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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Do*r 8ir1 OPiniOA HO. O-7338 

Ret Whether tha Upper colormlo 

WI rolaiovledgo your 

rOqUerting a legal OpiniOA Of 

rerdlog 8B follov8: 

"The Upper Colondo 

vhathor or AOt 

thority la rubjeot 

cribed by Article8 

ot8ted Civil atatute8 

32 of the 8trtuter 18 l part of Chapter 1, 

l T8 l'Og918tillg V8t.F. 'fhi8 U'tiOlO f1X.8 

be ohargod end oollootod by the Board of 

Wlter &A&AOW8 ior the b@Adit of the 8t8t8 in rerpeot to 

l p p liO8tiOA8 8Ad pOrrrit8 ti iAOidOAt81 MttOr8 p.l't~ini~ 

t0 tb iBpOundiJl& 8tOPiaq, UIb& 8011i43 ud othrrvira 

l pproprlatlng the pub110 rator8 or tb at&o. Artlole 7497 

18 a180 l p ut ot Ch8pter 1, title m, r.qUifirrg the MTAeAt Or 8 0&8io rOS UpOn the fiiinc; Of a V8tOr l pp?OpPiatiOII 

l pplloatlon. Art1010 7533 Or the 8UO Ch8ptW pIWidO8 that 

the80 ch@~rg88 vhen oollboted 8h11 bo dOpO8it.d in the 8t8tr 

Tre88uk-y to th8 orodlt 0r the Oeneral R~VOAU~. 
539 

Thb ideIktl8ti quO881- rlth re8peCt CO the fee8 

la quertlolr 8Ubltted herain by the Upper Oolorwio mver 

Autho?ityn8 prue8ted tothlr departwatb~ the Lwer 

0olorudo Alter Authorlt~ in the yur 1940. Attome 

~lBlo11 lo. O-4304, 0 oopy of vhloh ia eW108.4 i 

oenerel 

ho cc1 

that Artdale 753P, f. A. 0. E., 18 Aot .pplle.bie to the 

Lmer Oolemlo River Autkma%t~ ud tb8t the knthorlt~ b8 no 

power to ex.peAe it8 fuml in the pay-at to the Boara Of Meter 

wiMer8 fOP 800Otilbd Petit8, 188M.6 Or t0 b 188U.d t0 it. 

The rb8 pqU8At roquird w&r ArtlOle 7497 b eing l r8tor 

pemlt fee, rlmllw ¶.A ahwater to there required uwlor 

Article 7532, the abwe aud#ered OplAloA 18 oontrelll8& 

Bouse Bill 80. 77, pa8red 8t the Regular 888810~ 

of the 44th Leglrlrture, cruta the Upper ~olomdo ltlror 

Authorltr, OOBtd.IU 8UbrtUItl8ny lf POt id8AtiOa~, the I)- 

h-0 l 8 8caete Bill lo. 0 p88d at the P0urt.h 0dl.d 

8C88loll, 43rd ~(ri8~htl'b, orebtlng the Lov8r colorrdo River 

Authority. UnQrr the Act oreat* tb Upper Oolorado River 

hlthority it 18 dsCl4rrd t0 be 8 gOVel%WAtil 8&@ACy Uld body 

politla and OOllgonte" vith the poverr of gOlleZWeAt 8d rlth 

the ëeUthO?iVJ t0 l Xe~Cl8e the rlghtr, priYil8g88, Md !'WCtiOne 

h8rdMft8r 8p8Oiribd'. 800 v8rnOA'8 bAUot8ted Ctvit 8totUte8, 

Tlitle l~8, Chapter 8 p. 618, 8ec. e, rubdlvlrlan (a) to (J), 

inC1U81Ve. 

m DOWOr thU8 OOAfO?l'bd UPOA the UPPOP COlOndO 

River AuthorlL~ are broad urd uple~ aothfag em be ad68d thereto or 18 l 0quina by the permit of the b08rd 0r Voter mlneer8. 

Thb re88OA8 &Jd COBO1U81W 8et OUt iA Attorney 

O6lkeX'@1'8 Opi.MOn lo. o-4304, Ve bellove, 8FO rqrUlly l Pp1108- 

ble for th8 purD08er of thl8 09lnlOn m l m Adopted herelor. 

It 18, th@nrOF@, OW OpinlOA th8t &tic108 r>)2 @M 749-f al'@ 

not applicable to the Upper Colorndo River Autbmlty, and the 

Authority h8 m Do vetr o l xpeJaA it8 fundr la th8 pqaeAt to 

the m8rd 0r Uater sagin08r8 r0r 80-OOud prrrltr 188oea or 

to be 1@8Ued to it! t&t E-80 Bill n, 1. 8., 44th I.&g., 

CrUtiry the Upper Colorado River AUthOrity, h8 AOCO88Ol’tly 

8Up@r8&d thb pWbXi8tbg 8tatUtb \mdOr VhiOh the mrb Or 

VatOr ~Ur8 18BU.8 it8 pndt8 id 80 t8P I8 the UP-r 
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540 

ud tmror ~olomdo Rlvar Arathmltlor are aaaoenmI. 

Tmmtiry that the abow utlrrclotorlly l wern 

four lnqulry, ve reml~ 

four8 very truly 

ATTOIWXf OEUEMI, O? TEXM 

Oheoter B. 01118on 

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