OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

&norable 300 aoraon 

cowlty Attoroe~, thy ooclnty 

Pupa. Texu 

,, 

; 
08 Jane 8, 19936, the r0ii0wikt4 Order was ent***d In 

tb minute8 0r tha Commlaaloaen' Court: 

**Kleatian held Yi&y 14, 1@96, oanvra8ad 

an4 ruulta deolti to 7 8# f0110W8: 

g@For the orsatlon aa6 Lsaorporati.on of 

the i&ray Cotadz Wind Srooba Qoaurvatioa 

Dl~triot. 

**SSC Vote0 

""~db&.nathe wetioa UA iaoerpor*t~a 

et the taral oopntl rind amMa Ooasorvrtioa 

DirtHat 
hrticlu 163e-&, Vernon's 6nnotrtted CIVIL ;titatutae, 

in regard to the canva@a of returns and order deolrlrlne ererltlon 

0r wind iiroelon Dlstriotl providea ua iollowclr 

“YQO. 3. When tho returne of the eleotion 

mntlcnob in Sex~lon 8 huve boon oantamod by the 

C~mtda.d.oner~ Court, tho nrult or euoh electIon 

ahell by order entered on the Mlnutea 

oioaiwl and Ineorpcwatad dth all rI&tlr, 

authority cod prIvilegr8 heroin oonfsrred a~tl authorIw4 bJ Seotion 89, of Artlole XVI, of the 

con8titutfo~. r0r the purpow or oon6arvIng and reolaw the 803.1 In l uah DistrIat.w 

oura) 

(Unaersaorlng 

Sal4 artlalo eeoee to be Imperative In mob provialona 

requiring that an order of the Countr Jud&e drolvring suob Oletrlct 

aroatod and inaorporstd bo imao ciad l nt( lr d, eta., before such 

Dirtriot ahall k deem& lo@lly areated and Inoorporatad, ata. 

If l uoh an or&r, aa oontompiatod by th atatote, warn 

Ln toot a&a of lamed bf tha County 3a6gr and ha id14 to eator 

mm, em roqulred b$ thlr l tatato, than, in that 8vent, w 1.e no 

reaaon why 8ue ahou.Ld not now or hcroaftor ba anton& *MO pro 

tuna In tha Ylwtea or the Comatiaionon* aourt, and a seztlrfea 

BODY thereof antord In the Doed &Word8 of the Countr, Thla 

gr&aun itl regsird to looal 09t103 prohibition eleotiona ,la approval ln thr iollowiq o(~maz la3 s. w. (aa) 

614; Yoavor t. 8t4t0, 1SS 8. r we l&nit 

tb amllaatlon or l uoh oaae~ it to onter a 

nun0 ii-0 tan0 judwnt orordor only. It iotiii im taken, 

tin .oroatfoa and Inoorporatlbn of l uoh Dlatriot shall data from 

tbo tlnw ot tha aotunl entry ot the oerti?io& oopy in the De& 

RoooZda, and not data back to the ieautmoe of the order. 
Iicwevur, it no rush order was over made. wo kucw 

ot no authority prchlbitlng tho lssuonoo ct one ot this tlW 

by the present Ccuntl Jutlge, brsoa on tho duly entoroa order 

deoltmlng the rosulta of the elootlon. 

In elthor of the two nsxt abcvo sot out Instaaoeo, 

auoh or&or met be enterud and a oertitied oopy thereof be Nooraod as speoI?ical)j aet out in tho statuto in order to OCIQploto the legal oroetlon an4 lnocrp0ratIon of ouch District. 

It Is to bs untlarstood thrrt we are not,here passing 

upon the legality OS your elaotlon, but we are assuming, for the 

purpcsos ot our answer, th a l t vo r y tU.n Qne g In the attemptoa 

orortlon of suoh Dlotrlot up to and lnolu8Ing the entry on the 

Connissloners* Court uinutss of tho order dOOloring tho result 

at said l leotlon, was regular an4 acoordlng tc law. 

yle trust ttm above satls?aotcrIl~ answers your queatlon as tc the aroatlorr a? a Wlad i3rcsIon Conservation Dietriot. 

In wgard to your qusstloa dolt torming a 9011 CcnSenatlcn Mstrlot, we have Oantolly 0cnsldored article lbSaa-4, 

Vornon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, togothor with Ito logIslstlve 

history aa aftoatlng #aid Artlolr USa-g, an8 rind DO reoscn why 

the lmd4WnOra of yosr oooat~, prsvidiag the State 5011 Conservation Board find8 it 4esirabls anA neoesaary, ooul4 not form such 

a Dlatrlot atter a lads1 l lootIsn, l to., under the terma of said 

Article lb5s4. 

In this eonsmotIon, ua oall mar l ttubtlon to subl 80tion (b) ot SeOtIos Ic 0t uld Art1010 liNa4, whom a8 a 

Doolaratlon or Pclloy It grovidos that: 

ì* L l the lgeaolor oreated, powers o o nter r ed 

and the l otivltlao oontsmplatsd In this i*ot for the 

o o nsena tlo on f l o ll a nd water r ea o ur ~eund ~ for the 

ro&iotlon 05 pub110 6amage reoultlng iron failure 

to eonaerve suoh rutural rJsouroe8, shall be supplomentary and oompls:~atary to the work of various river 

on4 othar authorltles scu eatabllshed in the Stato and 

tc othor State offloero, ogonoIOs, and tlIstrIots l ngsrgod 

Is oloaoly nlatod pruJeot8, aad shall not be duplIaotlre 

thsroof nor ccn?lIotlng therowlth.m 
6e ~180 oall your attention to oubacction C. of 

iiec. 5 of &bum3 3lll x0. 444, .4ote of the 47th Lc&ieltit.ure, 

ikqp.11~~ ;leeaio~,(~~nding the Aat of the 46th Zeglslature 

euthorizlng much 6oil Coneerwtlon Dietrlets) on p.:ce 511, 

whioh stste8 al) followar 

"Thi8 net &hall Uot 1x1 anplea affect, lmpair, nor lapin@ upon the pro+lmlona OS Rouse 

Bill Ho. 978, not. bt the tQ#ulat Sea&ion of the 

Forty-fourth Legislature, under which Wind Erosion 

Conuenation Dirtri~btr have boon areatab or may 

hrmftar be arwtW!, but tha 8um ir, expresalr 

praaonrd in aacfMaaoe with the term thereof; the 

Atate doll Gonnnatlon Board ahall hare authority, 

worzing alth th& gotemin$ bo6l.a of the Wind bvelan Consmotlon Di8triot8, to put lnto operation 

in eaid Sin6 Gsoaion Cotmonrrtion Districts such 

gro~isiosxs or thl8 at.rs ema not in aonfllot with 

the prar~.oioim of Houe6 Bill Ho. 978, Aota of the 

Its&&,2 hfJ8iOJl Of the ]POrty-fourth &&JilrletUre." 

UL:LP 

Your6 tory ally 

Robert i.. LattiPore. Jr.