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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. R. A. Hodgo 

County Auditor 

w1111ams0n county 

Georg*tawn, TIxa6 

Dear Sin 

Opinion Re. o-so 

Rel Does thr la 

of the Road 

noent~ date r*que 

abov;e fstate4 quest 

of your letter or 

hi8 department on the 

Red and Rriuge comCloenma Pea8 vvhioh 

iP(~s Conmen hil, boPreoinat 4008 the 

at a Regular sen~ion 

or may it br lr@U 

dietributlon of tams en4 lioanae 

r I ehall be ~p2Wss4 to have row opiaThe County Road an4 Bidgo Fund propsr iL 4mfve4 

from two eouroa81 County taxeD and automobil regi6tretion 

fecm. 
&on. IL A. Bodg~, Page & 

AS for that portion of the County Road and Bridge 

mnd ccnsisting of aounty taxes, Artiole 6940, Reriaed Civil 

Statute8 , provides: 

Vbe commissiunare* oourt ahall sea that the 

road r:rxl bridge fund of their county is ju4iaiously and er,uitebly expended on the roads and bridges 

of their county, and, aa nearly as the condition 

and the necaeolty of' the road8 will permit, it will 

be expended in eaah county aosmlesfoner~8 pmalhet 

in proportion to the mount oollaetad in auoh pracinct. Koney use4 in builalng pexmansnt roads 

ahall first be 1~34 only on iirat or seaand-ola8a 

roads, an4 on those which rhall hare the right of 

way turnlshad free of dolt to make am 8traight a 

roab as Is praotloable and hariagthe qeateat bomas 

‘orfwed by the altleons of money, labor 00 other 

property." 

Dispwition of that portion of the Od'ty Road aad 

Bridge IFun& consisting of autcmobila rsgirtratloa;.ioa8 $8 

governed by Seotion 10 of Artiale 6698a, Vernon's'CIvil Aaaotated Statutes, the pertinant proviefon of emld motion reads 

as follewnr 

T!one of the mohl~a so plaeml to the aradit 

of the Road aail Rrldge Fund at a soimty shall be 

used to pay the salary or aclrpeamt~on of any 

County Jwlgs or County Cmb#i~a@r, but all Or 

6aid mrmimv oh811 be used for the aanstsuotion altd 

neiatehanao of bt8ral roads in suoh aouaty under 

the supenlsioa of the County Angineas, If thmro ' 

be one, and f? there ir no mmh l giltoer:, then'tha 

County Cozmisslonem* Coart ehall ha9a av&hority 

to tmmmfmd the servioos of the Di*l*ion ItngFnesr 

of the State Highway Dapartmtvnt for th?,pvirpo80 of 

rrupenlsing the acnstrnation md eumiyiag of 

latsral roads in their reopeotive oounties. All 

funds allooatsd to the oowltisr by the prcniaionr 

of thla kot (iirtloles 8658a-1 to 669Sa-14) vmy be 

used by the oouatlss in the payment of obligations, 

if any, lsaued an4 incurred in the aonetrustion or 

the improvement of all reada, inaludlng State Rlghways of euoh aouatisa end oletriato thsmfbini or 
Eon. Ii. A. BObgdB, Fags 8 

ths improvaaent of the roads aomprleiag the County 

Eonad Systeull.~ 

Article B?)M, Vernon~~ Ciril &inotat*d Btatutaa, 

provl4sa eat: 

*lVo aountp tax ahall, bi laviad axaopt at a 

regular term of the mint, and when all membora 

oi a&U oourt arq premnt.’ 

irtlole sSrL8, Vernoa*a Civil hmotatad etduwa, 

read8 aa followaa 

l Th8 rqular t8ma o? the eomlaaiono~#~ 

aoust shall be ao~~&onoad and ba hold at the @aurt 

kouae oa tha 88atmd !EonQar a? saoh month throughout the mar and my oontfaw in aaaaion ODO W&J 

prari4ed the smut nerd not hold mom than em 

a~+rfon aaoh qwrter ii the bwuinoaa 0r the aoort 

daea not %mkkd a aseaion. m aaaalon mar adjcmra at a4 ttu tile buai8msa 0r tha'oourt f8 

diapoaad of. iQaoia1 torlp may ba aallad by the 

oounty jmtgo OP thraa af the ~ooaelsaioaar8, aad 

rnr oontlntae in aoaaion urti1 lb buabena ~38 oomplet&* 

I T!ho ditiai#n Of the Rope ad Ebrit6. Fund ad tb 

lufmobila Liaenae laaa uhioh ara plaoed in th8 Baad ad &id&a 

Fund doe8 mt invol~s tha lm'giag at a tax by tha 8~~Iaalow~a* 

6ourt, but Is merely a dlatribution of tax+a 5114 liaoaaa iaaL, 

Thaaa atatute8 do not reqtirs the 'di~iaion and 41at+ibut¶oa~of 

1,. tha Road and Erl4ge fua4 ta be mada at a regialtir term 6f t&o 

e0w-t. !Phere~ore, you are respaathrll~ adviaa4 that It la the 

opinion cf thla depertmnt that the dirlsion cf t~ho Fad and 

EriAge Fua% as between the various oommisaiowra~ preainata 

r&g be dons either at a radular tsw cw a rpeaialtorr of the 

oourt. 

Our opiaioa Ro. G-1091, airwsa~a the dlatributicm 

.or aouaty fund8 derived frum autcrrebih rq$istratioa toes. 
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We are enaloefng herswlth a aopy of said @pinion for your 

foneetfan and convenience. 

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