Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

_. .. OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN aml ihe aooaapany- . B. .orlandlex and an4 &I188hula oi %xarr by rk puxpow8, orrraMlana6 nvllle,~Toxa8,rho e ~urohaesthen- a6 a denetlon on o? thl8 departgent in $:I. :~'~ Ii the abooo quertLonf8 anawsr- the negative,oan elthexthe Texas p ,i. State Ptykrr Board or urotheragsnoyoiLthe pste I:. of Texas or the Btato or Tmm lea&e aaid ptip~rbjr Z~..' ;,; for ninety-nlno(991 yeare t6 a ~ooellyorganized oorpoxatlon or Board OS Tru8t00e.w 38 trable olenn Link,'Pee e Under thr authorityof Artlolo6070b,Vernon*a AauotatedQtil Statutes,the.TexuaStateParka Boar4 ao- oepted tha gift or lap4 on Deoembor16, 1983; an4 dnoo 192JSthlm area Qmmzlbed in s&Y deeds he8 been operated a8 a pu8liopa*. fhe 'peXa8 Park8'hrd i8 a &ate ageno~, in the nature of a quasi-publiooorporation, oroatod Id aaplo~wi by the State iOr tho porpore of initlatfnga ~OYe!&Witlook- lng to the 08t6blbhWnt lvwWal3y of a~ayatemOS Stat. Park8 .ror the benoflt o? th@ pooplo, 8OOU.FBd either by 60- nation or purobmm, or e8tabli8hodon @J&Jlan4 oWnad by the Eta tOl?#allable for 8UOh pUX&@8..' SW Aote~19Z5, 38th La., and 0. s. Ch. SS, PO SS, ) 31 Aot819S7, 45th Lo&, 8. 8. No.~M9, 1 11 Artlole6069, V.A.C.8.t57 IBr. Jur., p.65; 11 Tim. Jur. ~68s q6S. %lOSS 8psoifioailf authorirodby the Colutltu- tioa"orStatUte#i auoh Stat6 agonoira have no power or au- thorityto oomey any of tb propertyaoqulredby them foi the pUrpo808 02 oarxyingout,thr duties 4elegatoU td them. Whoa authorlnobby statuteto oomy rqoh gx!operty, they mgt it&" 8tl'iOt&+i the manner.pro+Ued t@min. S7 ‘hr. . l Hhatorsr'pow~r or authoritythe 8tate Parka Boar4 ha8 t0 dfw088 Oi Uy Of it8 Qi'QWty d th0 -Or by WhiOh the 8W IRay bo oOIIY0J.d i8 Ue&‘iVOd fro8 ArtiOle606t$ R.&S., ,88 amendadby &t8 X939, 46th Leg., R.S., 8. B. Ro. 898, ( I, .p*816. ~OOtiOii 1 Oi'tM8 Aot ma48 in part am r0ii0w “. . . "mhe 8&I &6rd. 8hrili OOiiOit dOMtiOM to th8 gtato Of traota or land, large or 8mall, to bd w&l by the S?Ma for tho purpom ai pub- llo.pwks and/ormonitional arear?, and.aaid Boar4 18 hsreby,.authori~crd to aoaapt$a~behel~ of ths Btats th&,!ltlato any such traot or traotcrof land. :. oi"$f title'toa elte has Iionorabla Glenn Link, Page S besam Ysrted In the State ?or park purpo8er and tb 8ito $8 dSOmd qnauitablo@we State Puk by the State'Puk8 Boar& . ., tho Boar4 18 henby authorlxs4an4 ampowerodto tramiar tit10 to another 8tata Demrtmant or inrtltu- tb&8 8tatUti. it.mUSt d0 80 by a tUO-third8- (II/S)'Yot. Of tMmmber8 Of the Bmrd, an4 pro- _ rldingthattho~lmlrmaao?tho BoarU8hall aigta ti ill8truPtWt8 6llthOria.d under thi8 ht,. AS .