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2026 Op. Ala. Att'y Gen. 1 (2025-2026)

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                                                            2026-001

                                     STATE OF ALABAMA
                            OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STEve MARSHALL                                                            501 WASHINGTON AVENUE
ATTOREY GMNRSALL                                                             .,BX30S
ATTORNEY GENERAL                                                         MONTGOMERY, AL 36130-0152
                                                                             (334) 242-7300
                                                                             ALABAMAAG.GOV
                                     October 9, 2025


          Honorable Henry Merrill
          Mayor
          Town  of Dozier
          Post Office Box 216
          Dozier, Alabama 36028

                                            Public Purpose  - Public Funds  -
                                            Hospitals - Contracts -  Crenshaw
                                            County

                                            The Town  of Dozier (Town)  may
                                            not     deposit    taxpayer-raised
                                            municipal  funds  into  a  private
                                            account  with  limited  access  to
                                            support  a   public   hospital  in
                                            Crenshaw County.

          Dear Mayor Merrill:

                This opinion of the Attorney General is issued in response to your
          request on behalf of the Town.


                                       QUESTION

                           May   the Town   deposit taxpayer-raised
                      municipal funds into  a private account with
                      limited access to support a public hospital in
                      Crenshaw County?


                                 FACTS  AND  ANALYSIS

                You  state in your opinion request that the Mayor Pro Tempore of
          the City of Luverne approached the Town with a proposal for the Town to
          support the Crenshaw Community   Hospital (Hospital). The Mayor Pro
          Tempore  requested that the Town agree to pay taxpayer-raised municipal