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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Opinion NO:O-6670
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RI: Whrthrr oounty on In your latter of Juno 2
of thla brpa,rUtmnt, you ret0
recent 49th Legialrturo and
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t the publio roaC equipment or tools ccmider axy ;a; fh6r6frOn 16gally. quest.8 under this oplclon number. ill 60 t0 NhiOh you refer ~~~8k6sl it a penal 0frt3n80 ror n.Y offioer thir State or or m oountr use 6r permit to be used Sor Drlrati- Drorlt to- knoringly himself other than to the State, oountf,or muniolpallty any property, rupplles, equipment or thine or value *2 aonorable Gonad Plorenoo, page 2 to auoh mat0 or or knowingly uao kIlOWiKl(l4 wlongin& to 00 uud ror mlratr profit to hlmarlf tho labor or
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peraon whoa* 1 l bor or aOtVlo0 ia paid iOr by suoh bill likoti88 m8k80 it a penal Offen iOr or l aployod by any OfflOOr l nJ oounty w poraon rppolntrd or b7 tho oomdaaionora~ ooust or uv oounty or a4 prraon In parformlry any bualnoaa of my o ounty howoror l mployod, •~agr~ l rmlt to b0 UH~ r0r DadTat ororit to ~WW~LI& ~0 or knoringly any proprty, l uppl l a 0 uipaent othar thin g* of P to auoh oouaty rod &Vi” thr labor Or rerViO0 or any parson whore labor or aarvloo 10 paid for by l uoh iountjr.
T h e wra l Motmont 0r the rborr par1 lAr UOrkm no &a~8 upon boar not affaot the powara and authority of tho omeiraionora* oourte l I prerontly and horotoion lidtad and oontrollad by Conatltutlon md law8 parrod by tho L.&iO~OtU?O. Tha anawr to tha aboro @O~tlOM tharaforo &aprnb on whothor or not auoh oourta l n l r~raaal.y Or by ~IOOD+ aary lmpliortlon ruthorinad by law to drtota or pemlt to k und. oounty owned l qulpment prlratr property with or without oompeinoation thornfor.
Tho gonarrl rulo with refrronoo to powor d ruthoriW uoh oourta la puotad fmn Oorpua Curia 5>7, 4a SOUwar
"In acoordanor with tho grnoral rule hwatoion that county board8 or oounty oourta hato no atatsd, than thoao oohiorrod xpraaaly powarr other or by noorarary lmplloatian, uoh oourta oc borrdr hare nl) paor to rant loaao property or irmohlur own06 by tho oounty, in the baonoo of 8tatUtOrY authority to do 80..
In our Opinion Ko. O-3328, approved August 1, 1941, thin depirtzant held that comciesiontrs* ::&~a r.o euthority oourt to leaae road Bachinsry or road equipment to an lndlrldual, ooc1- parg or aorporatior for the construction of any works OS Lm- provment lfioiudin~ aviation fleldr, camp eitea, or road8 out- side the boundaries of the county. ‘Ge herewltt attach tar your lnforzitior a copy of such opinion ooxtalnlng applicable auttori- ties eovorriing kilo gL;aetlol;.
III Opinion Ko. O-2034, pproiod Uaroh 12, 1940, a copy this department held the eomm.iaalotera~ Of whioh la atfaohrd, machinery, oourt bed no authority to lease road opulpmont ruoh aa traotorr to a oontmotor who ha8 taken a oontract grader*, In thir opinion refemnoa la to build a road within the county. nede to ;irtiole 2372c, Vernon’s Annotated civil Stetutes, relating *3 aonorable Conard Florenoe, pace 3 otirr maohlnery or
w the employment of road oonatruotion tha rerrloo 0s roil preron- go44 equip-nt in oo5aarration through roalon. We are unable to find any .tien of roll waste lrw whloh authorizer oounty owned equipment to be devoted wad upon p rivate pro rty than the foregoing Utlole raid ata utea. e
It la therafora opinion of'thla department tha ~ommlaaloner8~ oourt hnu no authority through lta oom- ~saionora, whether with or without oompanartion to uaa or
ba wed oounty omod qulwent prftataly ownad Astlolo 23720, V. A. C. 8.( howavor, petit8 uipmont road oonatruotioa aaohinary ery Wad 0 pr P va te ywrtp be mployad upon in tha rorrloo 0s roil con- errstion prevent 05 of roll waste through erosion in ooorbanoe with provisions of auoh law.
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