrary in the trust instrument, may the trustees of a county-beneficiary public trust that operates a county jail, lawfully cause bills and employee payroll to be paid twice monthly, although the trustees meet only once monthly to approve and ratify such items?

¶ 1 Essentially, you ask whether the trustees of a public trust created under 60 O.S. 2001 Supp. 2007, §§ 176 — 180.3,1 the Trusts for Furtherance of…