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**d OFFICE**  **OF THE**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL**  **OF ‘** **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **O*ly****”*****m SILLLIrn** 



### HonorableOoerSoII. Cor Stata lbedth OiilCOr Toxar 

### Stat8Board or Health Auatln, Tour

Dear 

### Sir: 

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ounty fr water et #IIha** logal proaulgat* rulrll on8 la roaard to 0r 8~8mge 8nd

with the l

no1oa.Q adopted by 

### theTr Ikrrlr County, To **unioatlon** together h **you** uf -8 **6UQply** Dirtfiat FTO.8 Of

8aid OOpy 18 **a8 rOuOW81** 
**A** 6ANITARY DLSTWCT **FiW38** WATER SWPLY DWl%ICT If=, TEXAS (Al80kROm m8 **Water** Supply Di8triot #O); 

### S~TAEY aamm C~.Sknmb **SAID** DIGTRICT; AND I'RCVfDZlW

Said ordinam30 **8eem8** to **oonrine it88lr**  to tha purpooer **8IId subject**  **mtt8r 8et**  **Out fR**  **8a%d NptiOn.**  **Howaver,** In **t!lf8 r88g8Ot.**  ~8 are **not** here p88f.,45 u9OR any 8POeirfiU Prmi8iOn Or 8ame.**Hon. Oeorge**  **Pp. Cox,**  **Pago g** 

In a telephone aonversationwith Mr. V'. M. Ehlerr Of JOUr d8parfRi8nt, 8ubaequ8nt to pour 0ommunloatlon,we w8re informed that you rlah8d towithdraw your quertion in regard to tha Harris County Health Unit.

This **18ar88 us**  th8 ta8k Of d8termlnlng your ramainillg **query** rhloh 18, in **IUbltanbe, a8**  **fOiiOW8:**
Doen 8U0h Fro8h 

### Water**Supply** Di8triot hat8 tha legalauthority to promulgate 

### rulw and **regu** latlOn8 or this **nature,** that Is, the oontrol or 88werageand exorota?
WI a88RE8, fOr the PUrpOSS8 Of thi8 OpillLtOXl, that suoh Dl8trlOtwa8 lagally created under th8 pro+l8ion8 0r Chapter 4 0r Title 128, &~vl8ed **civil** statute8 0r Toxar, 1925, as am8nd8d, **(Art.** 1881 ot 889..V. **A.** C. S., and all amendments thornto). Chapter 4 of Tit18 128, Vornon*8 Annotated Civil **Statutes,** in regard to Fra8h Wat8r Supply Dl8trlOt8, protidas In S8otionr 1 and 5 ot Artiole 7990-4,V. **A.** C. S., a8 fo11ows:

Y3eotlon 1. Fraeh **Water** Supply Di8trlot8 **heretofor or**  hereafter oreat4a under the provision8 of Chaptar 4 oi Title 128, 

### bT188d aId1 **Statute8** ot Tasa8, 1925, 88 amend8d, and looatod whollywithin a oounty having a population in OX0888 0r five hundred thousand (sao,oao) inhabitant8 aooordlng to the lart praoeding or any futUr8 pa&oral **o8n8U8. in**  8dditiOn t0 tha POUlar8h8r8tO**rare** gr8nted, ire hereby authorized to purQha80, oon8truot.aoaulre. own. operato. rapalr. improve 

### and 8xt8nd eanltary 8aWOr ayetam ror the OolXeotion. transportation.prooe8fJing. di8Po8al and oontrol or all **d** tlo. lndu8trlaland OommUnal

(Jhpha~*addOd) x8.* uSeotlon 5. Such Di8triOt8 shall further hare the vower to adopt and enroroo **rear=** ruler **and**regulation8 relating to th8 1 t 11 - tion,maintenance and operation of plumbing iLxtures and facrf~lftbs within WOh Di8triot8. inBon. Gaorgo X. Cot, Fag0 3



### ordsr tomaintain 8are and 8*nltarr ooadttlon8 health 8nd welfare of the inbabltants t&reof within 8UOh **Ci8triOt8** and to prOt.Ot th 

### 11V.8, Th. Bollrda

Of **%~X ’** **Vt8Or8** Or 8uOh cl triOt8E& preroribe rearonablepenaltlse ror 28 breaob of any rule or regulation 

### 80 adopted,whloh p8Mltt.8 8hall not l xo..d 

### t1R.8 Ofmore thsn Two **Bundmd (3800.00)**  DOllor or impriromront in jail for IDOrethan thfrtt day8, orboth 8wh fin08 Uhd **i8Ipri8008IOBt,** whiOh pW8iti.8 8haii be in **8ddition to**  **otlnr** penaltie 

### provide6**by** law 8od may be l

nforoed ln any Court of proper &1x-18- diOtiOB in th. aOUBtf in WhiOh the Di8triO$'8 prlnolplrl



### orriae 18 looat8dg 

### provided however, th8t 

### nortie or regtiation

### rhloh providera penalty for the ViOl8tiOSlthereor 8hA11 **b8** In 8rr.ot, 88 to the **enforoomant** of t& pomlty, until e brief, **8Ub8t.nti.l** 8tStW8llt **Of 8UOh**  **X ’** **lll. Or**  

### re@vlatloa8ntlt& puulty for **tbr** rlol.tlon thereof 18 publi8h.d 01100 a **wok** for two 

### oonrooutive wwkr in a new8pap.r of genanl cirOUlatiOn in the 8m In i&iQh 8uohDintriOt 18 8ituat.d. Heron (7) dape arter the raoond pub

### lloatlon,theprnaltp or 

### teualtl88providedrhll be dr.0tft0, and 

### 8uohrulra an4 regulation8 8h8ll be JUdiOiallykOOmB 

### t0 th0 COWt8. (gzlpba818 8dd.d) Y&oh Di8triOt8 ahall bo authorized to emplo **and** 

### oonrtltutotheir own paaae OrfiOer8,who ahrl b. 

### endowedwith power to amke arrwt8 rot the aom**miulon or**  any **Oii8n8cl** agalrut **th8 1x188**  an6 **nau btiOB8**  Of 

### th8 Di8ttiJ.t Ol'amislet t!W k8wB Of th8 State 0r Ta88 when any 

### 8uch offen8.or threatened offen ooour8within the bOUOd&rier 

### Ot 8ald Di8tFict8.” E8rr18 county ha8 a population or bB,Wl, 

### aooordlng to the Federal Cswua or 1960.

It 18 **OUT UAd.r8t8ildi~**  **frolp OUT**  **OOllDiWiO8tiO~** *Bth your 

### Oepartmontt&t 

### MI& Trl-City Frerh Water Supply Dletfiot No. e 18 looatsd wtlolly within the county or lhrrlr.
mererore, In view or the rpeoitio laneuam or thoI Bon. George W. **Cox, Page**  **4**

**8 ’**  **tatLIt pointed**  **out** 

### herein,we 8nawer your qu88tloa In the



### I afrlrmatlre.



### %eharesrlth

**r88paOtfUlly return**  **ywr 8nOlO8Ur8.** 



### Your8rory truly ATMRNNYGYZJRRAL

OF ‘I'~%#&



### RobertL. Lattlmom, Jr

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