OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

HonorableEl11 &UUI **Eleherdson Chid?**  **Clerk** Texas State parks Board Austin, Texas
Deer Sir;

51, 1938, in wh Emlt on the

paire the conosseionand pay all the bills

ng the aonoessionaire to maintain ieel it should **be. Also**  it **is**

money rather than perrolnwg a aenlae ror the publio. 9~ have eleotried operatingthe perks **by farnlshing**  the park manager his house end ntilitieaend a mall salary paid from the

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Speoiel Perk Fund. Under this set up there Is little or no Incentivefor the~aonaeaeionalre to enaouragemore use of the park by the pubUc. we are now aonrinaadthat the best type of operation ~I11 be the letter,with the eddltlonal Incentivethat the perk manager wIl1 reoeive e oerteinperaentageof the net profit8 after his -8alery and all other expendltws are deduated from the gross reaeIpt8.v chapter 16S of the AOts of the 45nd Leglaleture Ia codIiIedby Vernon*sAnnotatedTexas Statuteses Artiale 6070e, end Seatlon 1 of aeld dot reeds ea rollows:

~seatlon1. Thq State Park Boerdlshereby authorizedto grant ooneerisiona In State Parka and to make oonaesslonaontraotsior any oeuserap, beaoh **drive** or other ImprovementsIn oonneationwith state Parks altos,wherever reeslble. The revenue thus earned by the State Parka Board sha11,when aolleatedbe placed In the State Treasury. The Boardmay -km auah rules end regulations ror the 

### carrying out of this AOt end the Lena oi.thIs State relative to state Perks, as it may de= nt3otmtry not in 00nriiot nith ear.* Inalnded In the provisionsor Artlole 6069 or the Revised Cirll Statutea oi 1985, a8 amended by Senate Bill MO. 376, Aottl

or the 45th LegIsleturs,Ia the requirement that the Board arrange ror or employ e **keeper** In each phrk rhioh Is under the control of the Board, said keeper to be 'olothed

with all the power end authority or e peeoe offloer of the county in *hIah the park is Uoeted, end to be hired .ror the purpose 0r caring r0r end protectingthe prop&y dthln the perk. These two provleions. of the statute@ Indloate that the Lsglsleturehas attemptedto pleae at the dfsposelor the State Perks Board meeins ror the pro~hi ;F ee~tstactory

protectionend rnaintenanoe ,of parks. dicetedprovleionoi Artlale 6069 fixes the duty of the Parka Board ln protectingState propertyend should not be conrusedwith the authority and power delegatednndar Chepter 168, Act.8

or the 42nd Legislature. The languageemployed In Sea&n 1 oi Article 6070e,ebove quoted,plainly Indicatesthe Intention0: the

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Legtaleture t.&provide a method whereby the.State Parka Boar4 may obtqin **revenue iron**  **oono~aaion oontmwta**  **and** while tha data118 or auoh oontnmta have bean loft $6 the dlaoretlon **or** ,+&aBoard no lndiaetlon is g1vu1 that ttn Lagialatnre lntendod to enthorise the Parka Board to provide for ,or~hlre p8rk mqagara or kaepara andar tho gul*e 0r ooneeaalon uontraota. **we** 

### rind **no atiatuto~**  proTialon wbloh authoriaea the Board to hire 

### perkmana&ora zun do wo 

### rind uy proriaiaa wuah pardta the Board to oparata thr ough

its **e&ant8 or**  wnplo~rea l oonaeoalon. larthar, tha **general dopartmentcrl** appropriat$on bill,posed **br the**  46th Legi8lature appropriates tlm speolal **Perk Fund**  *for

ity to oator into .aaonoe8aion oontraot whioh lnvolrsa the p&amtof a aalarylromtha Smolal Park Funda.

It 10, thO~fO~s,thO OpmO#I Of thi8 Df@mWI~ that the Taxes Stats Perks Board doeamthan tha power or 

### l Waar%ty to oparate the Taxes Stats Ferka by hiring 

### pukaW%ager*onar~d -1~ plnaa peroentage 0r the aat prorite qaall.%Od from tha operation of aof~~aa~o~.-

APPROVESAU& 21, 1939

ATl!ORNF4Y

GENERAL OF TSXAS