OAG 82-292

Request By:

Mr. Roger William Perry
908 Poplar Street
P.O. Box 352
Benton, Kentucky 42025

Opinion

Opinion By: Steven L. Beshear, Attorney General; By: John Gray, Assistant Attorney General

Thank you for your letter requesting a formal opinion concerning the propriety of proxies or designees at a meeting of a district board of health.

This office is of the opinion that, absent specific statutory authority, district board of health members cannot designate "proxies" to act in their stead at district board of health meetings. Since no such specific statutory authority exists, district board of health members cannot designate "proxies."

Enclosed please find a copy of OAG 74-548 which addresses the question of county judge executives designating proxies to represent them at county board of health meetings and which gives detailed reasoning why this office feels that it would be improper for board members to designate proxies.

LLM Summary
In OAG 82-292, the Attorney General opines that district board of health members cannot designate proxies to act in their stead at board meetings without specific statutory authority. The decision references OAG 74-548, which dealt with a similar issue concerning county judge executives, to support its conclusion.
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Type:
Opinion
Lexis Citation:
1982 Ky. AG LEXIS 345
Cites (Untracked):
  • OAG 74-548
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