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2006 Ohio Attorney General Reports and Opinions i (2006)

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The Honorable Martin P. Votel
Preble County Prosecuting Attorney
101 E. Main Street
Courthouse, 1st Floor
Eaton, Ohio 45320
SYLLABUS:                                                          2006-001
A board of county commissioners has no authority to transfer title to county
property to its office of economic development or to a nonprofit corporation
operating that office for the purpose of the transferee's selling the property,
without competitive bidding or public auction, to a buyer previously selected by
the county commissioners at a price agreed upon by the buyer and the county
commissioners, even if the transferee remits to the county commissioners the
purchase price paid by the buyer.