*1 OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF~TEXAS

AUSTIN

aRovER SEIJSRS AIlDI”CI QD(cnAL

‘3 & Honorable Joe I). Br~wnlne, pace 2 : l&t Is 'road maint&anag or batternmnt *e?k*

“2. althin the pro,qiaiona'of the Apt? Otherwise

state4;would the work, say, to create a three lane highway Of *what formerly was a two lane highway be 'road mair,tenanoe or betterment world exempt from the requireffienta of the A&? :~ou.ld the work, my, to change the road rr0= an earth gra46a road to a surfaoed road be *rod malntenanoe or betterment work* exempt from the requirements of the Ao.t?

“3; mm2.a statutes, Art. 2368a, requires oom-

pttitive bidding~ror oondtructiti aa materials. i&y the. Comtdssioners* Court l&&t the bidding to..materials from a gartia;ilar loaallty by designating its geographical name, *BLankrilb ~Gravel*,~ormust th% &ravel or other material, not patented, be speoiiied by other charaoter- _. .fetice &o 8s to permit~blda on other like

lua'tsrials from other geo&raphioal &ocat.ion?*' : Be&Ion 19, Artlole 32718, V. L G. S., providea:

' 'After the first day or January, 1938, it shall ~~b~'&lawful ror th%s State, or.for any OS its polltloal ddloislons, for allg aaunty, dty, or'td+n,,t6 @a$age : ~.i@;the oonetruetionof eny'public rork~inrolving.pr&

ieesiona1 engineering;'rhere yublio.'bealth,"publio,-: ' - ~,;~ welfare or .publlo safety is invOlvea,, unless the"' engineering plane and speoifications ana eatbate have .been prepared by, and tha engineering 'oonstrua-. tiorfs tO.ba executed under the direct supervision .or a registerad pr0re8sionai anginasr; p333qiuea, that nothing inthis Aat shall be held t0 apglg to any publlo.wotik wherein the aentemplated expenditure for the aompleted projeot does not exceed Three Thousand(~3,000.00) Dollara. Provided, that this Aot ahall not apply t.0 any road aainteniinoe or betterment work undertaken by t&e County comrnls- sionera' Court."