*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

/ Honorable G. Roan4 George County irttorneg goart Band County

Riohmond, Texas

Dear Sir:

lowrr I Oourt "Does the Cosmlesi

Uountr hew euthority omobilee for the use of coTmisafon4rs

oial buaioass?N

oi tkm opinion that the Corn- ting under the Oensral Road ut in Title 44, Vol. I, of mpowered or authorized to buy r the aounty ta be used by rmanw of their dutti38 ~8 COUntp oper%te uk:er agaoial for a mor4 detailed In ati lnetanaes these zzminteaance of road4 in Such count,ies. speoial road lewe provide for the purchrtwe czd >eyment of various k',nds of aqui;.ment, fneLudirE: pick-ups, ato. 1% ia our understnodlng t&t your county operate6 under the GaUiPr~l maw, and th.e General Law umkes no ;~ovisioq for the paynwmt of aacounte or erpnses incurred b,y aoannisslonera arhiie ual~g their own private outomobl~les in oonneation wit.3 their budiwes *2 Ron. Gee. C. Rome, Zsge P

l;~ OOWI~~ COL+DX&Z~O~QX, nor does it *&Q any prwlhon~.~iOCr the ~urohase of autombil~s or pick-ups for the county, to SC ~33~5 by the ccsmty coxnlssioners in the conduct of their office.

48 you state tbit you hme a oopy of our OpMon

1J0. O-752, we ~332 siot senbiw you a copy of Ban@.

Tm.sti!q that this 8atisfaOtOrily rm~rB y0Ur

inquiry, we %?a3