Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

TEE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AuaTur 11.TEXAS Jlonorable Carlor Atiloy, Chaimaa yo~Baar&r ContPol * Dear Rr. Ashloyr opinlaa No. o-7417 kg Earth8 atat Baud 0r cone01 ~VO t to atato of Texar (liV0 the azld uiT u.awon countyaa o-t y;eabtate laad for the pm-pore of eonrtrueted a farm-to- market 23 ? 0138eptembrr 21, 19M, the lawnted Judge lbaver H. Balcm, Chalxmen of the #ate Board of Control, in perhaps hir lad ofilalal act, mquerted an opinion from thb department on the abovo matter. It Beema a very mtr~aolnoldenae that on the follows momlng ho wt hi8 tragic death on the publla hshway at alms& thm ldentiml place where the land inquired about ir loaated. In the purSn6 ot JuUee Baker the Stat0 lort a moat oon- loimtlour and valuable servant. Ye rlacerely trwt that you, aa the ``ooeemor to his plme, will bo able to and ua feel aorta&a Lou till manure up to the hl@ rtandard of servhe whioh he reMwe& In Ju e Baker’8 lettw k stated that the 2tak oi Texa8 own0appralmat.4 7 acrw of lud adJao*nt to the lhmet-Au&in SUghway *hi~l~a001011~J``touthekk~ir7urdBob~: thatan unimproved pub110 mad borders thr, bow le2oi?& rtion of the 6tate land leadine fPom uid Burn&-Awtln H cc k; that the com- ~irrlonerr~ Court of Yllllmuon Oounty-7ud ho 6tate W CarPlir8loa are desl.rou8 of aowtruotlng an laproved hrm-to-market road 6enerallp along the looatlon of th now-exlrtl.ag uniapmved mad, uhlak till require the we of more land than la now alng wed ror hlghlay prupollom. Under the abovo raatr, VW oplalon ua8 mquedod a8 to uhether the 8tate Board of Contml8an exoauk an la 8emento a a p o r tio n o f the atato’a land, ior the urpoao of eartruot uld iur-to-merket road 4 A6 you knou no one aan m8.L a blading oontmot er the Itate unlemr ho ha1 been authorized by the fsgislature to uooute the aoatraot. Them 18 noth: ln the rtatute whloh @ithaP exprordy or by lRpUwtion lUthoX@iuBor penaltr the 8tat8 Board of Cod841 to exoeuk an oarwnt to w one on any of the 8tate~ 8 land tar the purpose of havlag con&mated thereon a farm-to-market- roa4. In the abeenoe of suoh a l tatuto, w m-ion from Legislature It la our o&Ion that the Itato Board of ‘ontrol doer l the not have any dhorlty to ueeute the easement to the St8t.a of Tuu or to K&yhoGty ror the purpose of having oomtrwt.4 thenon a fanu-to- l Vbrtunately tboLeslalaturetill6ooakiamuiae`` the matter mhouldk cad to ltr attention, 10 that if the aerlrer to wafer that authority upaa tin Itate Hoara of co&r0 T , it may oMot8ppmplato1e#i8latioa. ~exooutloaof8n euemeat over bad ir oi a-, the aonveyanae of aa intereat la bad, aadthe 8ktoBonH ``Coatroldoer aot have any authority ta e&way ta say me the laterertofthe Itat. inlead uaeptwhwe lutbrltythnforham booa8raatadWtho Lylrlatum. Approveacplaion caamlttee E& 8/ mm chalman