Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

0 ! 2 OFFICEOFIHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS .A AUSTIN IlonorablefrankD. Winn. moautlve esoretaq *exam mate Parks board Aamtin, texao ly be Till* to de- matto Imy 6oTern- e it, we do met tee1 ted to the junk dealers wbs, able to d%qime ef It at a ke to hate 8 rul.ing trem you am d be handled and whether Or sot the funds resoited frem the lale of fhis morrp material embedepOdtsdto OIL* u Oiti Lbador neat It be deposited to the Berterar l?umd, We, of ooume, uonld like very liplebto be able te UM this money in the Bpeoial WI-k S%m¶ - aa it wuld only ooapensate uu tor the expanfm and trOUble of gatherimg it up. sonorablo WBnL D. @inn - pqge ;2 'MOst Of the MtOrial ~Mah we hwe vu left ritb uo OS surp1u11 by the lrtional Rrti . . SOrriG0 and not GlQiginrlly gorehased dth State E+uzui~.~ ThG junk~laterialmmtl~n~dby yonfe p&l&o prom belonging to the State, and roar Board, therefore, bw no author- ity todonatethe eamto juukdealers or to any other permen. #he Board is not olothecl with any mmb power. 6mrr~bntml %ettGiOs hare only thorn pouera that am aonierred ap~m fba by the lam oreating them. &tiGb 60708, Of ~Oi-ElOn'8tbdiiiG8tiGlh Of the Gtst- tttoa, atttbcrina the Board to groat aottoeniotm attd to rrrk ~omGege%on contr8Gte in Gormeotloa uith State park s&tea, and dealrras t m3he rowatte6 thue earned by the St&e Parkm Board dall when Gollaoted be plmad in the State treasury.. It further provides that V'ttaa~ and revmtte doriwtd Her the proridom of' the rcrt and depom%ted in the State treaoury shall be daperdted fn a 8peo&al fund to be known am the ‘State Parks Rttd." lttere appears to be no prml~ion aaatborldmg the Poardtodif~p~se ofnnused or mGraprteria1 8twh myem me&ion, ao that the prooeeda thu’oot oauld in 8ay evenC bo eonrIderedrovoxute, wlth%n the weaning of the lpe~%al ipnd thus prtmldeai for. &tic10 668 O? the IlerfMd t%atUtOs deoluemt Vhe State Board of Oontrol shall have charge and Gontrol of all pabllo buildinga, ground0 sad property of the St&e, mid la the GUGtGdiUl Of G11 pttbli0 ~&8OElGl pCOp- erty, aad is charged rith the reapondbiliff to properly oama for and protect muah prop- erty from damage, intrwiGn Or improper ttea g o .+ l +.a ~6 are of' the optttion this statute, in thG absence oi a pore 8pcaifioprorl8ion, is suffiaieat to autherire thG Board OS Control to make sale of property, mGh as you dem- tribe, if In the tte``M jud@mNit Of the Board it aB(lss ttOG80- uonnrabla Frank D. QUIIIXI- pagO g gmy to protoot the Bt8t.e or preserve t&s grsperty damage. It sill be seen the lta tutodoes not stop rith & the Board of Control the 0tuWnlian of all pUbli0, ~sotml property, but it goes further aad afflmativO1~ iyposes upon the Doard the responsi2Slity to properly ouw for amI proteat wbh propertyfrm damage. It my be, ordinarily, that a mere oastodian or bailee with re- < . spOot t0 ptqerty rarLd not hare sawh poser as se hws _.. .'I'&et lndioated, for he seuld bs clothed rifh no other !!: msr, asd Ohsrgsd titb no othsr duty but to safely ksep sfadradellter the wry property intrustsd to his oUst0dy. gut not so here, shore the property Is of swh satwe that it dsterlorates -- suitOre damage -- neoessuily ro- ottltiag in 1088 to the State, andthswdlymaylnshi0h ewh damage w be avoided, er et least a most reasonable uay, would be to sell the property shsrs Lt has a mrksf. Te do not 16as to cay the Board has the brosd poser of discretion to sell personal property bsloa&ag ts ths State is the custody of the Board, merelybesauss such property is not presently nOed&, but sO 100911to say t&at such paver of sale should be exercised only shers th0 PIWtiGUlSP G%R’GUS&S3lGSS sUrro9ndi~ thS MttW wmld shostotheBoard,in the szsrel~s oi a mmnd bUdn088 and OfflGiti disoretiott,that sUch prooedU~s sas neoessary to prevent damage 0r fasts in respsot to the pcope*~. Ve knew thOt jpnp;mterlal erpe00d to the elements is In pr000ss of mete ud ultimate des- truction precisely as perioha8lrfmtlts, reget~les, and the like, sre perishable, as of aaurse. There this poweroi sale Is exemitted by the Board of Control it is not in tirtae 0* any spO03.fla lta$ute, pescrrlblna,the mathod or aattneraf 49, but, on the aontrsry, it Is In tirtuo of the oxprose ganersl poser to protoot aga%nst dmmge, md therefore the sale shen neoemtary my be made by the Beard in sU0h staaner, at such time and st SUG~ plaw or plaoes, and upon 6&U0h pcice as to the Board may eoea just and reasoaa8le. Thie is inCidenta to the m&n psssr oonfarrad. IOU sre therefore s&vised that th%s is the ,poper ray to hamUe suclt property. Vary truly ysws A¶TOBIiCX BEIBIUL OF T- PIRST ASSISTANT ATTORKEY GENERAL BT /c Ass%staut /p-y+