~ . amendedA0t8 lOSO, 46th Leg., p. 816.**(Under- 80&w OWE) ~~CbVikl8 objeot O? th@ Leglalature.5.n area&g % Ar&ole 4040 -8,to direst the Statehrkr Board OS title to laXId rhluh i8 MIIuitablO?Or park pUrjWjWai$;l~ ;I-, 8it 8UOh 3And t0 be &ttt$to’ Other U808. the Board und*r th18 8tatuteto reoonroy&&ted lands to th+ Uoaor, thor8o?~~wt,howover,be OXWO18.d in mtlfot oollir3iana8 with the.mtatute. pphethor or not tbs State Parka B&4 ho the au- 8horlXy to T@V*8t tit10 to.Mid 1ti8 into a group Of known OitiSU&8 rh0 Odu*OtOb by popular8Ub8OriptiOn a Sum O? money dth.uhioh 8al4 oltlsew pUZOha8Od the lu@m dworlbed ., in the rubdttod 4ood8 arid 4onate~ @aid land to the atat0 ?Or park purpwm ,or whothor authorityexlIWI to rOToat title to mame lntai looallyorganlxedoorporatlonor board of tTU8t.W mU8t be ?Ound, l? anr, in the pmtinhnt ~rtla Of the rtatuto abovo underaoorotl. It lr the opiniono? thla dep+rtmentunder the par- tioular faot 8ituatloaherein 808 out that the &it made by the twenty-?lyooltizen8or Stephenrllle, aora or lem, oon- 8tltute4a land donetlonto the State for p8rk purpose wlth- In tha rwnlng o? the 8tatute) au4 that thereion,a moon- toyan may be ma40 to ma14 4onoraun4er tlm autborltyan4 manner providedlb the 8tatuto. i ...-. ., 3aw. Hmorable 018nn Linlc,Pq8 4 .,..” Vndor the olau8eof ArtIdle 6068,‘tuulerworod by ~8, ,w an of the Opinion thatthe Stat8 P8rk8 @am% ha8 the nquldto authority to brewfor title to tho 8614 4onrkt6d~ hIId to thi doaor8~thoroot In srdor to pemlt 8&d lea.to bo put to other WI8 ?dn the #ama 18 unnuitablofor &a* P-?-.8* Itwoula?ollow thatbo0aume th8propo88&18oally organlmd OOTpWabiOlh OT board of tXU8tW8 won no0 in ?a08 tW roti donor8 of %ho lnnd that raoomoymoe to 8al4 bodl.8 .rouldbe lmpmpirmd lllog& boOOrdiZ@f, YOU2 ?bSt qU@8- tlon mwt bo uuuorad. in the ae&atire. We haY0 OaZOfUlly OX8dMd th0 v6riOW 8868utm8. under T&lo 103, R.WJ., &tlolw 6087 to 60810, lnolwlYo, V.A.O.&, tith 86?8nn88 to th8 pmer8 of the Stats park8 Board or other War subomllnate Stat8 ag8nolw.to dl8- pO8. or State park lan48, and rind no Oxpr888 d8loeation Ofluthwlty 80 any Stat8 sgOhy to ha&J 8aib -8. Ill the lbaenoa of 8uoh authority your 8eoond quarrtlonmart bs an8noa-84inth8 n8gatlt8. deolaro Shoul4the War4 in 188 juaepwnt 8dd 18nd un8u%tablr for park~purpcao8 a ndla th elvOnt th a at neon~eyam~ thwoo? to th* orlglnal Qnor8 18 voted favor- ably, the 8tato Park8 Board 8hOuld nquln mob proof a8 will ooapl.tOlJ 86ti8ij it a8 to the -8 Of dll QSmarU to tho projeot sod l? reoonveyonoo ralrln@any 88n;liributlon 18 mid* it 8h0da bo to all 8uoh pormoak Youn verytruly FIRST ASSIS"AXT ATTORNEY GEbTERAL Che8ter &. 01118on