Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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Honorable B. 9. Woh*
county Auditor
Oregg county Texan
~ongrisr, prooeeda of
e agalnrt thr remeAt fund. latter of hroh 6, ormy, JLr. Fred Srisman, in *hIoh our ed oa the folloulng pue8tloar
l Tour o plnlon a8 to SD188iO~W'8 O*B 18@11l obrnlted *quipEat a* sty lmgin8*rr and IIFA tlm oooiBruotlon of oounty thawrot oeire la pmen8 4% by TFA roheunl*r and pela our dS9Oti bO& 188UO -8')' 0t8, briotlf rtatea, at0 a8 roiiorrt *2 Bonorablr 8. 9. ifyoho, -Be fS
A8 a part of the oountp8 partlcip tion IA thla pro- jrot the oounty Ir to iUrA.lirh outaln traotorl, grader8 other ZnOOhaAiOOl 8QUl9EOAt.
Hather than rent thlr particular equipment from out- 8idO 1AdiVidU018 tht COUnty Oommpi88lOAO~8 9SO9088 t0 tak. available oounty rqufpment bought with the money from the roe6 cud bribe fund now u8td for road zaintonenaa and oon- atruotion acd place it on the airport projcot.
It I8 rurth%r proposed that the equipment taken from the county road and brldgr work and ured on airport ehould be 9ald for out of the ai~ort bond 188~0 fuurd, and 8uoh money 80 derived plaoed to the oredit of the road and brldgr, rund.
Xe think thnt unquertionably the prooeedr of the bonds oan bo ursd ror purporcr nsosrsarll~ Inalatnt to the oonatruo- the purpose for which the bormls were author- tlon at tha airport, ized end Eold. Meniis8tly then, ii mohlnary of the type own.6 by oountg ie dttermlced to be a8stntItl to the completion of the project, It8 rental or purohaat muld be a logal objeot- ire which the 'turds could be expended.
The utt of t 6ountpq8 road atohlntry for thir work would undoubtedly result in 8oEt deprsoIation by wear ard tear, rhioh lorr mmt l ?entually be born0 by the road and bridge fond, out or whlah fund alone such maohlnery am be puroharad. The a ralr oom- payment of rental for Itr cat mnt be co~rldertd penration for suoh wau and tear *I would rr8ult rrom the za- th18 >tWQO* t, en3 the ptpnt of aone from 4hiMS~‘S US* rQr I the bond prooerdr r0r it8 rental uould not, It our opln on, opera- a8 a transfer 0r oonatltutIonal fund8 vIolatAt or 8, at Coartltutlon, y3o;; ,‘, Artiola a8 ootmtmed in . %i~idH¶18, ga 3. w. bo4.
(a aopy of whloh [18] tnoloaed) the ait.! out In our 0 XBIlr, a8 9oIntod 88ionUr' hut CO Huzbtr O-8034, Inion ulth- 18 or hIrr out omnty road anohinerf authority to ltare to a oontreartor who bar takm a oontraot to build a within aountr, In th8 inotant Oa8@, oountf itself 18 *joint oon- tr8otof with tb8 wFA r0r tlm oonatrwtion 0r tha airport and
*’ - 455 HoAorable B. 8. Iyoho, page 63 8honld not hue lie. Thlr doe8 no$ l p p ou 8am8 inblbltion
to k a rental or hiring In the 80~8~1 oontrmplatob In 0pInloa .Rumber 04034, 8upra. to 01 thet the money to br ~0e0a ror the It oeaur8
u8e or ttm mohinrry atu8t bo oon8idued a reimburrrmat to thr road and bridge tuna moh 1088 a8 may be oooa8Ioned by rearon of QtproaiatIon through we of ruoh 6acbinerT for a not chargeable to raid tuna. 9urporr
ThoreSore, wo mo of the opinion that the bridge fund say br ooanpa~trd ror we of road maohIn8ry in th8 oonrtruotion d an ah-port. We brllero thir oonrtmo- fion of lour problm to be In hennoraaly with deolrlon fn Carroll v* XIllIams, 8upra.
Trurtlng that the foregolag ratlsfsotorlly answer8 your Inquiry, 10 am
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