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*1 OFFICE Or THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
on reo*lYed ma oare- uote fro14 your requerb have the ant
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e bwm mm% in sttlu11~1 a8 mot up the 1$&l Bud@, soulb them revingr remaining per% of 1941 to meet the expe~1~08 11, 3941, *ith CoulitJ entered into an ha State Degjlrrtsent of Fublio Selfare, a ettaohed hereto. This agreement makea no mention of adUitloka1 ow3e workbre CIP equipment and ruppllea ior them. The bud&et far smith UQunty for the Pear war not ado ted until Sept. 22, 196 This would hara plrsa befare the cv omisaimers* Court thm ~ment and bhe letta fro33 the Wrlfarfi D* rt5entj (Copy att*oBed) of Wnderstandi~* before they adopted the budgot for 194 . Xi &oh itea8 can be ip” added to bu&get rt will, then it sboDDb but little bud%*t oontrol really exitis." *2 @a. 8. ‘2. Walters, pegye 2
&adrt the holding of opinion #o. O-3962 (l,imit~& this '2epnrbtent, B OQ9f Qf whleh ir 4nOlOard
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hnewith, it is our opinion thdlt the oomi6aionera*~Qourt hae 1p0 emplot the ease wcWcer8 deaoribed in your letter and ha a 8Q l utih4wlty to purohase eqaipmpnr%nt or aup;l?liea Yinoe the Oo~iseioners* oourt haa for ruab da80 wiid*m. AQ aathorfty tQ pe'~:Qu%6OUty tuada far suoh itema it beomsa m,aterlal aa to nhcitham Or not eUOh Items were Qr were not l@ludad in the original buds&b.
I T4xaa ClYil +\rtiole Fdotlon 1 of StaQutna, rssde follonr [28] 2372~2, Vernon*a Amotsted
Tha 8bove quoted l stiole olrerly authorieea the to erpenQ oounty funda for the rental of
oemalaaion4ra*~:.~rt o?floe ~paod.~O~Ohe Old A&e Aeal~tanoe Camulaakm. Th4 8mouut of .Oftioe apGi~‘wnl eaount of rental to be paid therefor are Oxearly anttiers tc be dstarmln& by the wea1aelonexe* court in their eognd dlsorstioa,
is quote from Artiole 6b9a-U, Vernon*6 Amotslt& T4X48 Civil &tctUt44, 4S iQuO-84;
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-. . . ?+hen thrt budget has beera fimll~ spproroU by the Cmafsefonersl Court.~tne budget, a4 appro?ed by the Court shell b6 tiled with the Clerk CQUtlt]r Court, of Lyle tax44 lerled ,oaly in 88oQrQaAOe themwith, 4114 110 erpennditnra Qf thr iunda of th+ bctmtg 4hs.U th+esftsr bs .zado except In atrlot aompllamoe with the budget 48 edo;:teQ by the Corrr%. moept tb4t 4mwg4noy expenditureal j.n 6486 of gr'Jv0 publlo neQeBsitg, to meet ualiaael end *3 gm. B. T. xaltas, ~464~3 3
WJforetseen oonditions whioh oould not, by reasonably dilf~ent thou&t and attention, have been inolud8d In the original budget, amy frown time to time be authorlaed by the Court a6 amendniexite to tze original budget. . . .* A&..~o what oonstitutss "grave publlo'neoesslty* ae that t&x is used in &tiole 6894-11, supra, dependa upan the facts in eaoh @as4 and is 4 question printarfly to be paaeed on by the ooimirsioners' oourt. See op:nion No. O-1053 or thi0 Department.
No. C-1022 ei this Departamnt holds that
Opinion
the oaaaisaioners~ dourt may leplly -ploy a oounty holae demonstration agant and pay her a salary for the remaining five mouthr or 1999, won th4u@ no provision was.nadr for the,,ruPployment or mmh agent, nor w4re thaw any rutid0 set aal& ror the purpotie fn the Otiinty budget for the year 1939, ii the mm8 w4a a 0480 or *grave publfc A0084aity, tamed unusual and unforesem omdlflonr whloh aould not, by rearonibly thought and AttOAtiOA ha+@ been inoludsd fn the origiital dili@mt that the dSte~dlWltiOA of this tact iwue ba&get,” end ass fb, oommi88ionere* oourfi.
T&s mnmmr to your ,quertion a8 to whether tha eomde- e&onura~ oourt has 00 ~qx~~~d oauntf Sunds fear additional ofrio spa08 and rental ror tha+jlQ Age Asslstanos Commlrrioa till depend upon whether or not #amo is a oase of *gave publlo neaesaity, to meet uaasual aml unYFore%ern oonditloA8 whloh oould not, by reasonably diligent thmght and attautlon have been inoludeb in the original budgab.* ia the provinoe of the It ounmlssioner0* aourt Uetermins th&&Ot qU8stiOL
Very truly yours