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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable El11 &UUI Eleherdson
Chid? Clerk Texas State parks Board
Austin, Texas
Deer Sir;
51, 1938, in wh
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paire the conosseion- and pay all the bills ng the aonoessionaire to maintain ieel it should be. Also it is money rather than perrolnwg a aenlae ror the publio.
9~ have eleotried operating the perks park manager his house end by farnlshing ntilitiea end a mall salary paid from the *2 4.
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Speoiel Perk Fund. Under this set up there Is little or no Incentive for the ~aonaeaeionalre to enaourage more use of the park by the pubUc. we are now aonrinaad that the best type of oper- ation ~I11 be the letter, with eddltlonal Incentive that the perk manager wIl1 reoeive e oertein peraentage of the net profit8 after his -8alery and all other expendltws are deduated from the gross reaeIpt8.v
chapter 16S of the AOts of the 45nd Leglaleture Ia codIiIed by Vernon*s Annotated Texas Statutes es Arti- ale 6070e, end Seatlon 1 of aeld dot reeds ea rollows:
~seatlon 1. Thq State Park Boerdlshereby authorized to grant ooneerisiona In State Parka and to make oonaesslon aontraots ior any oeuse- rap, beaoh drive or other Improvements In oon- neation with state Parks altos, wherever reesl- ble. The revenue thus earned by the State Parka Board sha11, when aolleated be placed In the State Treasury. The Board may -km auah rules end regul- ations ror the carrying out of this AOt end the Lena oi.thIs State relative to state Perks, as it may de= nt3otmtry not in 00nriiot nith ear.* Inalnded In the provisions or Artlole 6069 or the Revised Cirll Statutea oi 1985, a8 amended by Senate Bill MO. 376, Aottl or the 45th LegIsleturs, Ia the requirement that the Board arrange ror or employ e keeper In each phrk rhioh Is under the control of the Board, said keeper to be 'olothed with all the power end authority e peeoe offloer of the county in *hIah the park is Uoeted, end to be hired .ror the purpose 0r caring r0r end protecting the prop&y dthln the perk. These two provleions. of the statute@ In- dloate that the Lsglsleture has attempted to pleae at the dfsposel or the State Perks Board meeins ror the pro~hi ;F ee~tstactory protection end rnaintenanoe ,of parks.
diceted provleion oi Artlale 6069 fixes the duty of the Parka Board ln protecting State property end should not be conrused with the authority and power delegated nndar Chep- ter 168, Act.8 or the 42nd Legislature.
The language employed In Sea&n 1 oi Article
6070e,ebove quoted, plainly Indicates the Intention 0: the
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Legtaleture t.&provide a method whereby the.State Parka Boar4 may obtqin revenue iron oono~aaion oontmwta and while tha data118 or auoh oontnmta have bean loft $6 the dlaoretlon or ,+&a Board no lndiaetlon is g1vu1 that ttn Lagialatnre lntendod to enthorise the Parka Board to pro- vide for ,or~hlre p8rk mqagara kaepara andar tho gul*e 0r ooneeaalon uontraota. we rind no atiatuto~ proTialon wbloh authoriaea the Board to hire perk mana&ora zun do wo rind uy proriaiaa wuah pardta the Board to oparata thr ou g h its e&ant8 or wnplo~rea l oonaeoalon. larthar, tha general dopartmentcrl appropriat$on bill, posed br the tlm speolal Perk Fund *for 46th Legi8lature appropriates ity to oator into .a aonoe8aion oontraot whioh lnvolrsa the p&amtof a aalarylromtha Smolal Park Funda.
It 10, thO~fO~s,thO OpmO#I Of thi8 Df@mWI~ that the Taxes Stats Perks Board doeamthan tha power or l Waar%ty to oparate the Taxes Stats Ferka by hiring pukaW%ager*onar~d -1~ plnaa peroentage 0r the aat prorite qaall.%Od from tha operation of aof~~aa~o~.-
APPROVESAU& 21, 1939
ATl!ORNF4Y GENERAL OF TSXAS