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OFFICE

**OF THE**  **AITORNEY GENERAL**  **OF TEXAS** 

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### mb. violet 5. oreOnhill, chl0r mi8i0n 0r child wdrm 3tat0 Deyetment 0rPubuoUeu~e **Austin,** Poxa8 **i**

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## %c88the raot thata county ha8 a Juvonfl8 Board in 84 my air-t ti cornty child Weltare Boa?d 'propsa, iarroru88 th8 OouBty'sPfrnncia1 partioipation 18 coneolnod, or fn8omr a8 th8

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County Unit organIzationa set-up is involved? Wo, of course,understand thbt tho County child WelfareBoard could not undertake run&ions or the Juvenile

Borrd, or cosUl.ict

vlth say jurlsdiction **It IU8y**  **hW0, aa**  indbatod **in the**  **%J.btUtO8** on Juveniles

Boards,vhlch 8r6 brtlcles 5139-40- **41-42-42s** and 42b.
'It is **probable that**  **you v3l.l**  **receive a**  **m** que8t from Btr. Ernest Q&m,. El Paso County Attorney, rOF ILn **OQiniOn** tithe **tb0** II& **rev** dags. Ii he requesta thin opinion, ve vould like to have **a** aopy **0r** your reply to him sent to us. **fr** he does not reque8t the OQiniOu, ve vould like to have an anaver to the above quostlon aa **qulakly** as possible. “Copy of the ruling from the Attorney Gener

### aif8 orriO or 2-21-38, 

### rOr0rk33d to above, i8 attaohed."

. We have carefully

examined

Articles 5139+142b, InelusIve,

Vernon~s

Annotated

Civil Statutes,

and sll amendments thereto, pertsMng to Juvenile Boards concerning

their authority,

rights,pover8#duties,eta., in oonueotion vlth Artiale 695a, Vernon's Annotated

Clvll Statutes,

vhlch la commonly

miermd to and cited as, "The PublicWolfwe Act **0r** 1939.O Seotiona4 and 5 or Artlole69% Vemon*s Anno

### tated airil strtuttks, **mad** 

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%eo. 4. **The .immnisslon4rs~**  oourt or any county **nay rppobt**  **in** aald oounty eeven pmmn8, 

### resldont thenin, vho ’8Mll 8erv. vithout eompensation

and hold officedura the plauum of the ommis8lonen' oouvt) vho shall oomtltute a Child Welfara Board ior the County,vhioh Child w4lf-b Bosrd SW1 801OCt itr, Om Ohsimm. The ~ld'welfare Board 8hall~eMorm **rueh** dutie8 Iu may be **required** ot it by the said OOrrrmi88iO~r8' court 8ud Board **or** Control in iurthw.%wO Of the- -.

llra.

Violot S. GreenhLll, Chior, Pap 3

**Q~O803 Or**  **this** Act. The County **CoxulssIoners~** Court 

### or **any** countymy remove 

### 8ay menib4r or such CountyWelfare Board ior just.cauao.
'Sao. 5. The Board or Control,through said CountyWelrare Board, shallvork In conjunction with the County ComIsaIonora' Court, Juvenile Boards,and all other orticera and agenoloavhose QUPQO80 i3 fOC tho Ql'OtOOtiOIl Of the&ildrsn deacribedhereIn,and the Boa& of Control Is hereby authorlsedto ueo **and** allot **any** funds, that may 

### be ape4iri4ay aQQrOpptit4d ror such **purpos03,** by tba Legislature, th&tssybe **neoesaary** In jointly eat8bllshlng

and m%IutaInIng,

togetherJuvenile Board or other County or City Board 

### or other agenoy, homaa, schools, and Institutiona

for the wire. protection,

education

and traInzing

of the 0la33 **or** ohildrsn **sought** to **be QFOtOCted**  **by the4**  pro~i~lona

hereof.' c Section 42 of Article 695c, Vernon*aAnnotated cIvI1 

### StatUt48, Ql'Ovid48:

"CountyChild W4lfar4Bospda establIshed or hereInafter

appointedIn conformity with Se&Ion 4, Act of 1931, Forty-8econd LegisLatum, Page 323, Chaptea-

194, shall continueto functionas Ql'OYided thel'Oin." Under Art1010 6950, 8upra, all the rights,pover8, 

### 8ILd **dutIe8 0r**  **th4 DiYiBiOn**  **0r child**  Welfare 

### 0r t&4stat4 Boaml or Controlvaa tranarerved to the State Depwtpws*, **or** PublIC

### u4lrar4.

**After** all the right,,pWOr8'aZid duties Of the Mvlaion of Child W&rare or the State Board or Controlvas transrernd to the Stats Daprtmant or Pub110Welfare,ve are or the opinion that tho State Depu'tment of PublicWelfare Is authorized

by Section 5 of Artlale 695a, 

### SUQXIL, to **vork** In oonjunetlon vith the County ComlB8lonora~ Court, juvenllo

bowda and all other ofticeraand **agencies** vhoso 

### QUPQOBO 18 ror the protoctlon of the ohil+en doscribed., _- 

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nrs.Violot s. Omenhill, 

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As 8bov4 Btatod,titer oamNly 4xamInIng all the atatctospertinentto the questionhere Involved, v4 undsrstand

that a County ChildWelfare Board cannot undortake the runctlom of **a** JuvonIloBoard or conf'llct with any jurisdiction

St-mayhave as Indicated by the above mentioned

**BtstuteB.**
**Hovovar,** the 

### rights, doties and povox-3

o? the abovemmtioned JuvenileBoam¶ and County Child Welfare Bomd **are Bpeoificti~y**  **set out**  **b 8tstUte**  **and** the gurposo 

### 0r the varlou3Jmard3 Is to parrormcortaln dutI48not inposed **UpOn the**  bthbr. We rind no **QrOhtbitiOn** that vould preventl ~county

having a JuvenlloBomd and also having a County Child **WelfW4** Board aaprovlded by the abow &entionod statutes.

Thereron, you LIpa lWBp44t+ully

advl84d that It IS the opimionOf this departmmt that under the ~m~l21Ion~ 

### 0r the ahvo mbntlonedstatute8,it Is permI3BIblo ror a **county to**  have both a JuvenileBoard and a County Child tf41f+amBoard. Your question, as above stated, Is rcapoctfully anavered In the negative.

Trusting that the foregoing fully anavorayour Inquiry,ve are

AZ+11 WIl~Mme AlBI3tMt

AW,AW APPROVEDSEP 23, 1940

u*- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TE;<,S