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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **GROVERSELLERS Arrorl~u**  **GENERAL**

Eo~orablo Sruce L, Parker Couty Attorney Gray County Punpa, Texas Dear Sir: o?iniGil NO, O-7099
Re: Condemnationof

**Of CfX**  **’ tdJl**  in Grcy County.

That the Engine has surveyed th have been fuzni the countg In PL??-

Spoclficzlly,

you rront

to know -way usin& the procedureof Artiunder sutnorlt~ of Article 667&n, g the procodllre

of Article 6703,

ation of the submittedcopy of tineAgreen the Gray County Ccmuisslonerss Court HIghway Commissionrevetis, In siiDstance, the following:

?&ereas, S. B. IJo. 3k8, 48th Leg., Acts 193, provides the State Highway Commissionis authorizedtoEonorableBrucre L. Parker, page 2

Ua3lp2te my countyrosU In the State 0s 0 fem-ton&act rood for pllrgoserr Gf CO~SblCtiGil, in accordcknce with the provisl~nstheroof; I?bcrezs Grq County socks to have it& road fron Almroccl to X. 7.7 miles towed Lefors doslgnnated by tha Comuiosilon cs o fom-to-m&et, rood token over for construction; vhercas +& county ha.s wived all rlChts It has for pmticipiztion by the State in po.yEont

of my county o~ldoncea of ir,dabtednew incurred In tho .constructlon of such c~ounty rocd; vhorens the TaxNil&w~y Camlsnion is ci,“soz3le z.nd villing to design&o ouch rood m a farm-to-mrkot rood and to constructend to m%lntsAn sme at the sole cost and expense of the Stati conditionedupon full conp~irsce by the County tit& the ra~uironaotsof S. B, 30. 348:

"For 8nd in connidoratiGnOf the coveDo.nts,a,weemats, and waiversherein conttined to be mutually kept md performed It is und.eratood end &greedby md betwaan the paxties .haretor
"RESPOXSXBILfTY

OF TEZ COUXTY;
"1. That the County has passed and entered of racord in its offlclaJminutes in Voluw E3o. 6, page 33, the folloving order:

countyy; "BR IT ORl?EZDby the'Comissionar&@ Court of Gray County thr?t

Ekeman ldhlta,

Couzty.Judsecf Gray County;
**bo** and fia **13** hereby authorizedto eatw into end execute for cad 03 beho.lf of Gwy Counq zm c~roemnt with the Stata of Tcxcxes::Wherain Grw County will o=ee to wsivo **bo** and fia **13** hereby authorizedto eatw into end execute for cad 03 beho.lf of Gray Counq zm c~roemnt with the Stata of Tcxcxes:.'Whhcrain Gw County will o=ee to wsivo md rolinqulshcng acid 6&l-rights-Gmy Cobty o.nd/orrood Uietrict h&s or my have for po.rticiphtLon by t2e Steto in the pnyxont of cng~Couz?~y End/or ro3i districtbends, t:orrmt3, or fi*b,er auldewes of iniebtec?nes:: incurredby Gxy County ma/or rood dl.ztrict in the constructLo>, recon%ructioa,or winteac.ma of the county roti Proa XLmrccd to Earth 7i7 !nlles **tCWSd tifGX3**  **UpCn COEc?its?.Oll**  the Ei&wy Comainslon of %?e%xlzs will dcsi~n+a such rocd as c farm-to-market road as contemplated by S. D. ho. 348, Acts of the Forty-ESChthLaG:islatwe,1343, crld comtmct, rOConstS'uct,

ma/or molntain the 822x3 at the s&e cost &xd expense of the Stat0 Bs a pert of the deslggmtedhighhuoy

**)I**

**. .**  **.**BaorobleBruce L. P~rkor,Poe 3

: syoton of Texas; that the dcni(gsotion of tho rocd by the IIl~~wq CozzLaalonoh&l1 novor i'orn tho basis of a oleim for partioip&lon by LIo State In ths paymnt of any CounQy end/or road districtbonds, wrrmts, or other evidences a? lndobtedneasagsinat said road; to e;;roe to rmove or a.bnte am and al3 encroochmxts or oacumbrancooon said reed or rl&%-of-my at tko Sole cxpcneo or" tho Conntg boforo it3 clcaifmetion by the El~hvev Com=aLaslon, and to Purthar agree to obteln st its exaense any now or additionoIL r&-U-of-mu on location approvohby the- State Siip$v~y

