23-3105. Purchasing agent; compensation; bond.

The governing board of a county with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand shall and the governing board of any other county may employ a purchasing agent who shall not be a county officer of the county. All purchases made from appropriated funds of the county shall be made through the purchasing agent. The county board shall pay the agent for such services as shall be agreed upon at the time of employment. The person so employed and designated shall serve at the pleasure of the county board and give bond to the county in such amount as the county board shall prescribe.

Source:Laws 1943, c. 57, § 3, p. 227; R.S.1943, § 23-324.01; Laws 1974, LB 1007, § 2; R.S.1943, (1983), § 23-324.01; Laws 1985, LB 393, § 5; Laws 1988, LB 602, § 2.