Case Information
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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Eonorablr xllliam C8ltla Mont~cmer~
Chalrmaa, Couslttrr 00 Count&r
Botlse or RIpnrrntatlrrr
Awtia, Tersr
opiaion request c4 reornt data a a* ro11olmt
t a oountt EM 0 or warrantr to a of oounty a&- 4 or a bullding baud ns otbr agenoisa tim ing thr iiatt6r nlth fou rrd Roproreatatlro wro uadrmtand that tN# btalldin~will be oft1008 af thr County Agent, &x0 Deffionrtra- tioa Agent, F.W.A. an& A.A.A.
In orderto lssw ralld bon48 to pay ior pub110 la- prorownt8 ttu LegZ8latWe met 8~oiZto~lly prorid thea%- .ror . The node outlimd by tho Logislaturo for the im18mO c& bonds must bo rtriatly followed. Thir pawoeltlor, ua8
Hooorable :‘lilll.an Calvin l;Ofltfjaiaerp, p3qO $8
establhshed by the case 0r :Zoburteon 1. imeal0ve, 61 Tex. 316, @nd h88 been CCfi5tIAntly followed. Strat- SuCO~lZeil eE$ ton T. Cocslisrlcners~ Court cf &xiey Co., 137 3. Yi. 1170; Lasater V. Lopes, 217 3. x. 37s: Xdarw v* CoGill, 146 3. ‘w”.
(Ed) 332. 0~ otatutorg autharit~ 50 have round 00 constitutiondl authorking the Issuanso ei bonds for tha purgose or bulldlng a building to house tb 0rri008 0r the various agents named la your rogueat. mr5r0i-5, is our opinion that bools can- it not be Issued ior tNs purpose.
The restriotloa stated in the above proposltlon, how-’ ever, ~does mat prevent a oounty from entarlEq Into contracte ror authoklsed pub110 laprovaments and isauln$ fion-negotiable / interest-bearing warrants in Fayzcent thetaior. Laaater v. Lopes, aupra Bzldsrs v* City 0r Lazqasas, 249 3. x. 1083~ suprar Adams v. MoG 11, i
The only proriolon in our statutes that we havoc been
able to rind that alght porrslbly give the Com&mIdnerar Court power to oonatrwt the typo bulldlrg you cientlon tn four re- questi 1.s seotlon 7 of Article fS51, Vernon’s Annotated ClvIl Statutas, whloh read8 as fcllow8:
* (300.7) shall provide and Icuep in re air zgm~ye, m and all neocasar~ rub1 o P Ilu .n
XowovQr, this depertment has held in OpInIoa Xumber O-19ba (a oopy or aaid opinion is enolosed herewIth) that a buildding the looal orfloes ot the A.A.A. end the County ko,ent hour 1s not neoeeeary pub110 bulldd?cg, within, the meanlog of3eo- tloa 9 or Artlala eSJ1 sad the Count+ Cozmlrsloners’ . Court has no oonetltut~ocal statutory autborit~ to employ oounty run48 for ereotloa of suoh a bullding. L
E!asIng our oonoluslons upon the reason8 set out la the eaaloaad opinion, we do not believe that the Cozaulsulon- l rs’ Court has authorltt to oonstruot an agrloultural bulld- *3 Ronorable Wlllti Calvin Uontgorrrrf, -66 d3
lag to houao the otfloes oi the County ;,sent, Eorze Camon- StratIOn AgOAt, F.W.A. and A.A.A. It n5oessarll~ r0liows countr does not hsve the authorltp to 155ce time warraatr ror such a puqoer.
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