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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: Condemnation of 

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 procedure of Artiunder sutnorlt~ of Article 667&n, 

g the procodllre of Article 6703, 

ation of the submitted copy of tine Agreen the Gray County Ccmuisslonerss Court 

HIghway Commission revetis, In siiDstance, the 

following: 

?&ereas, S. B. IJo. 3k8, 48th Leg., Acts 193, provides the State Highway Commission is authorized to 
Eonorable Brucre L. Parker, page 2 

Ua3lp2te my county rosU In the State 0s 0 fem-ton&act rood for pllrgoserr Gf CO~SblCtiGil, in accordcknce 

with the provisl~ns theroof; 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 construct end to m%lntsAn sme at the sole cost 

and expense of the Stati conditioned upon full conp~irsce 

by the County tit& the ra~uironaots of S. B, 30. 348: 

"For 8nd in connidoratiGn Of the coveDo.nts, a,weemats, and waivers herein conttined to be mutually kept 

md performed It is und.eratood end &greed by md betwaan 

the paxties .haretor 

"RESPOXSXBILfTY OF TEZ COUXTY; 

"1. That the County has passed and entered of racord in its offlclaJ minutes in Voluw E3o. 6, page 33, 

the folloving order: 

countyy; 

"BR IT ORl?EZD by the'Comissionar&@ Court of Gray 

County thr?t Ekeman ldhlta, Couzty.Judse cf Gray County; 

bo and fia 13 hereby authorized to eatw into end execute 

for cad 03 beho.lf of Gwy Counq zm c~roemnt with the 

Stata of Tcxcxes::Wherain GrwCounty will o=ee to wsivo 

bo and fia 13 hereby authorized to 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 rolinqulsh cng 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 district bends, 

t:orrmt3, or fi*b,er auldewes of iniebtec?nes:: incurred by 

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-ESChth LaG: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 deslggmted highhuoy 

)I 

. . . 
Baoroble Bruce L. P~rkor, Poe 3 

: 

syoton of Texas; that the dcni(gsotion of tho rocd by the 

IIl~~wq CozzLaalon oh&l1 novor i'orn tho basis of a oleim 

for partioip&lon by LIo State In ths paymnt of any CounQy 

end/or road district bonds, wrrmts, or other evidences a? 

lndobtedneas agsinat said road; to e;;roe to rmove or a.bnte 

am and al3 encroochmxts or oacumbrancoo on 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 approvoh by the- State Siip$v~y CngixzooF et my - 

time the bsm3 should be considered ~oce~3ax7 or dctlrablo 

to the proger n&Lntcnznce, construction or rcconotruction 

of aaid roti EB I part of the St.&a system; to ~;g~e.e to la- 

&mnify and save hrrmleas 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 suoh hi&xx Is 

reconstructed by 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 contemplated and 

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 Qiindmeats t3lomto. 

,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 dintrlct bonda, varxnta, or cthor 

evidences of lndobtednesa outatcndfng 8Cainst such rozd for 

the conotructlon ox l~~~~o~exait 02 the road borore bei= 

designated w a D.rm-to-mzz3x& rozd by tlx Stke IiiLglwr;y 

Ccmii8sioa ~229 furthor, that the desiCnetion of 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 district bonds, w2rxwta or other cvidenccs of Pidcbtedneas aggainat s&d rood., 
g~n~xam3 kwuce L. Pzrkor, p-e 4 
Eonorable 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 district bonds, 

VCrrtits, or cthor evldeccos of indabtodness outstcntiicg 

~~nilnst such rod for the cc notruction or im~rovextnt of 

the road before beiq deslgnatcd by the 3t&ta IX&way ConniBSiO0. 

"30c. 2. It is hereby doclar6d to be tix policy of 

the stats that the nsou!ptlon by 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 constifctee ftCL3 and cornplate 

oompcnsotion for 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 eumu3ativo of all other 

lcvs on thf;3113 subject, but in the wont of a conflict 'bstwcon the provisions of t&is Act and any other Act on this 

oubjoct tho provinions of 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 indobtcdncss for tho construction of 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 'that 110icss 

such roti am t&en over w fho stat0 tixy till 3ooc 

de"toriorute and the p'dbblic 8% V&l A3 the cOU?tio3 will 

lose the ~onog which has 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~rrtivs gub3.I.c nccossity that the 

Constitutional iiula Froviding bills to be FG& on tlxee 

saveral. dap In each Hocoo be and the ~izo is herob~ suspenaod, end th&t t”,ls Act shell-take effect and -no in 

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 llabilltles of the partlea thereto. 

Tha Azrcencnt, simply stated, la one rrherela the State 

~lghway Com333lon qrccs to dosiSnat.te tho county rocd from 

Alanreed to 8. 7.7 miles toward Lefors as a form-to-moxbt 

rocd for the p~~~posos ad in aocordanco with 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-wcty by the county at lta solo expanse 

and before dosigmtion by the fIi&way Cot?misnton. 

Until such right-of-way for the proposed road fs so-" 

cured by Gray County, the designation of tho county road as a 

farm-to-market road by the State Eighvay Commission for the purpose of conotructing and maintainInS sona at Siuta expense cis a 

part of a system of designsted hi,r;?ays of Texas, QS contcmplntad c?d set forth in Chapter 1, Title 116, zzd ~;;;cndz~ento therato, 

ronaim a conditional or continzont deoigxtlon. Th43 %2&b? >If#:hvoy Commission at 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 

system of designated hl.&ways of Texas. 

It follor;s that the propoaod county road in question 

not having been at this date dasimated In accordcnce with the 

statute as a port of tho sgsten of dcslgnated hishvays of Texas, 

Is not n state hi&way, end tho OOndeEiXtion cta%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 Article 667411, V.A.C.S., 

as thy proper procedure to condc~ rl&ht-of-way for designated 

atate hi&ways, 1s not applicable tovord acqulsitlon by condomnation of tho rl&ht-of-way for the proposed county road. 

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 considered opinion chat the 

propor condemnation statute to bo folloxd and employed In tha 

acquisition of "3~ cecessory right-oP-uL, 7~7 for t:le proposed rocd 

In qwstl0n is *thct set out by the Le~Lalature for the condomnation of coiinty roads, namely Art* 6703, et seq-,V.A.cS.,zs amended. 

TruckSng that we have satisfactorily answered your inquiries s we remain 

Very truly yours 

CEO:rb 

hTTORT7liY GEi’EZAL OF TEXAS 

.I’ 

BY 

__ /i-,0/ --‘&.e i- LChanter 33. Olllson