OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

. 3onoraLle ,;.;. iiiirron

2ouIltp Attorney a-ines county Antiixson,';cxas /

This will ao or Apprlle3, 1939, in of thle 

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4h to your lnqutry, a aapy of a coming **6rdinen4e** passed by the gmerninF:b4ody of the oity of Ravasota,Texas; dated Iiscmmber lS, 1938, the purposeof : .:'Zen. 5. KY. **Barron,** Kay 6, 1939, Page 2 w.

whloh was to prevent the erection of tilling stations within the city of lievasota exceptwithin certaindesfgnated areas.

Attaohed to your letter of Kay 5, 1939, IS a supplemental statement

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"'Theoity of N~~t%sota, during the nonth of Deoember,1938, pass6da8onlng ordlxmnae, 8 oopyofrhloh isattaahedtotheorl&nal 

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### aity amnaIl of the olty of 

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### wetlag for the purr&Qa$nththe aoningordinanao and pauw$ out -648 notloo,orwithout 

### notlooof any length to cay0s -puUla hear~wnotha4 ltthomcttlng'aiAuEioh the ordlnanoawas pa8seL

*The olty or lfavaaota ha4 **not** pr@r t0

raquirod **by** 8tatuto."
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suoh regulatlanaand restrictions snd the boundaries of suchdlstrlots shall be determined, established,and enroroed, and from time to time amended, sup$lemented, or chsnged. However, no such regulation, restrlotion,or boundary shall beoome eifeatlrb until after a public hearing in relation thereto, et whloh parties in interest 8nd oltizeasShall hare an OppOrtUdty to **be** heard. At loafa 15 

### aap* natloa af the **time** and plaoa of 8uah haarlng shall 

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*'fn orda to 8vail it8eU of the paWar aonfarredbj this Aot (&t8.~10~8-lOllj.‘j), suah leglslatlrebady shall appoint a aaa

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Shall. Wl3kO ~8~SliStit~ rOmt Md bald pub116 ha8rlng8 tharaan

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### and 8uah xagl83+ tlra bady shallnot hold its pub116 hearlug 'brt8ko aotion until it ha8 raooired tho final report of rmoh oamal8slon. Whare a olty plan oammlsslonalrasdy axlsts, it may ba ap~lntad (~11

the ronlng aamml8alon.*
It 1s alaar that the abova aantlonad raqulramants as to natlae, length of tima raqulred far suah notlao and haarlng tharaon are mandatory apaa the govarulng body of a munlalpall~.

The court, in the oase a.1potera, Mayor at al vs. aou@ et al, 05 SW 2nd 515, ,$ndlsansslng the regniremanta of ths above mentioned statute8 said:

Thase statutoryrequlramants are 

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and are his safeguardsagainst bn arbltmxy exerciee of the poiwr granted by the statute. Hence it would appear that suah preliminary steps required by the statute are essential to the exerolseof such jurlsdiotion. The railure of the council to give the statutory **notice** of the public hearing prior to the adoption of the ordlnanaoTender8 tha ordln8noe lnwlld.w Aaoaptlng a8 true, the.faots aontalnad in raur 8tatamaatol faat8 horalnaboroquoted, it Us tha oplulan of this DeparWent and yau axa (10 advisa& that the ordlnnnoa in quostlan 18 lnvalit¶ for want OS proper not~aa ud oppartunlty for hearing th8raan. Having 80 anm8r8d 

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Trusting that 

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