CngixzooF et my - time the bsm3 shouldbe considered~oce~3ax7 or dctlrablo to the proger n&Lntcnznce,constructionor rcconotruction of aaid roti EB I part of the St.&a system; to ~;g~e.e to la- &mnify and savehrrmleas thy StGc from all cla.lma, demands, ECtiOI28 OX C&U328 Of &CtLOn3 &Z'iSiZ2~ fZ'O;n OI' ~OVinS Out Of
or dar.:c.p

to property resulting In er;g mannar from the eonstrwtion or nc.ln~kx?nce of ouch ro@ oithor prlor to or after *ho dssip~tion of 8~2.1 reed ~3 a highway,vhlch hzvve rzccrued

or nn?y accrue prior to the tke suohhi&xx Is reconstructedby the Qtota. In comldoration or t;Uch agcsermts, vcdroro,ax2d covenants on the part oz" the County, the State ah:nrll

cyxca to doni,~nc,te the county rood Srom hlonmod to ::orth~~e8 tommd Lof'Gx3 ,tis u f'wm-to-na~233t road rsfl to conetrid, reconstruct,&d/or mtintzin the a3me at thg sole ooat and expanse of the State cs a port of tho system of~designctcd bfgl2vzp of Texas GS contemplatedand act forth in Chqtor 1, Title ~16, en& Chapter 126, General LQVS of the Iierg.&u~ Secssi~n

of the Thlrtg-Xinth L~~isl~tuxi3 aad Qiindmeatst3lomto. ,I

.., “2. That the Co&y agree13 to i?.nd does hereby VESVS und reli-,quish

any axl sill

claims it ha8 or ncq hkve for jJwticipat.tion

by the St3te in the pa.372er.t of any end e2.l County end/or road dintrlctbonda, varxnta, or cthor evidences of lndobtednesaoutatcndfng8Cainst such rozd for the conotructlonox l~~~~o~exait 02 the road borore bei= designatedw a D.rm-to-mzz3x& rozd **by tlx**  Stke **IiiLglwr;y** Ccmii8sioa ~229 furthor, that the desiCnetionof tie roti 'LFJ the Iii&J&~ COiEd33iOL3 3htil ECVCX fOi?il tkB bGSi3 Of CL ciaim fox the particlgitioz by the stati in the p2.JTznt OS any County or road districtbonds, w2rxwta or other cvidenccs of Pidcbtedneasaggainat s&d rood.,g~n~xam3 kwuce L. Pzrkor, p-e 4Eonorable Druoe L. Poker, poil;e 5

rotd in cousldorotion of tk& county md/or roti distpiot rolinquichlc~any cad all claim for strte pdxticlpation in o.i?g county, road ctlstrlct, cr dcflmd roa districtbonds, VCrrtits, or cthor evldeccos of indabtodnessoutstcntiicg ~~nilnst

such rod for the cc notructionor im~rovextnt of the road before beiq deslgnatcdby the 3t&ta IX&way ConniBSiO0. "30c. 2. It is hereby doclar6d to be tix policy of the stats that the nsou!ptlonby the ctcto of the oblfc~- tion to comtruct md mintoin such road8 dc3ignct;od b;r the Stat0 M.$~ray Comiosfon &s fozx-to-nzrket roads ucder t&I3 provicionr:

of Ltls Act constifcteeftCL3 and cornplate oompcnsotionfor any al:a c;L3 fvr.ds th~;l;at ti*t huv0 bc~n eqendcd bg ong couotr,roGd bioti?ict, or &flnod rccii

district in the construot~on nnd tiintonGnc,co

of m2d rocd prier to its doelgxation by t&33 Ytate Eighty Commission as a fwwto-m~dx2t roe&. “S0c. 3. This3

hct shail be eumu3ativoof all other lcvs on thf;3113

subject,but in the wont of a conflict 'bstwcon the provisions of t&is Act and any otherAct on this oubjoct tho provinionsof this hct shall prevail. Acts 5943, 46th Leg., p. 565, ch. 244.
“ax. 4. The fnet that county ro@s have boen conatrucL*d In c~tnin cortntios on ~itich

