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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Hon. R. A. Hodgo

County Auditor

w1111ams0n county

Georg*tawn, TIxa6

Dear Sin

Opinion Re. o-so Rel Does thr la

of the Road

of your letter or noent~ date r*que hi8 department on the abov;e fstate4 quest

Red and Rriuge com- Cloenma Pea8 vvhioh iP(~s Conmen hil, bo- Preoinat 4008 the a Regular sen~ion or may it br lr@U dietributlon of tams en4 lioanae r I ehall be ~p2Wss4 to have row opia- The County Road an4 Bidgo Fund propsr iL 4mfve4 from two eouroa81 County taxeD and automobil regi6tretion fecm.

&on. IL A. Bodg~, Page &

AS for that portion of the County Road and Bridge mnd ccnsisting of aounty taxes, Artiole 6940, Reriaed Civil Statute8 , provides:

Vbe commissiunare* oourt ahall sea that the road r:rxl bridge fund of their county is ju4iaious- ly and er,uitebly expended on the roads and bridges of their county, and, aa nearly as the condition and the necaeolty of' the road8 will permit, it will be expended in eaah county aosmlesfoner~8 pmalhet in proportion to the mount oollaetad in auoh pra- Koney use4 in builalng pexmansnt roads cinct. ahall first be 1~34 only on iirat or seaand-ola8a roads, an4 on those which rhall hare the right of way turnlshad free of dolt to make am 8traight roab as Is praotloable and hariagthe qeateat bomas ‘orfwed by the altleons of money, labor 00 other property."

Dispwition of that portion of Od'ty Road aad Bridge IFun& consisting of autcmobila rsgirtratloa;.ioa8 $8 governed by Seotion 10 of Artiale 6698a, Vernon's'CIvil Aaao- tated Statutes, the pertinant proviefon of emld motion reads as follewnr

T!one of the mohl~a so plaeml to the aradit of the Road aail Rrldge Fund at a soimty shall be used to pay the salary or aclrpeamt~on of any County Jwlgs or County Cmb#i~a@r, but Or 6aid mrmimv oh811 be used for the aanstsuotion altd neiatehanao of bt8ral roads suoh aouaty under the supenlsioa of the County Angineas, If thmro ' be one, and f? there ir no mmh giltoer:, then'tha County Cozmisslonem* Coart ehall ha9a av&hority to tmmmfmd servioos of Di*l*ion ItngFnesr of the State Highway Dapartmtvnt for th?,pvirpo80 of rrupenlsing the acnstrnation md eumiyiag of latsral roads in their reopeotive oounties. All funds allooatsd to the oowltisr by the prcniaionr of thla kot (iirtloles 8658a-1 to 669Sa-14) vmy be used by the oouatlss in the payment of obligations, if any, lsaued an4 incurred in the aonetrustion or the improvement of all reada, inaludlng State Rlgh- ways of euoh aouatisa end oletriato thsmfbini or *3 Eon. Ii. A. BObgdB, Fags 8

ths improvaaent of the roads aomprleiag the County Eonad Systeull.~

Article B?)M, Vernon~~ Ciril &inotat*d Btatutaa, provl4sa eat:

*lVo aountp tax ahall, bi laviad axaopt at regular term of the mint, and when membora oi a&U oourt arq premnt.’ sSrL8, Vernoa*a Civil hmotatad

irtlole etduwa, read8 aa followaa Th8 rqular t8ma o? the eomlaaiono~#~

aoust shall be ao~~&onoad and ba hold at the @aurt kouae oa tha 88atmd !EonQar a? saoh month through- out the mar and my oontfaw in aaaaion ODO W&J prari4ed the smut nerd not hold mom than em a~+rfon aaoh qwrter ii the bwuinoaa 0r the aoort daea not %mkkd a aseaion. m aaaalon mar ad- jcmra at a4 ttu tile buai8msa 0r tha'oourt f8 diapoaad of. iQaoia1 torlp may ba aallad by oounty jmtgo OP thraa af the ~ooaelsaioaar8, aad rnr oontlntae in aoaaion urti1 lb buabena ~38 oom- plet&*

I T!ho ditiai#n Of the Rope ad Ebrit6. Fund ad tb

lufmobila Liaenae laaa uhioh ara plaoed th8 Baad ad &id&a Fund doe8 mt invol~s tha lm'giag at a tax by tha 8~~Iaalow~a* 6ourt, but Is merely a dlatribution of tax+a 5114 liaoaaa iaaL, Thaaa atatute8 do not reqtirs 'di~iaion and 41at+ibut¶oa~of 1,. tha Road and Erl4ge fua4 ta be mada a regialtir term 6f t&o !Phere~ore, you are respaathrll~ adviaa4 that It la e0w-t. opinion cf thla depertmnt that the dirlsion cf t~ho Fad and

EriAge Fua% as between the various oommisaiowra~ preainata r&g be dons either at a radular tsw cw a rpeaialtorr of the oourt.

Our opiaioa Ro. G-1091, airwsa~a the dlatributicm .or aouaty fund8 derived frum autcrrebih rq$istratioa toes.

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HOHe H. A. Elodees, Page 4

We are enaloefng herswlth a aopy of said @pinion for your In- foneetfan and convenience.

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