OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

xoaorrble Guy Tumor 

county Auditor 

xmntoa, Toxa8 

the abovo-rtatml 

ro drawPing 63 Inher lat Of rrah year after the 

0rr and dlrohargoh all rli6ibl. 

urlag daring thr proowllng firher with the Intwort oa ruoh 

nd the rlaking rum3 rbquimizaat8 

ereon, 

&tway Fund 

out of the County and DiBtrIot 

ant 8urplUS r0mInIag In 8alb FuM 

ofor and l boio Thror Elllloa Dollars (~S,GOO,OOO) 

whloh rhall be aarrird iOnmrd a8 working Oapltal 

or aa a rorolrlly Sun6 #hall be ret arid@ and 

eredltd to aa l aoouot whioh rhall be known aa 

*L&tar&l f;oad AOOOUS,' provldod, howovar, all 

aonry on drporlt wlth the 3tak trraaunr la the 

Co\urty an& Road DI8trIrt Rlghvar Fund at tbo 

01000 of tha day of AU&Wt 81, 1959, rhall be 
gonombla Our turnor, paar 8 

held, osod and applied l xolurIro to the papent 

0r prlnolpal, Interrst aad slnklfig rund requlromonts oa ladebt~dnrss ooertltutlng eligible oblI@tIOns uadw Chapter IS, Aat8, Third Called 

SossIoa of the ?ort -8eoond La~Islsture and 

amendments thento I n SirSOt 8t the tIms this 

Aot ~SOOSSS l tr0otitS. 

*As soon as praotioablo after the passago 

of this Aot and baton thr Latrral F:oad Aooount 

IS l llOOate4 to tha OOUntISS, the BoS?d 8hall 

dotoralao the amount raah aounty and oaah detinad mad dIstrIot has paid sin00 January 1, 

1933, under the provisions of Chapter 13, Aots 

of thr Third Callod Session of the Fortpsoaond 

Legislature, as amended, toward Its debt senlae 

upon bonds whloh at the tlnm of payment won 

l llglblo to partlolpatr In the County and Road 

Dirtriot Highway Fund, and shall drduot tram the 

amnuat paId by suah oountr or defined road dlstrlot any aad all adranaeamts ma& by the Board 

to suoh oountf or doriaed road dirtriot In adjusting, refunding or prepaying the l lIgIblo obligation8 or suah count7 or defined read dlstriot, 

and after -king suoh deduotloas, the Board shall 

oredit the Lateral Road Aoaount o? l a a h aounty or 

dmtlned road dlstrlot with the net balanoe eontrlbutrd by suah oounty or road dlstrlot toward 

the rotlremnt of sa id l llglblo obligations and 

said funds so oredited to any oouaty or defined 

road dietriot pay be used or expended br thr aountlos and defined road dirtriot for the purposes 

l athorI&od In this motion. 

*%ot later than September 16th OS oath year 

thr said Board shall l scertaia the eraat amount 

of orono~ whloh hns bean l lloaatod to the said 

Latrral Road Aoaount for suoh Usoal year and which 

8t that time Is available. The Board shall alloo&to to l aah oountr Itr proportionate part of the 

moalrs la said LaterAl hoad ACaOMt, whloh allooatloa shall be QetermlBed In the fOllOviag manner: 

w* . l 

‘Thr monies alloaatrd to eaoh oouaty from 

tho UtWal Road Aooouat shall br used by said 

OOuntl fI?St for paying the prInolp61, Interest 
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gonorabls Guy Turner, Fags 3 

and sinkIng fund rsquinniants maturing durlag 

thm risoal fear ror whloh suah mono7 was allocat84 to such oount 

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on boa&s, warrants and 

other legal obllgat oas Issued odor to Jaauaay 

f!, 19% the proooeds of whIoh wer l e otuallf oxgwadrd b l aqulrl 

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rights of way ior Stats drsIgnatrd highways, t being the Intaatloa of the 

Leglslaturo to drslgnatr and sot apart sufrlolsnt 

lnonry to pay Ofi and dIsoharga 6816 outstanding 

oblIgatIou8 Inournd for right of ua~ l oquIsItIon. 

Funds ratiaIaIng In the Lateral Road Fund of a4 

aounty after the pymant of enid right of war obligations mar be used by the aountr, under the 

dIrootIon ot the Corimlsaloasrs Court, iOr anr 

ona or all ot the iollowlng purposes: (a) for 

tha a0 uIsItIon or rights of way ror county lataral roa 8 a and for the payment of legal obligations 

Inourrsd thrraror prior to January 8, 1939, (b) 

for the ooastruotIoa or lmproromat of county 

lateral roads, (0) for paying the principal, Interrst aad sInkIng tuad rrqulrameats of any bonds 

or warrants whloh were legally Issusd by suoh 

oounty or fioad DIStrIOt prior to January 2, 1939, 

the prooosds or which wsrs actually erpsnded la 

the ooastruatlon or I.:pro+snent of lateral oounty 

roads, (4) ror the purpose of suppleaentlng funds 

appropriated by the United Statrs Gorcrmcoat for 

‘fiorks Program Adir.InIstratIoa highway aonstruotlon, 

Pub110 u’orks Adn;iaIstration highway oonstruotlon, 

and suah other graata of Federal funds as may bs 

&ado avallabls to the oountlos of this State for 

oouatf lateral road oonstructlon, aad (a) for ths 

purposs OS aooperatlng with the Stata Hlehway Dapartmsnt and the Fedem Gmernmnt In the oonstruotlon OS rarm-to-niarkst roads. 

*After suoh allooatlon bar, bean mada to the 

saroral oountlas In the state, the Board shall In 

writing notify th8 Chairnan of thr CommIsaIoners 

Court of sach aouaty of the amount whloh has been 

orsdltrd to that countr. After rccelring said notIao, the CommIssIonarr Court rhall, witt~in slxtr 

days; aotlry the Board of the manner In whlah It 

has l xsroIsod its option as to thr one or more 

spsaItIs4 usss or raid money pormlttsd undar this 

Aat." * l * 

Chapter 13, Aats, Third callad Session of the Fortysecond Loglslatura a nd l maadmcats thereto l rs acts aaknorledg- 
goaorablo W Turnor, Eage 4 

w th. 10881, umml mad IaplIad obligation -of the State 

to oosQoaSAt0 mad rolaburso the countlos and doiined road 

(IIgtrIats for rrprndlturos on highrays auw and heretofore 

oo~titutIng a gatt 0s the system 0s Stats hi&varg, ONgtm th# OOUnt~ and road d~strlot highway fund, crestlsg and detlning the powers and dutlas of the ‘BxmY of 

county and Dlstrlot Road In4~bt~dness, presoribing the 

~tura of the obllgatlonr of tha oountlos and road dintrlot8 that are eligible for pmpmnt uador the term or 

the Aot, and setting forth other ~rorIsIons we do not drem 

neaessnrr to state hero. 

In rfaw 0s the roregol~ rtatutes and facts stated 

in your inci Wry fou are respoottull~ advised that it 1s tho 

opltilon of this L4pArtmeat that roar quart Ion should bs an- 

-red _--~ In the arrimati+e and Is so anawemd. arfdaaa -_ ._-_- tb _- 

g a r ip W&XT&at8 to mwh liiyh o u nfer m& heIn r swd dla no t l xowd 

any oonf3tItutlonal or statutory 1ImltatIon. 

Trusting that the foregoing fully answers your 

inquiry, wo remain 

Yours wry truly 

AT~RHEY CEEXAL OF TZXAS 

Ardell wIlllros 

AasIstant