Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1978-077 written by Curt Thomas Schneider and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K.S.A. 19-214 requires that all contracts for the erection of county buildings be awarded on a public letting to the lowest responsible bidder. It does not apply, however, to the purchase of an existing structure by the board of county commissioners for county use. No charter resolution is necessary to exempt the transaction from the cited statute, accordingly, and purchase of the structure may be authorized by ordinary resolution.