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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Do*r 8ir1 OPiniOA HO. O-7338
Ret Whether tha Upper colormlo
WI rolaiovledgoyour
rOqUerting a legal OpiniOA Of
rerdlog 8B follov8:
"The Upper Colondo
vhathor or AOt
thority la rubjeot
cribed by Article8
ot8ted Civil atatute8
32 of the 8trtuter 18 l part of Chapter 1,
lT8 V8t.F.
l'Og918tillg 'fhi8U'tiOlO f1X.8
be ohargod end oollootod by the Board of
Wlter ior the b@Adit of the 8t8t8
&A&AOW8 in rerpeot to
lp p liO8tiOA8
8Ad pOrrrit8 ti iAOidOAt81 MttOr8 p.l't~ini~
t0 tb iBpOundiJl& 8tOPiaq, UIb& 8011i43 ud othrrvira
lpproprlatlng the pub110 rator8 or tb at&o. Artlole 7497
18 a180 l p u t ot Ch8pter 1, title m, r.qUifirrg
the MT-
AeAt Or 8 0&8io rOS UpOn the fiiinc; Of a V8tOr lpp?OpPiatiOII
lpplloatlon. Art1010 7533 Or the 8UO Ch8ptW pIWidO8 that
the80 ch@~rg88vhen oollboted 8h11 bo dOpO8it.d in the 8t8tr
Tre88uk-yto th8 orodlt 0r the Oeneral R~VOAU~.
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Thb ideIktl8ti quO881- rlth re8peCt CO the fee8
la quertlolr 8Ubltted herain by the Upper
Oolorwio mver
Autho?ityn8 prue8ted tothlr departwatb~ the Lwer
0olorudo Alter Authorlt~ in the yur 1940. Attome oenerel
~lBlo11 lo. O-4304, 0 oopy of vhloh ia eW108.4 hoicc1
that Artdale 753P, f. A. 0. E., 18 Aot .pplle.bie to the
Lmer Oolemlo River Autkma%t~ ud tb8t the knthorlt~ b8 no
power to ex.peAeit8 fuml in the pay-at to the Boara Of Meter
wiMer8 fOP 800Otilbd Petit8, 188M.6 Or t0 b 188U.d t0 it.
The rb8 pqU8At roquird w&r ArtlOle 7497 b eing l r8tor
pemlt fee, rlmllw ¶.A ahwater to there required uwlor
Article 7532, the abwe aud#ered OplAloA 18 oontrelll8&
Bouse Bill 80. 77, pa8red 8t the Regular 888810~
of the 44th Leglrlrture, cruta the Upper ~olomdo ltlror
Authorltr, OOBtd.IU 8UbrtUItl8ny lf POt id8AtiOa~, the I)-
h-0 l8 8caete Bill lo. 0 p88d at the P0urt.h0dl.d
8C88loll,43rd ~(ri8~htl'b, orebtlng the Lov8r colorrdo River
Authority. UnQrr the Act oreat* tb Upper Oolorado River
hlthority it 18 dsCl4rrd t0 be 8 gOVel%WAtil 8&@ACy Uld body
politla and OOllgonte" vith the poverr of gOlleZWeAt 8d rlth
the ‘eUth O?iVJ t0lXe~Cl8e the rlghtr, priYil8g88, Md !'WCtiOne
h8rdMft8r 8p8Oiribd'. 800 v8rnOA'8 bAUot8ted Ctvit 8totUte8,
Tlitle l~8, Chapter 8 p. 618, 8ec. e, rubdlvlrlan (a) to (J),
inC1U81Ve.
m DOWOr thU8 OOAfO?l'bdUPOA the UPPOP COlOndO
River AuthorlL~ are broad urd uple~ aothfag em be ad68d there-
to or 18 l0quina by the permit of the b08rd 0r Voter ml-
neer8.
Thb re88OA8 &Jd COBO1U81W 8et OUt iA Attorney
O6lkeX'@1'8Opi.MOn lo. o-4304, Ve bellove, 8FO rqrUlly lPp1108-
ble for th8 purD08er of thl8 09lnlOn m lm Adopted herelor.
It 18, th@nrOF@, OW OpinlOA th8t &tic108 r>)2 @M 749-f al'@
not applicable to the Upper Colorndo River Autbmlty, and the
Authority h8 m Do ver to lxpeJaA it8 fundr la th8 pqaeAt to
the m8rd 0r Uater sagin08r8 r0r 80-OOud prrrltr 188oea or
to be 1@8Ued to it! t&t E-80 Bill n, 1. 8., 44th I.&g.,
CrUtiry the Upper Colorado River AUthOrity, h8 AOCO88Ol’tly
8Up@r8&d thb pWbXi8tbg 8tatUtb \mdOr VhiOh the mrb Or
VatOr ~Ur8 18BU.8 it8 pndt8 id 80 t8P I8 the UP-r
. .
540
ud tmror ~olomdo Rlvar Arathmltlor are aaaoenmI.
Tmmtiry that the abow utlrrclotorlly lwern
four lnqulry, ve reml~
four8 very truly
ATTOIWXf OEUEMI, O? TEXM
Oheoter B. 01118on
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