OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF T-
AUSTIN
Eonorable Marvin B. Post
County huditor
Yp-& c;",;:
.
Dear Sir:
Opinion Xumber O-3593
Be: Can Yoakum County issue $10.300
tinii warrents to pay the brlanot
on a contract for oompleting
Righwey 214~without rouoring
the prc~isionr or Article 2368a,
Revised Ciril Statutes or Texas)
Ye ackncmledge receipt of pcxr letter of recent date
Wherfh you rkqueet our ojh.ion on the above otated ~uuestlon.
The facts as wo understand tb*m afe substantially es rollows;
YoaW County ismiad~ +t50,000 bold*, dated April 1,
1940. Said bonds a&e knclwo es the Yaakwn County, Team, Road
Bonde, Series 1940, voted and issued on the faith end oredit
oi Yoakm County, Texas, under A& by virtue of the proriaiolu
of tie Colletitution and laws of the Sttts of Texas, partfoulu-
1~ Section 62, trtlole 3, of the Constitution, and Chapter 16
of the General Law8 gassed by the Thirty-ninth Legirlaturr of’
Texan, at its First Called Seamion in 1926. Said balbs UWC*
issued for the purpose of the aonstruotlon, maintemaoe ud
operation of naaad&mized, gravelled or paved roads and turn-~
piker, or In a id thersot, in YoalcrapCounty Texas. !Mg noun-
ty ie ntnf short 0r runds In the amount or 4le,soo on the ria
payment or a aontract let to Fare Highway 214 of said coountf.
Yoakum County now wishes to issue &lS,300 time waxra~tts to py
the balance of oom9ltting said Eighway 814 without ocmplying
with the term or Artlule 2366a.
The Bond and $farrant Law of lQ31 (Artiole 2366a, R-C*% ,
or Teraa)~ regulatesin generdl th~.,fi_mnoiag or pubtio ir “2:
mn$e by o~ties 3ihd priXv-iib,hb"the ste9s whloh 'WMt bs if4
prior to the lrmmncs ot rvidenors af i.adebtedmm ?w maoh
lmpror0want8. &id iot pro idet tbt vrhan it i8 the i&ta8-
ticn or the Sodrsiowrs’ 1 ourt to lseue the WIJMU&B r0r
tb 9ement oi ell or any psrt of e oontrnot for publlo wwk,
within the oontemple tion of the Aot, they shall air0 notloo
to biildors an& ahall recite that iaot retting out the rnrrirrr
amount or the propostd tir warrukt lndebtednrra, ttw ntr 6f
intomat mob tlw warrant0 are to bar, and thb ma&mm maturl-
ty date thereof. The Aot aleo &we8 the voter8 tht polvllo
by prqpz ystitioa, or rubmittirato a refwa&am the pweatr*oa
or tht lsmaanee of 8aid uarrantsr
Mtsr oarefully ocruiderin$ the qumtion, itim cmr
o inl~n that bbforo Toakun Oount~ of&nissue aa sddltloti
de,500 warrsntr for Wit purpwe ai tompletiag Eldhry M.4
tkt provialona of Artfult tS66a smut be l trletly ee lied with.
It I8 true tkst 0totfon 6 or aala krtiole la8 the r0
Yl wing w
otptionr
"Ttm prmtrio~ of thf8 Att ek&l not eftaot
pmjeotn ror pub110 0vaswt.a themior~t law-
fully authorirtd, t mtrhtmtrttif bt ltw-
fullf wthorired by 8 v8to Oz the potplr, e,ad
where tktm may be a ddioitrref OS fued t to oom
plete mme in eaoordenet rith the planr aaadpur-
poota authorfztd by the w&4rl,w
fr these bondu had betn voted ror a rpeoftia projeot
or a speolrfo highwey then we bekiert the 6xetption in 8@tlon
6 ab hrtiale ZSb%a xoul& apply. &wever, M do not btliew
that this azoqtlon oowra th tltattmeat 02 ffmte in gaur m-
In this ease there was 00 prrticulaz 9rojeo9 or DO
~kalar plans and pwpoeer author&atd bg the ?oterr ot aaid
eleotion. The rokert rinrply rutheniaad th0 fr8u6umt t& f&i@,-
000 bollbe, the prooteds ct v&lob wtm to be rprall ror thw pw-
port of the aonstmction, zaalnteoenoa and gporation of -oak-
&ted, gravelc& or pared road8 and turnplkerr, or in nld thereof,
fn Ion&m County, and the aout had the authority to eptnd nid
a#ney on any rosd in tkt ceuaby. ,
at..:
‘,r. Boaarable l&arrla R. Poet, pa@ #S
‘Ke reallne that thl8 ia R very oloro queotloa a*
to whether or not this excsptfoawould apply to the rtabe-
meat of fasts mubsltted by you, but there 16 a leriou~
doubt la our aindr a@ to wbthar or aot thir uoeption rp-
pllra to your pfMdular 8ftuetion. ft La our opinion that
la view OS said doubtthe oouaty should atriotly oo~lply with
tbt terns of Artiale 836&.
This opfaioa is based on the frnotr*t&ad by you Man
you rirlted thlr oftios axaddlrowred the matter with W.
Your oorreapodleaos,however, iadio&ea thet probably the
aoatnot has beea oompletmd.
Under either #et ar faot8 the oounty m#t lure &riot-
Iy complied with thr term of Artlelr EJO%a a8 te Jwtieo, eto.#
11
brforr tlam warnat my be legally irBue6.
This oplaion m4mly &ate8 the smthed Wmt saaadbr
rollowed la lmuiag time warranta and we are ia.aa way pam-
:~~~oa the validity of aaid Warrat& i? and w&WI tlmy mm
.
Am pr your reqwa% we are retumilry the oontraot ntb-
rltt8d with your oplal0~ request.
i
w
I
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion