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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF‘TEXAS AUSTIN O*ly”*m SILLLIrn Honorable OoerSo II. Cor
Stata lbedth OiilCOr
Toxar Stat8 Board or Health
Auatln, Tour v ounty fr water
Dear Sir:
et #II ha** logal rulrll proaulgat* on8 la roaard to 8~8mge 8nd together unioatlon h you uf -8 with the no1oa.Q adopted by the Tr 6UQply Dirtfiat FTO. 8 Of Ikrrlr County, To
8aid OOpy 18 a8 rOuOW81 A 6ANITARY DLSTWCT FiW38 WATER SWPLY DWl%ICT If=, TEXAS (Al80 kROm m8 Supply Di8triot #O); S~TAEY aamm C~.Sknmb SAID DIGTRICT; AND I'RCVfDZlW Said ordinam30 8eem8 oonrine it88lr to tha purpooer Howaver, t!lf8 8IId subject mtt8r 8et Out fR 8a%d NptiOn. r88g8Ot. ~8 are here p88f.,45 u9OR any 8POeirfiU Prmi8iOn Or 8ame.
Hon. Oeorge Pp. Cox, Pago g
In a telephone aonversation with Mr. V'. M. Ehlerr Of JOUr d8parfRi8nt, 8ubaequ8nt to pour 0ommunloatlon, we w8re informed that you rlah8d to withdraw your quertion in regard to tha Harris County Health Unit.
This 18ar88 us th8 ta8k Of d8termlnlng your ramain- illg query rhloh 18, in IUbltanbe, a8 fOiiOW8:
Doen 8U0h Fro8h Water Supply Di8triot hat8 tha legal authority to promulgate rulw and regu- latlOn8 or this nature, that Is, the oontrol or 88werage and exorota?
WI a88RE8, fOr the PUrpOSS8 Of thi8 OpillLtOXl, that suoh Dl8trlOt wa8 lagally created under th8 pro+l8ion8 0r Chapter 4 0r Title 128, &~vl8ed civil statute8 0r Toxar, 1925, as am8nd8d, (Art. 1881 ot 889.. V. A. C. S., and all amendments thornto).
Chapter 4 of Tit18 128, Vornon*8 Annotated Civil in regard to Fra8h Wat8r Supply Dl8trlOt8, protidas Statutes, In S8otionr 1 and 5 ot Artiole 7990-4, V. A. C. S., a8 fo11ows:
Y3eotlon 1. Fraeh Supply Di8trlot8 hereafter oreat4a under the pro- heretofor vision8 of Chaptar 4 oi Title 128, bT188d aId1 Statute8 ot Tasa8, 1925, 88 amend8d, and looatod wholly within a oounty having a population in OX- five hundred thousand (sao,oao) inhabitant8 aooordlng to the lart praoeding or any futUr8 pa&oral o8n8U8. 8dditiOn t0 tha POUlar8 h8r8tO- rare gr8nted, ire hereby authorized to purQha80, oon8truot. aoaulre. own. operato. rapalr. improve and 8xt8nd eanltary 8aWOr ayetam ror the OolXeo- tion. transportation. prooe8fJing. di8Po8al and tlo. lndu8trlal and OommUnal oontrol or all x8.* (Jhpha~*addOd)
uSeotlon 5. Such Di8triOt8 shall further hare the vower to adopt and enroroo rear= ruler and regulation8 relating to th8 1 t 11 - tion, maintenance operation of plumbing iLx- tures and facrf~lftbs within WOh Di8triot8. in *3 Bon. Gaorgo X. Cot, Fag0 3
ordsr maintain 8are and 8*nltarr ooadttlon8 and to prOt.Ot th 11V.8, within 8UOh Ci8triOt8 health 8nd welfare of the inbabltants t&reof Th. Bollrda Of %~X’Vt8Or8 Or 8uOh cl triOt8 E& preroribe rearonable penaltlse ror 28 breaob of any rule or regulation 80 adopted, whloh p8Mltt.8 8hall l xo..d t1R.8 Of more thsn Two Bundmd (3800.00) DOllor or impriromront in jail for IDOre than thfrtt day8, or both 8wh fin08 Uhd i8Ipri8008IOBt, whiOh pW8iti.8 8haii be to otlnr penaltie provide6 by law 8ddition 8od may be nforoed ln any Court of proper &1x-18- diOtiOB in th. aOUBtf in WhiOh the Di8triO$'8 prlnolplrl orriae 18 looat8dg provided however, th8t no rtie or regtiation rhloh provider a pen- alty for the ViOl8tiOSl thereor 8hA11 b8 8rr.ot, 88 to the enforoomant of t& pomlty, until e brief, 8Ub8t.nti.l 8tStW8llt Of 8UOh X’lll. Or re@vlatloa 8ntl t& puulty for tbr rlol.tlon thereof 18 publi8h.d 01100 a wok for two oon- rooutive wwkr in a new8pap.r of genanl cir- OUlatiOn in the 8m In i&iQh 8uoh DintriOt 18 8ituat.d. Heron (7) dape arter the raoond pub- lloatlon, the prnaltp or teualtl88 provided rhll be dr.0tft0, and 8uoh rulra an4 regulation8 8h8ll be JUdiOially kOOmB t0 th0 COWt8. (gzlpba818 8dd.d)
Y&oh Di8triOt8 ahall bo authorized to emplo oonrtltuto their own paaae OrfiOer8, who ahrl b. endowed with power to amke arrwt8 rot the aom- or any Oii8n8cl agalrut th8 1x188 an6 nau- miulon Of th8 Di8ttiJ.t Ol' amislet t!W k8wB Of th8 btiOB8 State 0r Ta88 when any 8uch offen8. or threatened offen ooour8 within the bOUOd&rier Ot 8ald Di8tFict8.”
E8rr18 county ha8 a population or bB,Wl, aooordlng to the Federal Cswua or 1960.
It OUT UAd.r8t8ildi~ frolp OUT OOllDiWiO8tiO~ *Bth your Oepartmont t&t MI& Trl-City Frerh Supply Dletfiot No. e 18 looatsd wtlolly within the county or lhrrlr.
mererore, In view the rpeoitio laneuam or tho *4 Bon. George W. Cox, Page 4 pointed out herein, we 8nawer your qu88tloa In the
I 8’ tatLIt afrlrmatlre. %e haresrlth r88paOtfUlly I return ywr 8nOlO8Ur8.
Your8 rory truly ATMRNNY GYZJRRAL OF ‘I'~%#& Robert L. Lattlmom, Jr A88i8t8At