Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG
AUSTIN
Ic0nozab1e
v. J. %wnaond
count Attorney
it!?G%Zty
.
oplnlon Ro. o-n41
Rer WhewVorkonapubllcrocd
1~ to be md for by the
ptoperty ovners9,
ahouldthe
PsJllbat be made directOF
hoti& the moneybe de-
gadted to the Road aad
Brlege ?und of the covzts
Treasury end pal.4 out in
theuruslmamer?
ve 8lWin moipt Of Jo&IX'
k'OQM6t fir 85 O@niGU
0fDwember 2, 194. parta 0P
We Quotath8 pertinent
the lettervhiahJOU onoloaedto 01 fxm BonorublsY. L.
Evans,Corraty
Judge*Aa@m.m county,Twils,&a follovsr
“&we mollt?Ilrago, ln Pmlnat Ro. 1,
hI@liM c2 ty, Texas the reed mu4 bridge
nua vu dsplaed 8nd &e countyCasml~rlonar
w8utmbletooUvyontheususl8adordlnary
work on the oobaty ro@ds la the preolnct.
rodr, the property
%n one ok theaspubl%cr
ovner8athiredthe Ccmdssioner8~Ccurtthat
tlgy;eqov~lll”&to put~uprufflaiont moaef
thlr vao agreed to by the Cosa-
al8rlon6n'&Art and the countyCtmalrnloner
tac&l``~nt aud bid the vork on this
Yhe plvperty OvImI8 me vllling tc p&y
ror the sort Of the vock, but the question la
hov 8hould the payment be m&e. Should ths
rorabybsdeporl~dinUmCo\nrtj``to
Roadrml BridgeFund ot Pro¬ Bo. 1 end
Honomblew.J.tolmaend - F+a@2
paZd out uponale.¶5aapprovedby the Can-
mlsaioner*~Courtmd the CcuutyAulltor tn
the uavnl8mner, or vouldthe propertyovnera
k luthorlabd to p6ythema6ydireottothe
pbraoua furnlahlagthe l.aboruacIm&e~ial
neceaakrySor the vork?*
Therea8nbenoqwatlonbutvhatthe oountyla
requlrduad*uthorited tolsalntalntheoountyronds vlthla
the county.
Underthe Tax66 Oouatitutioa, Artlole XI, corn;tiea
me mwlalpal corporatious uid polltlod aubdlviaions of
thb state. City of Abireno W. Stute, 113 8. V. (26)631,
errordlamliraed.
Un&ertheirgenbralpovera *tcacqutreand hold
property’,it has beanheld that 8 mUalps corporation
the Unit& 8tstt60govern-
may aooepta giftof moneyfrarr.
ment . Iovr-So\lUleraOtil~UeaCQlgPnJ~.``,11~eh.
sup. 58L
In the @sob of St&e Ex Rel ltelroae Sever Diatrlat
to. &nlth, l20 S. V. (26)1.102,.ltvaa hbld tbsta sever
dlrtrlataoulduraept dorratloar sawhSE fedati grant6 vhlch
vould emble t&m to aonatrwt 8 ry6t6m ooaflng mom thaa
it6 debt llmlt.
It 3.0our opinloa that it voul4 not be lmpmuier
fo rth bCuwls6io wr s1Court to la o epthe
t contrlbutlou o f
the ``rtyovne~srlo~mpubllc rosdtobeua.edfor the
mp6ir of the oouuty roadpuranuitto an agreement
betafeer~
the propbrtyovneraand the tounty.
Eovwbr, a lllxpeudltwba of oowty randa br the
Gamulaalouero~Courtlagoveraedby the bmlgetlavrs set
forth in Artiolb698-11,V.A.C.S., vhloh provides in.port
. as follovar
"MtmnthebtxQeth66beeo fin8ll.yrgprovvd
by the CaamlaaIOWra~ Court the budget,u
approved by t&e Cow+, ad be Haul vlth the
clerk ot the County Court, rrrd taxes levied only
in rooordanoetherevltbmcl no
erpbldlture of
the fundsofthaaovntyahollthemfterbemde
braept1t.1ltriatocapli``eevlth the budget od
atloptbdby the Ccurt. Exceptthat bmergency ex-
pmndlturea,ia aaae of grfbvepub110nbaeaa~ty, to
meetunww.ltiunfowoaea~oxulltlousvh.tohcould j
not, by reaaomblydlligerrtthoughtcad attention,
.
: lionomble ii. J. tov~end -
havebeen
_- inaluded
_ __ _in
*a ameuamentsto the ori.graal budget,-
We luggeatthe proper vay to hmlls the pxvpowd
douetloaor ooutributloa la to have tte property ovnera
tendtdsr
theiroontributlona to the Coamiw;ouerat Courtfor
the rolepurpxe of payingthe neoeraary expenaeafor the
\uualsrrdordloaryvorL:~c~kid~ountyroadaaad toexpend
the mule8 In locordanoe vith the trustagreemeat.The
money should be depositedin the aountytreaauro?yto the
aredltofa trustfundVhiehmaybe oalledlSpealalRoeA
Trust Fund Sor PreclnotKo. 1”. The CountyTrezmrervould
thendr6v on thistrust!‘und fIw the County DepoEltory’
zzp ordsrof the Comnissio~erz’ Courtaa ty erpenaee
.
Slncethe mount oontributed
la not derivedf’xw~
ta r es
th
,elxpendltureu
by the oountyunderthepla~auggeated
vill be ia strictcoapllrnce
vlth the budgcrt
aud the lav.
Yours very txwly
AlTORmY ow OF TEKAS