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<p>OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
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<p>AUSTIN </p>
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Ho... Leo Frvanell, page <=

to the state and its agensy, the State Highway Departe
sente — ;

It is our cpinion that such use of any Sounty
funcs ie ploinily prohibited by Article 6674q-4, Vernon's
apuot.ted Civil Statutes, which reads as follows:

“All furtuer improvement of @aid State
Kighway Syatec ehall] be mde uncer the exclu=
sive ana direct control of the State Lighway
Department and with appropriations nace by the
Legislsture cut of the St..te highway Fund. Sur-
veys, plans and apecifications and estin:tes
for all further sconstrustion ané inmprovenent
of gaid System ahall be mace, and
paid for by the State Highway Department. No
further improvement of seid System shall be
mace with the aid of or with any monies furnish-
od by the counties except the acquiaition of
rights of way which may be furnished by the
eountics, their subcivisions or defined roeé
districts. But this ghali in nowise affeot
the carrying out of any binding contracts now |
existing betweon the State Highway Department
ané the Commiasioners' Court of any sounty
for such county, or for any defined road dis
trict, In the development of the systen of
State Highways anc the maintenance thervoft,
the State Highway Cosmission shall, from funcs

evailable to the State Highway Department, pro~
vider

“(a). For the efficient maintenance of
all highways comprising the State Systen.

“{b). For the construction, in coopera~
tion with the Federal Government to the
extent of Federal Aid to the State, of
highways of curable type of the greatest
public necessity.

"(c). For the construstion,of highways,
perfecting and extending a oorrelated

aysten of State Lighways, independently
from State Funcs.*
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Hoc. loo Preanell, pase 3

The purfehese of a city lot to be used perme
nently and neceasarily by the cighway Departaent would
eaue within the coverage of such terms a@ “all further
improvessnt of said Kighway Systen", and “efficient
ntenaace of all highways", und “for the canstruetion
of highways, perfecting and exten @ correlated
eysten of State ligh.ag, independently fran state funda",

We have been unable to find any statutory aue
th.rity eonferred upon the Conmisslocera’ Cowt of
counties within the Stete of Texas to purchase «@ lot
for the use of a state agency such as the Highway De~
parteent.

it is ifieant that Articles 66740, G674r,
66%4g, Revised Civil Statutes, 1925, all dea with
county financial aid te the State fi y Systen, have
bean expressly repealed hy Article 6674q-3, Vernon's
Annotated Civil statutes, Acta 1038, Forty-second Leg~
islatuze, Third Called Session, page 15, Ghapter 13,
poe bieer « Since that time, according to articles

43-41

* «¢ «se No further improvenent of said
System shall be sade with the ald of or with
any monies furcished by the counties except the

tion of the rignte ef way which may be
furtilened by the counties, their subdivisions
or cefined road distrieta,"+ = « “

Soe in acdition to opinion Bo, O-1159, above
referred to, also, opinions Nass; 0-1260 and 0-893,
copies of aia three, of which, are etfached,

it ia ovr opinion that a city let upon which
Lot the State highway Departoent sow has a house for
ite equipment and auppliies anc which lot will continue
te be so used by the Highway Lepartment, aay not legal-
ly ta purciaged with county funds,

Trusting that the above fully answers your in«
quiry, we are

Yours very truly
ATTORNEY GENGHAL OF TERAS

0 ag Sos

Agaietant

APPROVED

OPINION
COMMITTEE

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