OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS .- AUSTIN
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3 yur lattt= 0 tbt on hu&ust 29, 1938 J&iOiljlos.striot%wt & 0. ;;loIlola, 0032osin ooz?Qosia~the Qortner- jUd@mit aZoinst the o;mty Tro~sur~r,County olleoter0: 51~13 cstnbliehin~hllindabt- t, to bo paiG out 0r 15;= ed in 6016 Oounty after ruly 1, ax Assessor and Colleotcr &Ad
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You also stated that unJ.erthe provisionsof Arti- ole 7336r. Vernonb3 AnAotated31~11 Statutea, Rarrls Ocunty osused a Gellnquenttax reoord to be mace at the oost therein suthorIZ0d this being prior to the enaotmentoi the hereln- sft,erCWAtiOAOd SOAate Sill RO. 6 Helther of these oblI&atloAshaving been dlsoharged, you requestedour opinion in substenoras to whether any part of sun8 should ba deduotadfrom the sums grantadto the Harris Oounty Flood ControlDletrlotby Senate El11 No. 6, 46th Legls- lature,or whether suoh sums should be psid entirelyout of the State'shalf of the ad valorem taxes oolleotedin liar&3 COurhY9 On June 14, 1940, you renewed your request for t5is opiniOA. Our delay has b0eA Oooasioned by the pendenoy IA the SupremeCourt or the mandamusease Involvingthe ooAstItutlon- silty or the Aot. The statutehaving been held valid we ehall noa attempt to answer your questlon.
SeOtiOA'lof said Senate Bill No. 6 reads in part as io11av;st 1or a period of ten (10) years, oomaenoingnith Septemberlat.,r0iiorpuig the adoptionot tale Aot there is hereby donatedend granted by the State of Texas to the IIorrlsCounty Flood ControlDlstriot of Xarris County,Texss, 6s oreatedby Oha ter 360, House Bill Ko. 1191, Xota of the Regular SeasPOA OS the Forty-fifthLegislature,1937, one-halfor all the State ad oaloremtaxes oolleotedIn Harris Count for generalrevenue ourpose apoa t?se ropsrty there% and from persons,whioh taxes, when ooh eoted shall be used by the said Earrls Oounty Flood Oontrol Dlstriot ror the purpose8or preventingthe oontlaued pub110 oolmlty onuaed by greet flooda,aAd to oonstruot lm- provemantsto control flood watero in the said County ror the proteotlonor life, property,soil, forests, pub110 hlghways,and the Houston Ship ahannel, lying within~thesaid Count , and to oarry out the powers &en herein and In cIi apter 360, Aots of the Regular sssslonor the Forty-fifthLegislature,1937, orsating the said DIetrIot. *At the end of eaoh month, the Assessor and Colleotoror Taxes of Harris Ccunty shall make an itemizedreport under oath'to the Oomptrollerof Pub- 110 AOOOuAtsof the State of Texas, ok forms to be rurnlehedby said Oomptroller,showingthe amount of all State ad ralorem taxea oolleotsdby him for generalrevenue purposesupon propertysnd from persons within the Oounty of Harris; and he shall aooompany Eooe c00. n. ahe9pard.Paco 3
the same with aa itsmixed atntement 8h0wiAUfull d;SQOSal0r all auoh tares 00iie0t06. The said AssessorCA6 oollrotor. of T&XOS shall forwcrdhis report to the Co!aptroller, and #hell make s uka report to tha County Anditor, end he shall pay mer to the CountyTrOeSIWerof Barr18 Oounty, Texas, upon the apprOVc1 by the Oounty kUdltOC end Cdsalonerag Court of Barr18 County of hla mnthly report,one-halfof all mane a oolleotrd by him as