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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
Arrorl~u GENERAL
Eo~orablo Sruce L, Parker
Couty Attorney
Gray County
Punpa, Texas
Dear Sir: o?iniGil NO, O-7099
Re: Condemnationof
Of CfX’tdJl
in Grcy County.
That the Engine
has surveyed th
have been fuzni
the countg In PL??-
Spoclficzlly,you rrontto know
-way usin& the procedure of Arti-
under sutnorlt~ of Article 667&n,
g the procodllreof Article 6703,
ation of the submitted copy of tineAgree-
n the Gray County CcmuisslonerssCourt
HIghway Commission revetis, In siiDstance,the
following:
?&ereas, S. B. IJo. 3k8, 48th Leg., Acts 193, pro-
vides the State Highway Commission is authorized to
Eonorable BrucreL. Parker, page 2
Ua3lp2te my county rosU In the State 0s 0 fem-to-
n&act rood for pllrgoserr Gf CO~SblCtiGil, in accordcknce
with the provisl~ns theroof; I?bcrezs Grq County socks
to have it& road fron Almroccl to X. 7.7 miles towed
Lefors doslgnnatedby tha Comuiosiloncs o fom-to-m&et,
rood token over for construction;vhercas +& county
ha.swived all rlChts It has for pmticipiztionby the
State in po.yEontof my county o~ldoncea of ir,dabted-
new incurred In tho .constructlonof such c~ounty rocd;
vhorens the TaxNil&w~y Camlsnion is ci,“soz3le z.nd
villing to design&o ouch rood m a farm-to-mrkot rood
and to construct end to m%lntsAn sme at the sole cost
and expense of the Stati conditioned upon full conp~irsce
by the County tit& the ra~uironaots of S. B, 30. 348:
"For 8nd in connidoratiGnOf the coveDo.nts, a,wee-
mats, and waivers herein conttined to be mutually kept
md performed It is und.eratoodend &greed by md betwaan
the paxties .haretor
"RESPOXSXBILfTYOF TEZ COUXTY;
"1. That the County has passed and entered of ra-
cord in its offlclaJ minutes in Voluw E3o.6, page 33,
the folloving order:
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"BR IT ORl?EZD by the'Comissionar&@ Court of Gray
County thr?tEkeman ldhlta,Couzty.Judse cf Gray County; countyy;
bo and fia 13 hereby authorized to eatw into end execute
and fia
for cad 03 beho.lfof Gray
Gwy Counq zm c~roemnt with the
Stata of Tcxcxes:.'Whhcrain
Tcxcxes::WherainGrw County will o=ee to wsivo
md rolinqulsh cng acid6&l-rights-Gmy Cobty o.nd/orrood
Uietrict h&s or my have for po.rticiphtLon by t2e Steto
in the pnyxont of cng~Couz?~yEnd/or ro3i district bends,
t:orrmt3, or fi*b,er auldewes of iniebtec?nes:: incurred by
Gxy County ma/or rood dl.ztrictin the constructLo>,
recon%ructioa,or winteac.ma of the county roti Proa
XLmrccd to Earth 7i7 !nllestCWSd tifGX3 UpCn COEc?its?.Oll
the Ei&wy Comainslon of %?e%xlzswill dcsi~n+a such rocd
as c farm-to-market road as contemplated by S. D. ho. 348,
Acts of the Forty-ESChthLaG:islatwe, 1343, crldcomtmct,
rOConstS'uct, ma/or molntain the 822x3at the s&e cost &xd
expense of the Stat0 Bs a pert of the deslggmted highhuoy
Baoroble Bruce L. P~rkor, Poe 3
syoton of Texas; that the dcni(gsotionof tho rocd by the
IIl~~wq CozzLaalon oh&l1 novor i'orntho basis of a oleim
for partioip&lon by LIo State In ths paymnt of any CounQy
end/or road district bonds, wrrmts, or other evidences a?
