AGO 1997-029.

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Ohio Attorney General Opinions 1997. AGO 1997-029. Decided on May 15, 1997OPINION NO. 1997-029The Honorable William E. Peelle Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney 69 North South Street, Suite 200 Wilmington, Ohio 45177 Dear Prosecutor Peelle: We have received your letter concerning the operations of a county general health district. Your specific question is whether the Clinton County General Health District is a "county office" subject to the jurisdiction of the Clinton County Automatic Data Processing Board. Your representative has informed us that the health district in question is a combined health district, including the territory of townships, villages, and a city. See R.C. 3709.07-.071. In order to answer your question, we must first look to the provisions governing county automatic data processing boards. A county automatic data processing board is created, pursuant to R.C. 307.84, by the board of commissioners of a county. It consists of representatives of various governmental offices, including the county treasurer, the county auditor, the county recorder, the board of county commissioners, and the clerk of the court of common pleas. R.C. 307.84. The county automatic data processing board is responsible for coordinating the automatic data processing equipment in use throughout the county offices, and it is authorized to establish an automatic data processing center to provide a centralized system for the use of automatic data processing equipment for all county offices. R.C. 307.842. After the board has its initial meeting, "no county office" is permitted to "purchase, lease, operate, or contract for the use of any automatic data processing equipment without prior approval of the board." R.C. 307.84; see also R.C. 307.842. For purposes of the statutes governing automatic data processing boards, see R.C. 307.84-.846, "county office" is defined to mean "any officer, department, board, commission, agency, court, or other office of the county, other than a board of county hospital trustees." R.C. 307.84. To answer your question, then, it is necessary to determine whether a general health district is an office of the county. This question has been considered in the past, and it has consistently been concluded, in various contexts, that a general health district is not a county office. For example, 1991 Op...

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