there ie outetcxding indobtcdncssfor tho constructionof s&id ??otis, cad the count&s in \?hich such rocda have been constructed we not eqtipiSTd to W%ntain "the roads duo to priorities &id lack of oqtixz~~nt; t~?d the fUrtho2 f@ct 'that110icss such roti am t&en over w fho stat0 tixy till 3ooc de"toriorute

and the p'dbblic

8% V&l A3 the cOU?tio3will lose the ~onog whichhas beon 8pznt ir. coxL%uctixg such r00f33; w.a the fdat?r fact tat th$ cro~-C.cil ccotiticxi

of Lb3 och3ndc;r

of the two lloucoo

0, +-the Le~ielc.tu-0 crsates M cmrgoncy ad irz~rrtivsgub3.I.c nccossity that the Constitutionaliiula Frovidingbills to be FG& on tlxee saveral.

dap In each Hocoo be and the ~izo is herob~ suspenaod, end th&t t”,ls Act shell-takeeffect and -noin force frm ar,d

after its pass&p, ad it is SO enacted."the Ctato in payment of oounty ic&ebtodnctxs on the road, bond

assumption

matters, or llabilltlesof the partlea thereto. Tha Azrcencnt,simply stated, la one rrherela the State ~lghwayCom333lon qrccs to dosiSnat.te tho county rocd from Alanreedto 8. 7.7 miles toward Lefors as a form-to-moxbt rocd for the p~~~posos 

### ad in aocordancowith the provisions Dot out in 3. 13.

ilo. 348 (Art. 6673-c, V.A.C.S.) subject to

. the socwing of tie ri&t-of-wctyby the county at lta solo expanse andbefore dosigmtion by the fIi&way Cot?misnton.

Until such right-of-wayfor the proposedroad fs so-" 

### cured by Gray County, the designationof tho county road as a farm-to-market

road by the State Eighvay Commission

### for the purpose of conotructingand maintainInS sona at Siuta expense cis a part of a 

### systemof designsted

### hi,r;?ays of Texas,QS contcmplntad c?d set forth in Chapter 1, Title 116, zzd ~;;;cndz~ento therato, ronaim a conditionalor continzontdeoigxtlon. Th43 %2&b? >If#:hvoy Commissionat such time whoa the H&t-of-way has been secured vi11 ontor an ardor la its records CeofGnatin~tile county road In question as a farm-to-mar!:& road for the purposes set out in S. 13. Iio. 340 (Art.6673-c) and dosiC;nating some as part of the systemof designatedhl.&ways of Texas.

It follor;s

that the propoaod countyroad in question nothaving been at this date dasimated In accordcnce with the statuteas a port of tho sgsten of dcslgnatedhishvays of Texas, Is not n statehi&way, end tho OOndeEiXtioncta%ute,Arts. 3264 **to** 3271 ~CC~US~VC, Xovised civu Stat;ltos 0r Te;~i.a,

1525, es amended,cot out by the Legislature In Article667411, V.A.C.S., as thy proper procedureto condc~ rl&ht-of-wayfor designated atatehi&ways, 1s not applicabletovord acqulsitlon by condom

### nationof tho rl&ht-of-wayfor the proposedcountyroad.

Furthermore,3. 9. Ro. 348 (&Vii. 6673-c, V.A.C.S.) spx1rical1y strltLtbs that the St&o iilghvay Cotzminsion

is authorizoa to dosJ.g-zk.e

s oouat~ & in the State as a ferm-tomrkot roaii. It.l.s, thwaforo, our consideredopinion chat the propor condemnationstatute to bo folloxd and employed In tha acquisitionof "3~ cecessoryright-oP-uL,7~7for t:le proposed rocd In qwstl0n is *thct set out by the Le~Lalaturefor the condomnation of coiinty

roads, namely Art* 6703, et seq-,V.A.cS.,zs amended. TruckSngthat we have satisfactorily answeredyour inquiries s 

### we remain Very truly 

### yours

CEO:rb hTTORT7liY GEi’EZAL OF TEXAS

.I’ BY __ /i-,0/

--‘&.e i- LChanter33.

Olllson