Case Information
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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
aml ihe aooaapany- . B. .orlandlex and an4 &I188 hula oi %xarr by rk puxpow8, orrraMlana6 nvllle,~Toxa8, rho e ~urohaes then- a6 denetlon on o? thl8 departgent in $:I. :~'~ Ii the abooo quertLon f8 anawsr- the negative, oan elthex the Texas p ,i. Board or urother agsnoy oiLthe pste State Ptykrr I:. Z~..' of Texas or the Btato Tmm lea&e aaid ptip~rbjr for ninety-nlno (991 yeare t6 a ~ooelly organized ;,;
oorpoxatlon or Board OS Tru8t00e.w
38 trable olenn Link, 'Pee e
Under thr authority of Artlolo 6070b, Vernon*a
Aauotated Qtil Statutes, the.Texua State Parka Boar4 ao- tha gift or lap4 on Deoembor 16, 1983; an4 dnoo oepted 192JS thlm area Qmmzlbed in s&Y deeds he8 been operated a8 a pu8lio pa*.
fhe 'peXa8 Park8'hrd i8 a &ate ageno~, in the of a quasi-publio oorporation, oroatod Id aaplo~wi
nature State iOr porpore of initlatfng a ~OYe!&Wit look- lng to the 08t6blbhWnt vwWal3y of a~ayatem OS Stat. o? th@ pooplo, 8OOU.FBd either by 60-
Park8 .ror the benoflt nation or purobmm, or e8tabli8hod on @J&J lan4 oWnad by the EtatO l ?#allable for 8UOh pUX&@8..' SW Aote~19Z5, 38th La., and 0. s. Ch. SS, PO SS, ) 31 Aot819S7, 45th Lo&, 8. 8.
No.~M9, 1 11 Artlole 6069, V.A.C.8.t 57 IBr. Jur., p.65; 11 Tim. Jur. ~68s q6S.
%lOSS 8psoifioailf authorirod by the Colutltu-
tioa"or StatUte#i auoh Stat6 agonoira have no power thority to oomey any of property aoqulred by them foi the pUrpo808 02 oarxying out, thr duties 4elegatoU td them.
Whoa authorlnob by statute to oomy rqoh gx!operty, they mgt it&" 8tl'iOt&+i manner.pro+Ued t@min. S7 ‘hr.
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Hhatorsr'pow~r or authority the 8tate Parka Boar4 ha8 t0 dfw088 Oi Uy Of it8 Qi'QWty d th0 -Or by WhiOh IRay bo oOIIY0J.d i8 Ue&‘iVOd fro8 ArtiOle 606t$ R.&S., the 8W ,88 amendad &t8 X939, 46th Leg., R.S., 8. B. Ro. 898, ( I, .p* 816.
~OOtiOii 1 Oi'tM8 Aot ma48 in part am r0ii0w “. . . "mhe 8&I &6rd. 8hrili OOiiOit dOMtiOM th8 gtato Of traota or land, large or 8mall,
to bd w&l by the S?Ma purpom ai pub- llo.pwks and/or monitional arear?, and. aaid Boar4 18 hsreby,.authori~crd to aoaapt $a~behel~ of ths Btats th&,!ltla to any such traot or traotcr of land. :. oi"$f title'to a elte has *3 Iionorabla Glenn Link, Page S
besam Ysrted In the State ?or park purpo8er
and 8ito $8 dSOmd qnauitablo @we State
Puk by the State'Puk8 Boar& . ., Boar4 henby authorlxs4 an4 ampowerod tramiar
tit10 to another 8tata Demrtmant inrtltu- it.mUSt d0 80 a tUO-third8-
tb&8 8tatUti. (II/S)'Yot. Of tMmmber8 Of the Bmrd, an4 pro- _ rldingthattho~lmlrmaao?tho BoarU8hall aigta ti ill8truPtWt8 6llthOria.d under thi8 ht,. AS . amended A0t8 lOSO, 46th Leg., p. 816.**(Under-
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80&w OWE) % objeot O? th@ Leglalature.5.n area&g ~~CbVikl8 Ar&ole 4040 -8,to direst the State hrkr Board OS title laXId rhluh i8 MIIuitablO ?Or park pUrjWjWai$;l~ ;I-, to 8UOh 3And t0 be &ttt$ to’ Other 8it U808. the Board und*r th18 8tatute to reoonroy &&ted lands to
th+ Uoaor, thor8o?~~wt, howover, be OXWO18.d in mtlfot oollir3iana8 with the.mtatute.
