OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable El11 &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 operating the perks 

by farnlshing the park manager his house end 

ntilitiea end a mall salary paid from the 
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Honorable Will Mann Rlohardson. Page 2 

Speoiel Perk Fund. Under this set up there Is 

little or no Incentive for the ~aonaeaeionalre 

to enaourage more use of the park by the pubUc. 

we are now aonrinaad that the best type of operation ~I11 be the letter, with the eddltlonal 

Incentive that the perk manager wIl1 reoeive e 

oertein peraentage of 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 codIiIed by Vernon*s Annotated Texas Statutes es Artiale 6070e, end Seatlon 1 of aeld dot reeds ea rollows: 

~seatlon 1. Thq State Park Boerdlshereby 

authorized to grant ooneerisiona In State Parka 

and to make oonaesslon aontraots ior any oeuserap, beaoh drive or other Improvements In oonneation with state Parks altos, wherever reeslble. The revenue thus earned by the State Parka 

Board sha11, when aolleated be placed In the State 

Treasury. The Board may -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 provisions or 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 protecting the prop&y 

dthln the perk. These two provleions. of the statute@ Indloate that the Lsglsleture has attempted to pleae at the 

dfsposel or the State Perks Board meeins ror the pro~hi ;F 

ee~tstactory protection end rnaintenanoe ,of parks. 

diceted provleion oi Artlale 6069 fixes the duty of the 

Parka Board ln protecting State property end should not be 

conrused with the authority and power delegated nndar Chepter 168, Act.8 or the 42nd Legislature. 

The language employed In Sea&n 1 oi Article 

6070e,ebove quoted, plainly Indicates the Intention 0: the 
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Honorehle Will Eann Riohamlaon, Page S 

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 ,+&a Board 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 perk mana&ora zun do 

wo rind uy proriaiaa wuah pardta the Board to oparata 

th r o ugh 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 .a aonoe8aion 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