OFI=~CEOF~E **A ’** **ITORNEY** OENEEALOFTEXAE **AUSTIN**

lionorablo

rii L. Shelton CountyAuditor Johnson County Cleburm,Texas .,

Dear-t
OplAlonNumbero-4574 Rel Is Johnson County eligible
ror partlolpation in the funda intheRoadBond AssumptionAat,.

under the facte eubmStted?

date We are in receipt of your opinion requeet of recent and quota from rour letter as follora:: wHouse Bill N0.'-6~.Aota of the First Called Seseion or the 47th Legislatum, page 2, chapter. 2, Seotlon 1, reads,+ga* a8 followsr, '. ,"
e @Aud itla hereby dstemlned that the further provisions of this,Abtoonetitute **fair,** just and. equ$table oo.mpen!mtion, repamat,:and reimburdement to aazld

~oountieu

and dofined dlstrlots and for their aid and aatilstauoe to the **State** in the oonstruotlonof State Highway8 and,for the ocnBtruotionof no/d road8 rhioh are anolllar to but do not oonstitute a part of ea32-%& of' State Highway8 and'

### ful.4discharges the legally implied obllgatloua of the State to compensate, repay, aud reinrbureethe aggenoles of the Stateior expenaee incurred at the iustauoe and ~olicltatlon of the State, aa well ai for empsnses.luourred **for** the benefit of the Stats, and fully dischargeethe &ate's legally implied obligation

. to suoh cOutMef# and defined road diatricte to provide additional funds for the tither oouatruotion of roads not designatedae a part of the State Highway System.*HonorableR. s. Sheltonipage @

*From the rsadjmg of the foregoing It oeoure toma that a countywould be entitled to partioipation to th8 extent that ithad expended Road Bond aimmy on **roada** Iead.%ng into State 

### Highwayr. Joh~on.aouuty, from it8 County tid8 

### roadbond8 

### expended11m of it8bondnoneyonroad818adlng lute designat8d State Highway8 but lt hs never 

### roo8ivadany partloipatlonto the mount OS auoh moluy **eqmadodr**

*To the OXteAt that auohmomy that - 8X&?end8d
on the88 Seeder or supply road8 56 it eligible SW partlolpation in the Road Bond Amumption Aatt m Deoember X8, 1941, aoting on the literalwording OS **the Aat**  and 

### not OA any 

### oemned intention6 OS Thor I,egielature,

I tiled a olaim dth the Board of County and Distrlat Road Indebtedrmar for partloipatlon **and** thus **far** theyhav8 not aoted OA it s myray.

"1 uould ap~eclots your opinion a8 to the ellgibility 8-M ju&nsas of my olti for partiolpation.m

Reply&~ to the rw8g0fng you al-8 respeetiully **advised** that Johuson County ie not entitled to participation in the County and Road Distriot XLghmay l+uudLSor road bond money ex**pended** on th8 oonstrwtion OS r8ada leading into a desigxmted Stat8 Highway.: Buoh~roadLkre by th8 defialtion OOAt.¶iA8d In * the

### Aot d88@mted a6~~laterUroad8, and eligible obllgatlon8,
as defined in Seotion 2 bf”the~Aot~abov8 **reSsrr8d to,**  **means** obligationa theprooeeds oS,which uere'actually8xpended on deaigmted hlgh~ays,~pnd all road8 whiuh prior to Jmuary 2, ,lQU# had not beoame 8 part of th8 Syet8m of State deaigmted hlghmya are defined aa wlateral roads'.

The.reSerenoe in Seotion 1 of House Bill #6, which you **quoted** IA your lettsr, 

### lnwhloh it la statedthatRthefurther provlalons of this **Aot** oonstltute Sair,:,~Just and equitabJ.a

oompetiation,,repagrment and 

### reimbursement

of saidoountlesand defk!mErda& 

### dirtrletsand for. theira&dand aaaletulceto the

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State in the constructionof State Rlghwaym and for the. oonatruetion of aaid roads whioh are anolllary to but do not conatltutea part of said Ilytteai of State Highways and Sully diachargeathe legally implied obligatlonm of the State, 8tO.e has l'8Sel'8AO8,tO the **prOVi8bA** oontained in chapter G,tith reference to the "LateralRoad Aeoount?, zvhidadeala with the dietplbutlonOS the~mrplue~ remaining in eaid fun&after the BoPrd hae paid off and **dieoharged** all eligible'obl%gation& 'Youwill note.that the LeglolatUre has provided'smethod of dlatrlbuting this 13urplUs fund to the counties and road districta, and, has also de; temnlnedhowthla ~money shall be expended by the oouaties and road dlatricts; and a;aon&other'things,,Chapter6 contains the Sollowingprovision;

9unds remaining 3.l1 the Lateral Road Fund of any oountg after thepayment ,oSsaid right-of-way~obligatlons ahallbe tieed by the hounty’.Sor paying the mturiUg principal,'intereet-and'alnklng:~fnad,~reqUimment duepy,the county in that: Slsoalyear on bonds, warriuatsor:other e~ldenoes.oS~ iadebtednesa~ which were legally $ssued,by maoh.oo~ty or road districts prior to Jarmargi.2,:1939, .theproOe8ds of Which,Wm8 aottily expended'in the conatruot~on or tipl?OVeIU8At

Of lC+eral oO*!y,poads".
Evidently the LeglPrlatuz+e i&ended tb di&charge **what**
ever legally tiplied o~ligatioz&oS:the.State~to oompensate
the oowT&iss and road.districta :Sor~?anolllary~ roads by the dlstributlon of this eurpl~s Sian&and authorizing tilecounti to apply a portion of same to the :paymentof obligations outstanding, th8proceeds of which wereuaod to construct lateral roada.

very trU1y yours
ATTORHJTXGRIiE3AL OF TRXAS

Assistant