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OFFlCE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Paul Grogan
County Attorney
Montgomery County
Conroe, Texas
Dear Sir:
Opinion No. O-7401
Re:
Ye have your recent
this department on the above s
your letter as follows:
expended by the county will be
Services of various individuals
tary without compensation.
"1 would appreciate au opinion from you at
your convenience with reference to the above."
'de observe that you state in your letter that you find
no statutory aut2orit.y prohibiting the proposed expenditures of
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county- funds. (Underscoring ours). May we respectfully point out
tnat tne courts naverepeatedly held that county Commissioners
.Courts ma exercise only such authority as is conferred, expressly
cir by imp 1 lcation, by the Constltution and Statutes of this State
and, therefore, no expenditures of aounty funds may be made for
any purposes unless authorized by the Conetltution and/or Statutes.
(underscoring ours)
We have carefully considered the above question and fail
to find any Statute or other authority authorizing the expenditure
of county moxuL6sfor the purposes stated.
Therefore, we respectfully answer your question in the
negative.
Xe ‘s~-e encloaiq copies of our Opinions Nos. O-591, O-
5733 O-2419, O-4.483
and O-5003 which elaborate fully the reasons
for kibiting expenditures of oounty funds in this Instance and
similar cases.
Yours very truly
JNc : d jm
Enclosure6
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion