OFFICE OF THE Al-fORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

g~~VERSELLERS 

*yTORNLY QLNLRAL 

sii~able0; 0, llurr.11 

sterl Ll County 

bberllrq Olty, Tom8 

Bnd cwoftily con,1 

from your requert 

county, I vi11 

oplnlon on the 

le 8, 8ection 9 

l , 88 amended by 

p ItI0 l B folloYrl 

ided futrhet, that beonet8 Court uy make 

churgem in r&M oounty 

eaepe ahall be eubmltted to the 

tty tax gylw voter8 of ruch 

ner81 or r p eo l8l l lectlon, and 

ved br I ujorlty of the dualif184 property tax 9aylng votor8, Votlag ti 

ruch electloa;. . .I 

“under the above Quoted pottlon of 

raid Conetltutlonal Amendment and the 18rt 

parkgrbph of Arrlole 29d2, Vernon’8 Civil 
soa. 0. 0. mtt*ll - r8go 2 

8tatUt.8, BhOUld thr Osiris h&iOt 8wOlfr 

th8 tOt.8 t0 b. l 8t b. l b.b ~,t&tUtfOM& 

lua d, l 8 tot lo, 

to sot co ucoed -5 

3 

'0oA.tJ FunA-lra @V 

I mad & Widgb Irud-mm 

154 bo not to UO8 

t0 AOt CO 0X00& I. 

9011 a-7 f-A-Pta ey 

mA8'?toa o f 

1 ?OMU&t ZlrproWUlkt 

8hould Py 

to A0 to u8e.d AW, l ? 

tin 0 ?lOiti ml108 ap.oiQ &Jus tie 

CO8d88~OSkOt8 COWt Ibrll k Wkh6ri8.d t0 

---inot Ot dOtWU@ th8 Pat08 M th0 

COA8titUtiOnil ?UA48 With m DrOV181OA -t 

Lh8 tOtd Oi 881d nt0 8hti AOt @XeOti tb. 

Con8tltutlonal ilmlt of so/? 

'bfOb&d l Bl.lOt 8Uti 80 a tOl’lOVlng met the toquirol8eAt8 Of the lurt 

"AuthoPlrlng th8 Coanl88lo~8?8 

COUtt t0 XW-tilOC&tO th8 Mt,8 Of tU48 

8Aw th8 COA8titUtiOAd f’UAd8 b7 tithe? 

iJU3tWL8iZ.Q Ot dOWO68w th@ 8-1 DtOrlde4 that ln ~0 event rhall the total 

Of 8ti4 t8t4 UC88d the COa8titUtiQl%ti 

‘liait Of Bi@t7 804) cOAt8, UOhI8itO Of 

the DiftOeA (1q I OOAt $&Wdti $ti tU 

“Atum5T 

(8W 48 ebove). . . .' 

TlAa portion of Airtlol* 8902, T. A, c. 8.. 

refrrred to iA 7our lettrr ter d8 l 8 fO11OV8l 

l Th8 fol'm 1~ vhloh an7 pl’O&bO8ithlh Or 

qU88uOA to bo V0t.d OA by th. people Of w CitJ, 

count7 or other 8ub4lrl~fon of the 8-50 1hal1 bo 

ruhalttocl, dull be pterurlbed b7 Lho locti or 

SluniO~9tb1 &UthO?iti88 8UbdtLm it: 

H. J. II. 18, ACtr I%), 18th tigi818tW, P. 

1143, propo8Uag the UrnboAt of Attlo18.8, 8eatlon 9, 

‘feX8l Conrtltutlon Va8 rubricted co cho people of mx88 on 

governbet 7, 1938, and toc8lvd b fworabla vote, Article 

8, 8eaLlon 9, TaXa CoA8tltUtiOA, a8 UUbd, A01 tO8d8 l 8 

follovrI 
. 

ZOA. 0, 0. I)JWOll - ?yO > 

‘Th. 6tat@ tU 011 D?Omttr, UOh81VO 

Of t&8 CU AOO888U’7 t0 w t&O BbUo debt, 

BAd Of th8 tUO8 DtOVibWi fOt the brAdit Of tha 

PdiO ftW 8OhOOl8. 8&l]. AeVW l XOr.d ShittJfive (35 aent8 M t& one humIre dollar8 val~atlolal aad A0 &SUllt7, Ctit7 Ot tOrm 8al 18V7 

l On t& A tWOAt7-ffV0 ( 25) Q-t8 fOt Oft7 Ot 

OOUAt7 DUto O888Uhd , AOt 8%0886tA& tifteOA 

cent8 for md8 and brl&gor, ud Aot l xaoe6 

15) 

fiftMA 15 Uelbt8 t0 987 jUrOC8, 00 the OIU 

d 1 

L 

h~nAmQd 01 a?8 v8luatlon, except for the p87- 

&wit of dobtr lnourted prior to tho adoption of 

-qthe &aendmeat 8rptambet 25, 16831 8nd for th8 

ereotlon of publle bUildlng8, 8treetm, 8ewor8, 

Vbtemork8 and other pcrmment hptov8HAt8, not 

to exceed tventr-five 

hUmSred 6011-8 VdU8t 1 

S5) cent8 on tha on0 

011, iA 8lI7 000 7e'ru, 

-8ZAd UO89t 48 18 in th18 OWl8t~tUt~OIi othervlre 

prorltled~ provided, hovevlr, t&t thr Cow 

Ri88iOMt8 COUtt ill w 8OWtT W ?e-•llOCet0 

t& fOMf&Oi~ COUIlt7 tU.8 b7 ehU&ag the Mt88 

provided fat UIJ Of th8 fOt.gOing ~t~O8.8 bf 

either laorebrlng or deolveli~q the 88me, but in 

A0 event da11 the totti of said foregoing oounty 

tue8 l xoosd l lght7 (80) cent8 on tbo one hundred 

dO118P8 VtiU4ttOA, in &Ii7 OAO 78-J &WOVibOd 

further, thet befOr the 881d Colri88iOAOt8 COUrt 

My rake Xuch M-tilOO&tiOI¶8 UJb Oh8D&e8 In B818 

count7 tU88 that the 8-I Udl br 8ubrrJCted to 

UIO quellfled pro$ett~ tu p lng Totot of ruah 

cowit at l gener81 or 8peclr Y 818ctlo~, ud 

8hti.l b, 8&$woVed br 8 ujOrit7 Of the ~Uallfled 

proport tu p&+&g votezw, vollng in ruch 

electlonl &ml, provldad furtheb, that if and vhen 

8Uotl ro-tiloOGiion8 us4 oh-08 in the 8forersld 

cOtmy ~&XII hrvr boon rpproved b7 the QU8lifl8d 

p?OpWty t6X p&y* YOtOP8 Of w COWlt;I, ,I hrroln 

provided, ruch re-6lloorLloar aul uhhani(er rhe.ll 

remain la force 8n6 oftect for l p er 1 04 of XLX (6) 

year8 from the date of rho l lectlon at rhlch the 

w8e rhall be 899mvml, urilrl8 the ma8 rg8la 

shall hew been ehaqed by 8 uajorlty vote of 

the quellfled property tu peying totem of w~ch 

Couth, VOtiX& OD th8 &U'O~O8itiOll, rite? 8UbiiX8lOa 

by the CommloXloner8 Court 8t a geaorrl or Xpecl8.k 

l loctlon for thet purporej ukd the Leglrlrture 

my 81X0 8ULhO?lXe 8n 8dd1LiOxY1ti umuel 8d 7tiOr01X 

tu to be levlod end oollseted for the further 

malnterunce of the public rod88 provided, thet 8 
~j0titr or th4 gutiiriti pt0wrtp tu vdb~b,g 

vo to tlo) f t& looullty o vo ting l t a n l lo o tio A 

t0 k wd r0r tat ~~00 8hd~ tot0 ruoh 

tu, sot to uor.6 rfft0.A (13) oaate on tha 

000 auadroddoll.ur valwtloaoI thr ptoporty 

or loo&l lava, ThIr moetloa ball not bo 

oonrt~ co l lmtrtl~ .of 

IF 

at. aelrg~kd 

to 0ouAti00, oltlor ot @vna r uy othet ieotlon 

or t.otioAr of thir coAititutia0.’ 

The etmro constituriorai vrovlrion ruthorirrr 

the Coamlrrlonorr’ Court to n-tiloceto and @h&q. the rate) 

provided for the prrpo~er thonla sot out by r~thsr lncro~blng 

or decnariw them vlthln tho lkltrtlonr thrroia mot out 

&worldrd that baron suoh ro-tilocotlonr urd ahuqrr cm be 

ud8 l me muot bo rublttrd to urd bh &vvrovrd br a uJorltr; 

0r the qaui0d pt0par tu vying voter8 or BUOY count7 

at a gumrbl ot ,peobl IlwstiOn, The urrdrront alao ptov1d.r 

-that ritrr 

It i8 OUP OpmOA' t&t fh ?O&IW rOtW Or 

QUOBtlOA rhOUl$ BUbdt th0 8pOifiO N-il P OOAti0AB @Ad ObhurgOr 

1A th0 Ntc)B t0 t!U pbOpi0 AD iAdiOW6 IA thr rirSt pOrtiOA 

0r th0 third pvqnoh or your htt*P. 

It Ir our furthrr OpinlOA that tkw ballot fozw 

COAtaII86 III the fourth p~?w~Oph Of YOUP httOr glVlng the 

Coulrrlo~err~ Court mow or lrrr blurkrt authority to lnCrOlle OF IhCtM8@ th. V4FiOUB tU XWtO& IBBWQ the COA8titutloarl funtlr 18 aot l ptopot foam to rub&t to the voter8 

iA the Mtto? blQUiP& dWUt. 

,' YOU28 very truly 

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ATTORMXI QBIU OF TBIMJ 

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