Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-415

Opinion No. 415 LiqUOI' Control Board-Powers-Leas- es-Purchases of Liquor and Equip- ment--State Purchasing Agent. HELD: Under Chapter 105, Laws of 1933. (The Liquor Control Act) author- ity to purchase liquors and to lease. furnish and equip liquor stores is con- fined exclush'ely to the 'Montana Liq- uor Control Board; the State Purchas- ing Agent has no authority in these matters. January 4, 1933. You ha\'e asked us which of the two. the l\fontana Liquor Control Board and the State Purchasing" Agl'nt. is \'estell with authority to purchase liquors and lease, furnish and equip stores where- in such liquors may be sold, in order to gh'e effect to the Stu te Liquor Con- trol Act. A careful consideration of Chapter 105. Laws of 1!)33 , (the Liquor Control Act) aIHI particularly of Sections 2, Ci, 8, 9, 10, 35, n, 94. ns, O!) and 101 thereof, has convinced us tha t such all, thority is confined exclusively to the ):[ontana Liquor Control Boarel. It will he noted that the Act no- where mentions the Stute Purchasing Agent. He is not required hy it to llo Hnything. Moreover, under Chapter 55. Laws of 1923, the State Purchasing Agent must udvertise for bids for prac- tically all stute and institutional sup- plips, while the Act in question appears to contemplate that liquors shall be hought and stores leased, furnished and equipped without that formality.