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mb. violet 5. oreOnhill, chl0r 

mi8i0n 0r child wdrm 

3tat0 Deyetment 0rPubuoUeu~e 

Austin, Poxa8 

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JuvenilrBoard 

0r this aeputlwsn rscoivod. 

rrom El Pa80 

a progmm. This 

f vith the Annual 

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a nd vhfa yh 8P l ppro v- 

%c88 the raot that a county ha8 a Juvonfl8 

Board in 84 my air-t ti cornty child Weltare 

Boa?d 'propsa, iarroru 88 th8 OouBty's Pfrnncia1 

partioipation 18 coneolnod, or fn8omr a8 th8 

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rer. violet s. Oreenhlll, mm, Page 2 

County Unit organIzationa set-up is involved? 

Wo, of course, understand thbt tho County child 

Welfare Board 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 mque8t 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 Generaif8 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 Public Wolfwe Act 

0r 1939.O 

Seotiona 4 and 5 or Artlole 69% Vemon*s Annotated airil strtuttks, mad 88 r0im8t 

%eo. 4. The .immnisslon4rs~ oourt or any 

county nay rppobt in aald oounty eeven pmmn8, 

resldont thenin, vho’8Mll 8erv. vithout eompensation and hold office dura 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 
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llra. Violot S. GreenhLll, Chior, Pap 3 

Q~O803 Or this Act. The County CoxulssIoners~ 

Court or any county my remove 8ay menib4r or such 

County Welfare Board ior just.cauao. 

'Sao. 5. The Board or Control, through said 

County Welrare Board, shall vork In conjunction 

with the County ComIsaIonora' Court, Juvenile 

Boards, and all other orticera and agenoloa vhose 

QUPQO80 i3 fOC tho Ql'OtOOtiOIl Of the&ildrsn deacribed hereIn, and the Boa& of Control Is hereby authorlsed to 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, together Juvenile 

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.' 

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Section 42 of Article 695c, Vernon*a Annotated cIvI1 

StatUt48, Ql'Ovid48: 

"County Child W4lfar4 Bospda establIshed or 

hereInafter appointed In conformity with Se&Ion 

4, Act of 1931, Forty-8econd LegisLatum, Page 

323, Chaptea- 194, shall continue to function as 

Ql'OYided thel'Oin." 

Under Art1010 6950, 8upra, all the rights, pover8, 

8ILd dutIe8 0r th4 DiYiBiOn 0r child Welfare 0r t&4 stat4 

Boaml or Control vaa 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 Pub110 Welfare, ve 

are or the opinion that tho State Depu'tment of Public Welfare Is authorized by Section 5 of Artlale 695a, SUQXIL, to 

vork In oonjunetlon vith the County ComlB8lonora~ Court, 

juvenllo bowda and all other ofticera and agencies vhoso 

QUPQOBO 18 ror the protoctlon of the ohil+en doscribed. 
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nrs. Violot s. Omenhill, chi0r, Page 4 

As 8bov4 Btatod, titer oamNly 4xamInIng all 

the atatctos pertinent to the question here Involved, v4 

undsrstand that a County Child Welfare Board cannot undortake the runctlom of a JuvonIlo Board or conf'llct with 

any jurisdiction St-may have as Indicated by the above 

mentioned BtstuteB. 

Hovovar, the rights, doties and povox-3 o? the 

above mmtioned Juvenile Boam¶ and County Child Welfare 

Bomd are Bpeoificti~y set out b 8tstUte and the gurposo 

0r the varlou3 Jmard3 Is to parrorm cortaln dutI48 not inposed UpOn the bthbr. We rind no QrOhtbitiOn that vould 

prevent l ~county having a Juvenllo Bomd and also having 

a County Child WelfW4 Board aaprovlded by the abow &entionod statutes. 

Thereron, you LIpa lWBp44t+ully advl84d that It 

IS the opimion Of this departmmt that under the ~m~l21Ion~ 

0r the ahvo mbntloned statute8, it Is permI3BIblo ror a 

county to have both a Juvenile Board and a County Child 

tf41f+am Board. Your question, as above stated, Is rcapoctfully anavered In the negative. 

Trusting that the foregoing fully anavora your Inquiry, ve are 

AZ+11 WIl~Mme 

AlBI3tMt 

AW,AW APPROVEDSEP 23, 1940 

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TE;<,S