Case Information
*1 GENERAL TEE ATTORNEY
OF TEXAS
AuaTur 11. TEXAS
Jlonorable Carlor Atiloy, Chaimaa
yo~Baar&r ContPol
*
Dear Rr. Ashloyr opinlaa No. o-7417 atat Baud 0r cone01 ~VO
kg Earth8 t to the atato of Texar (liV0 azld ui u.awon county aa o-t T y;eabtate laad for the pm-pore of eonrtrueted a farm-to- market 23 ? 013 8eptembrr 21, 19M, the lawnted Judge lbaver H. Balcm,
Chalxmen of the #ate Board of Control, in perhaps hir lad ofilalal act, mquerted an opinion from thb department on the abovo matter. It Beema a very mtr~aolnoldenae that on the follows momlng ho wt hi8 tragic death on the publla hshway at alms& thm ldentiml place where the land inquired about ir loaated.
In the purSn6 ot JuUee Baker the Stat0 lort a moat oon- l oimtlour and valuable servant. Ye rlacerely trwt that you, aa the ~~ooeemor to his plme, will bo able to and ua feel aorta&a Lou till manure up to the hl@ rtandard of servhe whioh he reMwe&
In Ju e Baker’8 lettw k stated that the 2tak oi Texa8 own0 appralmat.4 7 acrw of lud adJao*nt to the lhmet-Au&in SUghway *hi~l~a001011~J~~touthekk~ir7urdBob~: thatan unimproved pub110 mad borders thr, bow le2oi?& rtion of the 6tate cc k; that the com- land leadine fPom uid Burn&-Awtln H ~irrlonerr~ Court of Yllllmuon Oounty ud ho 6tate W -7 CarPlir8loa are desl.rou8 of aowtruotlng an laproved hrm-to-market road 6enerallp along the looatlon of th now-exlrtl.ag uniapmved mad, uhlak till require than la now alng the we of more land wed ror hlghlay prupollom.
Under the abovo raatr, VW oplalon ua8 mquedod a8 to uhether the 8tate Board of Contml8an exoauk an l a8ement oa a p o rtion of the atato’a land, ior the urpoao of eartruot 4 uld iur-to-merket road A6 you knou no one aan m8.L er the Itate a blading oontmot unlemr ho ha1 been authorized by the fsgislature to uooute the aoatraot. Them 18 noth: ln the rtatute whloh @ithaP exprordy or by lRpUwtion l UthoX@iuB or penaltr the 8tat8 Board of Cod841 to exoeuk an oarwnt to w one on any of the 8tate~ 8 land tar the purpose of havlag con&mated thereon a In the abeenoe of suoh a l tatuto, w m-ion farm-to-market- roa4. from the Legislature It la our o&Ion that the Itato Board of ‘ontrol doer not have any l dhorlty to ueeute the easement to the St8t.a of Tuu or to ror the purpose of having oomtrwt.4 thenon a fanu-to- K&yhoGty l *2 Vbrtunately tboLeslalaturetill6ooakiamuiae~~ to ltr attention, 10 that if the
the matter mhould k cad aerlrer to wafer that authority upaa tin Itate Hoara of co&r0 , T it may oMot8ppmplato1e#i8latioa.
~exooutloaof8n euemeat over bad ir oi a-, the aonveyanae of aa intereat la bad, aadthe 8ktoBonH ~~Coatroldoer aot ta e&way ta say me the laterertofthe have any authority Itat. inlead uaeptwhwe l utbrltythnforham booa8raatadWtho Lylrlatum. Approvea cplaion caamlttee E& 8/ mm chalman