lndobtedneasagsinat said road; to e;;roeto rmove or a.bnte
am and al3 encroochmxts or oacumbrancoo on said reed or
rl&%-of-my at tko Sole cxpcneo or"tho Conntg boforo it3
clcaifmetion by the El~hvev Com=aLaslon,and to Purthar agree
to obteln st its exaense any now or additionoIL r&-U-of-mu
on location approvoh by the-State Siip$v~yCngixzooF et my -
time the bsm3 should be considered ~oce~3ax7 or dctlrablo
to the proger n&Lntcnznce, construction or rcconotruction
of aaid roti EB I part of the St.&a system; to ~;g~e.eto la-
&mnify and save hrrmleas thy StGc from all cla.lma,demands,
ECtiOI28 OX C&U328 Of &CtLOn3 &Z'iSiZ2~ fZ'O;n OI' ~OVinS Out Of
or dar.:c.pto property resulting In er;gmannar from the eon-
strwtion or nc.ln~kx?nceof ouch ro@ oithor prlor to or
after *ho dssip~tion of 8~2.1 reed ~3 a highway, vhlch hzvve
rzccruedor nn?yaccrue prior to the tke suoh hi&xx Is
reconstructedby the Qtota. In comldoration or t;Uch
agcsermts, vcdroro, ax2dcovenants on the part oz"the County,
the State ah:nrll cyxca to doni,~nc,te the county rood Srom
hlonmod to ::orth~~e8 tommd Lof'Gx3 ,tisu f'wm-to-na~233t
road rsfl to conetrid, reconstruct, &d/or mtintzin the a3me
at thg sole ooat and expanse of the State cs a port of tho
system of~designctcd bfgl2vzp of Texas GS contemplated and
act forth in Chqtor 1, Title ~16, en& Chapter 126, General
LQVS of the Iierg.&u~ Secssi~nof the Thlrtg-XinthL~~isl~tuxi3
aad Qiindmeats t3lomto.
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: “2. That the Co&y agree13to i?.nddoes hereby VESVS
und reli-,quishany axl sillclaims it ha8 or ncq hkve for
jJwticipat.tion by the St3te in the pa.372er.t of any end e2.l
County end/or road dintrlct bonda, varxnta, or cthor
evidences of lndobtednesa outatcndfng 8Cainst such rozd for
the conotructlonox l~~~~o~exait02 the road borore bei=
designated w a D.rm-to-mzz3x&rozd by tlx Stke IiiLglwr;y
Ccmii8sioa ~229furthor, that the desiCnetion of tie roti
'LFJ the Iii&J&~ COiEd33iOL3 3htil ECVCX fOi?il tkB bGSi3 Of CL
ciaim fox the particlgitioz by the stati in the p2.JTznt OS
any County or road district bonds, w2rxwta or other cvi-
denccs of Pidcbtedneasaggainats&d rood.,
g~n~xam3 kwuce L. Pzrkor, p-e 4
5
EonorableDruoe L. Poker, poil;e
rotd in cousldorotionof tk& county md/or roti distpiot
rolinquichlc~ any cad all claim for strte pdxticlpation
county, road ctlstrlct,
in o.i?g cr dcflmd roa district bonds,
VCrrtits, or cthor evldeccos of indabtodness outstcntiicg
~~nilnstsuch rod for the ccnotruction or im~rovextnt of
the road before beiq deslgnatcd by the 3t&ta IX&way Con-
niBSiO0.
"30c. 2. It is hereby doclar6d to be tix policy of
the stats that the nsou!ptlon by the ctcto of the oblfc~-
tion to comtruct md mintoin such road8 dc3ignct;odb;r
the Stat0 M.$~ray Comiosfon &s fozx-to-nzrketroads ucder
t&I3provicionr:of Ltls Act constifctee ftCL3and cornplate
oompcnsotion for any al:ac;L3fvr.dsth~;l;at
ti*t huv0 bc~n
eqendcd bg ong couotr, roGd bioti?ict,or &flnod rcciidis-
trict in the construot~onnnd tiintonGnc,co of m2d rocd
prier to its doelgxation by t&33Ytate Eighty Commission
as a fwwto-m~dx2t roe&.
“S0c. 3. This3hct shail be eumu3ativo of all other
lcvs on thf;3113
subject, but in the wont of a conflict 'bs-
twcon the provisions of t&is Act and any other Act on this
oubjoct tho provinions of this hct shall prevail. Acts
5943, 46th Leg., p. 565, ch. 244.
