TEE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
AuaTur 11.TEXAS
Jlonorable Carlor Atiloy, Chaimaa
yo~Baar&r ContPol
*
Dear Rr. Ashloyr opinlaa No. o-7417
kg Earth8 atat Baud 0r cone01 ~VO
t to atato of Texar
(liV0 the
azld uiT u.awon countyaa o-t
y;eabtate laad for the pm-pore of
eonrtrueted a farm-to-
market 23 ?
0138eptembrr 21, 19M, the lawnted Judge lbaver H. Balcm,
Chalxmen of the #ate Board of Control, in perhaps hir lad ofilalal act,
mquerted an opinion from thb department on the abovo matter. It Beema
a very mtr~aolnoldenae that on the follows momlng ho wt hi8 tragic
death on the publla hshway at alms& thm ldentiml place where the land
inquired about ir loaated.
In the purSn6 ot JuUee Baker the Stat0 lort a moat oon-
loimtlour and valuable servant. Ye rlacerely trwt that you, aa the
~~ooeemor to his plme, will bo able to and ua feel aorta&a Lou till
manure up to the hl@ rtandard of servhe whioh he reMwe&
In Ju e Baker’8 lettw k stated that the 2tak oi Texa8
own0appralmat.4 7 acrw of lud adJao*nt to the lhmet-Au&in SUghway
*hi~l~a001011~J~~touthekk~ir7urdBob~: thatan
unimproved pub110 mad borders thr, bow le2oi?& rtion of the 6tate
land leadine fPom uid Burn&-Awtln H cc k; that the com-
~irrlonerr~ Court of Yllllmuon Oounty-7ud ho 6tate W CarPlir8loa
are desl.rou8 of aowtruotlng an laproved hrm-to-market road 6enerallp
along the looatlon of th now-exlrtl.ag uniapmved mad, uhlak till require
the we of more land than la now alng wed ror hlghlay prupollom.
Under the abovo raatr, VW oplalon ua8 mquedod a8 to
uhether the 8tate Board of Contml8an exoauk an la 8emento a a p o r tio n o f
the atato’a land, ior the urpoao of eartruot uld iur-to-merket road
4
A6 you knou no one aan m8.L a blading oontmot er the Itate unlemr ho ha1
been authorized by the fsgislature to uooute the aoatraot. Them 18 noth:
ln the rtatute whloh @ithaP exprordy or by lRpUwtion lUthoX@iuBor
penaltr the 8tat8 Board of Cod841 to exoeuk an oarwnt to w one on
any of the 8tate~ 8 land tar the purpose of havlag con&mated thereon a
farm-to-market- roa4. In the abeenoe of suoh a l tatuto, w m-ion from
Legislature It la our o&Ion that the Itato Board of ‘ontrol doer
l
the
not have any dhorlty to ueeute the easement to the St8t.a of Tuu or to
K&yhoGty ror the purpose of having oomtrwt.4 thenon a fanu-to-
l
Vbrtunately tboLeslalaturetill6ooakiamuiae~~
the matter mhouldk cad to ltr attention, 10 that if the
aerlrer to wafer that authority upaa tin Itate Hoara of co&r0
T , it may
oMot8ppmplato1e#i8latioa.
~exooutloaof8n euemeat over bad ir oi a-, the
aonveyanae of aa intereat la bad, aadthe 8ktoBonH ~~Coatroldoer aot
have any authority ta e&way ta say me the laterertofthe Itat. inlead
uaeptwhwe lutbrltythnforham booa8raatadWtho Lylrlatum.
Approveacplaion caamlttee E& 8/ mm chalman