pphethor or not tbs State Parka B&4 ho the tit10 to. Mid 1ti8 into group Of known 8horlXy to T@V*8t popular 8Ub8OriptiOn OitiSU&8 rh0 Odu*OtOb a Sum O? money dth.uhioh 8al4 oltlsew pUZOha8Od the lu@m dworlbed
., in rubdttod 4ood8 arid 4onate~ @aid land to the atat0
?Or purpwm ,or whothor authority exlIWI to rOToat title to mame lntai looally organlxed oorporatlon or board of mU8t be ?Ound, anr, in pmtinhnt tTU8t.W ~rtla Of the rtatuto abovo underaoorotl.
It lr the opinion o? thla dep+rtment under the par- tioular faot 8ituatloa herein 808 out that the &it made by the twenty-?lyo oltizen8 or Stephenrllle, aora or lem, oon- 8tltute4 a land donetlon to the State p8rk purpose wlth- o? the 8tatute) au4 that thereion, a moon- In tha rwnlng toyan may be ma40 to ma14 4onora un4er tlm autborlty an4 manner provided lb the 8tatuto. i
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Hmorable 018nn Linlc, Pq8 4 .,..” Vndor olau8e of ArtIdle 6068,‘tuulerworod by
~8, ,w an of the Opinion that the Stat8 P8rk8 @am% ha8 the nquldto authority to brewfor title to tho 8614 4onrkt6d~ hIId to thi doaor8~thoroot In srdor to pemlt 8&d lea.to bo put to other WI8 ?dn the #ama 18 unnuitablo for &a* P-?-.8*
Itwoula?ollow thatbo0aume th8propo88&18oally
organlmd OOTpWabiOlh OT board of tXU8tW8 won no0 in ?a08 to 8al4 bodl.8 tW roti donor8 of %ho lnnd that raoomoymoe .rouldbe lmpmpirmd lllog& YOU2 ?bSt qU@8- boOOrdiZ@f, tlon mwt bo uuuorad. in the ae&atire.
We haY 0 OaZOfUlly OX8dMd th0 v6riOW 8868utm8.
under T&lo 103, R.WJ., &tlolw 6087 to 60810, lnolwlYo, V.A.O.&, tith 86?8nn88 to th8 pmer8 of the Stats park8 Board or other War subomllnate Stat8 ag8nolw.to dl8- pO8. or State lan48, and rind no Oxpr888 d8loeation Of l uthwlty 80 any Stat8 sgOhy to ha&J 8aib -8. Ill the baenoa of 8uoh authority your 8eoond quarrtlon mart bs an8noa-84 inth8 n8gatlt8.
Shoul4 the War4 in 188 juaepwnt deolaro 8dd 18nd un8u%tablr for park~purpcao8 and la th e l vOnt that a neon~eyam~ thwoo? th* orlglnal Qnor8 18 voted favor- ably, the 8tato Park8 Board 8hOuld nquln mob proof a8 will ooapl.tOlJ 86ti8ij it a8 to -8 Of dll QSmarU ralrln@ any 88n;liributlon projeot sod reoonveyonoo mid* it 8h0da bo to all 8uoh pormoak
Youn very truly FIRST ASSIS"AXT
ATTORNEY GEbTERAL
Che8ter &. 01118on