“ax. 4. The fnet that county ro@s have boen con-
atrucL*d In c~tnin cortntioson ~itichthere ie outetcxd-
ing indobtcdncssfor tho construction of s&id ??otis,cad
the count&s in \?hichsuch rocda have been constructed
we not eqtipiSTd to W%ntain "theroads duo to priorities
&id lack of oqtixz~~nt;t~?dthe fUrtho2 f@ct 'that110icss
such roti am t&en over w fho stat0 tixy till 3ooc
de"torioruteand the p'dbblic
8% V&l A3 the cOU?tio3 will
lose the ~onog which has beon 8pznt ir.coxL%uctixg such
r00f33;w.a the fdat?r fact tat th$ cro~-C.cil ccotiticxiof
+-the Le~ielc.tu-0
Lb3 och3ndc;rof the two lloucoo0, crsates
M cmrgoncy ad irz~rrtivs gub3.I.c nccossity that the
ConstitutionaliiulaFroviding bills to be FG& on tlxee
saveral.dap In each Hocoo be and the ~izo is herob~ sus-
penaod, end th&t t”,lsAct shell-take effect and -noin
force frm ar,dafter its pass&p, ad it is SO enacted."
the Ctato in payment of oounty ic&ebtodnctxs on the road, bond
assumptionmatters, or llabilltles of the partlea thereto.
Tha Azrcencnt, simply stated, la one rrherelathe State
~lghway Com333lon qrccs to dosiSnat.te tho county rocd from
Alanreed to 8. 7.7 miles toward Lefors as a form-to-moxbt
rocd for the p~~~pososad in aocordanco with the provisions
Dot out in 3. 13.ilo.348 (Art. 6673-c, V.A.C.S.) subject to .
the socwing of tie ri&t-of-wcty by the county at lta solo expanse
and before dosigmtion by the fIi&way Cot?misnton.
Until such right-of-wayfor the proposed road fs so-"
curedby Gray County, the designation of tho county road as a
farm-to-marketroad by the State Eighvay Commissionfor the pur-
pose of conotructingand maintainInS sona at Siuta expense cisa
part of a system of designsted hi,r;?aysof Texas, QS contcmpln-
tad c?d set forth in Chapter 1, Title 116, zzd ~;;;cndz~ento
therato,
ronaim a conditionalor continzont deoigxtlon. Th43 %2&b? >If#:h-
voy Commission at such time whoa the H&t-of-way has been secured
vi11 ontor an ardor la its records CeofGnatin~ tilecounty road
In question as a farm-to-mar!:&road for the purposes set out in
S. 13.Iio.340 (Art. 6673-c) and dosiC;natingsome as part of the
system of designatedhl.&ways of Texas.
It follor;sthat the propoaod county road in question
not having been at this date dasimated In accordcncewith the
statute as a port of tho sgsten of dcslgnatedhishvays of Texas,
Is not n state hi&way, end tho OOndeEiXtion cta%ute, Arts. 3264
to 3271 ~CC~US~VC,Xovised civu Stat;ltos0r Te;~i.a,
1525, es
amended, cot out by the Legislature In Article 667411, V.A.C.S.,
as thy proper procedure to condc~ rl&ht-of-wayfor designated
atate hi&ways, 1s not applicable tovord acqulsitlonby condom-
nation of tho rl&ht-of-wayfor the proposed county road.
Furthermore,3. 9. Ro. 348 (&Vii.6673-c, V.A.C.S.)
that the St&o iilghvayCotzminsion
spx1rical1y strltLtbs is author-
izoa to dosJ.g-zk.e
s oouat~ & in the State as a ferm-to-
mrkot roaii. It.l.s,thwaforo, our considered opinion chat the
propor condemnationstatute to bo folloxd and employed In tha
acquisitionof "3~ cecessory right-oP-uL,7~7 for t:le proposed rocd
In qwstl0n is *thctset out by the Le~Lalaturefor the condom-
nation of coiintyroads, namely Art* 6703, et seq-,V.A.cS.,zs amended.
TruckSng that we have satisfactorilyanswered your in-
quiriess we remain
Very truly yours
hTTORT7liY GEi’EZAL OF TEXAS
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BY
CEO:rb Chanter 33.Olllson
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion