Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF~TEXAS
AUSTIN
aRovERSEIJSRS
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Honorable Joe I).Br~wnlne, pace 2 :
“2. l&t Is 'road maint&anag or batternmnt *e?k*
althin the pro,qiaiona'ofthe Apt? Otherwise
state4;would the work, say, to create a three
lane highway Of *whatformerly was a two lane
highway be 'road mair,tenanoeor betterment
world exempt from the requireffientaof the A&?
the work, my, to change the road rr0=
:~ou.ld
an earth gra46a road to a surfaoed road be
*rod malntenanoe or betterment work* exempt
from the requirements of the Ao.t?
“3; mm2.a statutes, Art. 2368a, requires oom-
pttitive bidding~ror oondtructiti aa materials.
i&y the.Comtdssioners* Court l&&t the bidding
to..materialsfrom a gartia;ilarloaallty by
designating its geographical name, *BLankrilb
~Gravel*,~ormust th% &ravel or other material,
not patented, be speoiiied by other charaoter-
_. .fetice &o 8s to permit~blda on other like
lua'tsrialsfrom other geo&raphioal &ocat.ion?*'
: Be&Ion 19, Artlole 32718, V. L G. S., providea:
' 'After the first day or January, 1938, it shall
``b~'&lawful ror th%s State, or.for any OS its polltloal
ddloislons, for allgaaunty, dty, or'td+n,,t6 @a$age :
~.i@;theoonetruetionof eny'public rork~inrolving.pr&
ieesiona1 engineering;'rhere yublio.'bealth,"publio,-:' - ~,;~
welfare or .publlo safety is invOlvea,,unless the"'
engineering plane and speoifications ana eatbate
have .been prepared by, and tha engineering 'oonstrua-.
tiorfs tO.ba executed under the direct supervision
.or a registerad pr0re8sionai anginasr; p333qiuea,that
nothing inthis Aat shall be held t0 apglg to any
publlo.wotikwherein the aentemplated expenditure
for the aompleted projeot does not exceed Three
Thousand(~3,000.00) Dollara. Provided, that this
Aot ahall not apply t.0any road aainteniinoe or
betterment work undertaken by t&e County comrnls-
sionera' Court."
We note that in the above c;uotedseotioa, the provisions
OS the Aot 8re not applloable when the work is ?road.maintenanae
or betterment work" undertaken by the County Commiasloners* Cour,t.
In the oaae of Dallas County et al vs. ?lowman, '(Sup. Ct.) ?I S-3.
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