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1994 Mississippi Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1994)

handle is hein.sag/sagms0021 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION MIKE MOORE ATTORNEY GENERAL August 17, 1994 Henry Palmer, Esquire Attorney for Kemper County Board of Supervisors P. 0. Box 1677 Meridian, MS 39302-1677 Re: Payment of Claims Dear Mr. Palmer: Attorney General Mike Moore has received your request for an opinion and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your letter asks: In the event a supervisor obtains the proper purchase paperwork (i.e. purchase requisition and purchase order) to have a county-owned vehicle taken to a detail shop in an adjoining county to be washed, waxed, the motor cleaned and the interior cleaned, at an approximate cost of $50.00, do the supervisors in reviewing and/or approving the claims docket have the right to refuse payment if a majority of the board vote to disallow the claim? If a claim is disallowed, who is responsible for the costs incurred in having the vehicle detailed? As can be seen from the enclosed opinion to John Gregory, dated 6-3-92 (File #224) a purchase order must be had before the board of supervisors may approve a claim for services or equipment. Section 19-13-31 governs disposition of claims. This section provides that the entire board of supervisors must pass upon each claim presented and states in pertinent part that: If the board shall reject any such claim in whole or in part, or refuse, when requested at a proper time, to pass finally thereon, the claimant may appeal to the circuit court, or may bring suit against the county on such claim. In either case, if the claimant recovers OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Digitized from Best Copy Available