**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**&norable 300**  **aoraon cowlty**  Attoroe~,thy ooclnty Pupa. Texu **,,** ;08 Jane 8, 19936, the r0ii0wikt4Order was ent***d In tb minute8 0r tha Commlaaloaen' Court:

 Kleatian**  held Yi&y14, 1@96, oanvra8ad an4 **ruulta** deolti to 7 8# f0110W8:
g@For the orsatlonaa6 Lsaorporati.on of the i&ray

Cotadz Wind Srooba Qoaurvatioa Dl~triot.

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he wetioa UA iaoerpor*t~a et the taral oopntl rind amMa Ooasorvrtioa DirtHathrticlu 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 prIvilegr8heroin oonfsrred a~tlauthorIw4 bJ Seotion 89, of Artlole XVI, of the con8titutfo~. r0r the purpow or oon6arvIngand 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** 

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eta., before such Dirtriotahall 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 

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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 authorityprchlbitlng tho lssuonooct 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** oertitiedoopy thereof be N**ooraod** as speoI?ical)j **aet out**  **in** tho **statuto in**  **order to**  **OCIQ** ploto 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 purpcsosot **our** answer, 

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Qne In the attemptoa orortlonof suoh Dlotrlot up to and lnolu8Ingthe entry on the **Connissloners*** **Court uinutss**  **of** tho **order** dOOloring **tho result**  at said 

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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 0cnsldoredarticle lbSaa-4, **Vornon*s** Annotated Civil **Statutes,** togothorwith Ito logIslstlve history aa aftoatlng#aid Artlolr USa-g, an8 rind DO reoscnwhy 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 

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to., **under** the terma of said Article lb5s4.

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

or Pclloy It grovidos that:

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l geaolor oreated,powers 

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otivltlao oontsmplatsdIn this i*ot for the o onsenatlon

of l oll and

water reaour~e~

und for

the ro&iotlon 05 pub110 6amage reoultlng iron failure to eonaerve suoh rutural rJsouroe8,shall be **supplo**
mentary and oompls:~ataryto the **work** of various river on4 othar authorltlesscu eatabllshedin the Stato and tc othor State offloero, ogonoIOs,and tlIstrIots l ngsrgod Is oloaoly nlatod pruJeot8,aad shall not be duplIaotlre thsroof **nor** ccn?lIotlngtherowlth.m6e ~180 oall your attentionto oubacctionC. 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+lmlonaOS 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 aonfllotwith 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.**