Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

Eonorabls a. L. West
Uauaty Audits
v4n 2-t County
canton, Texas

Yourletter or F P, reqw*tlllg tha
pnon~;hka depnrtmfmt on th ted quentlon, read8

ed betveen the tax

tu gayerr
4ll the one
hbu&ed thoumad dollar8 in cW’en8e bonde until nwded
by la ld road dirtriot.
wpJ.ea8s, give w your opinion i.maedUt*l~ cm thir
qmrgenap th4t nov aonfawntr w. w
Bonorable 9. L. Wart, page 2

Artlale 752a, Vemon~s Annotated UIvIl Statute8,
provider that a road distriat may be areatsd and "I8 hereby
authorlsed to 188~ bonds for tha purpo8e of the aonstruatIon,
maintenqee and operatlon of Maadarai8e~, gravelod or paved
roads and turnpilce8,or In aid theroof.
Article 752, Vernon's ¬ated Civil Statute8 read8
in part:
"Thenoleotlon order and notlee of the eleetlon
8hall state the purpose for vbloh the bond8 are to
be i8sued, the amount thereof, the rate of iPteMst,
eta.”

ArtIals 7521, Vernon’8 Annotated Civil 3tatute8, pro-
vider that
#aid bond8 8hall be 8old to the higheot bidder for
oash, kdtha puFd~8e~0~~~th4~0f0.~ 8hii be plaWd fnthQ
aounty treewry of luah oounty to be paid to the avaIlable road
fund of ruoh oounty,of 8uah polltloal 8ubdIvI8Ion or road dl8-
triot, of 8uah aounty a8 the amm my be. ’
Artlale 7520 reads as followsr
"The county treasurer 10 cu8todIan of all funds
aolleated by virtue of th18 lav and rhall deporlt
them with the aounty deporltory in thp 88~ manner
as eotmty fund8 are depoa1t.d. It 8hall be the duty
of the county trensura to properly pay the Intere8t
and prinalpal aa It beoom88 due on rush bond8 out of
the funds aolleoted and deposited for that purpore.*
Artlols 752p, Vernon’8 Annotated OIvi.1Statute8, reads
a8 follciv8t
*The purche8e maney for 8utahaounty bond8 mhall
be paid out of the oounty treaaua-7upon vammt; dram
on the available road fund, 18sued by.the aouaty clerk,
aouuterrlgned ba the county judge, 188ned upon oertl-
fled accounts approved by the ooPPais8loner8’ court of
the aounty and the purahaae money for rush bond8 lo8ued
on the face &nd ore&it of politia.¶lrubbivi8lon 0~ road
dlrtricrtshall be paid out of the county treamry upon
varrmt8 dravn on the available road fund themof, Is-
8ued by the tounty clerk, oountersigned by the oounty
judge and approved by the ooml88loner8~ uqe?t.'
Article 752~ and Artlale 752v, Vernon~e ¬ated #IrIl
Statute8 define the power8 of the aoamlssloner8~ court la wed-
l.ng eontraats for vork to be pa&d out of the Baid bend money.
 Bonwable 3. L. West, pa@ 3

Artlale 779, ~erxmn~s meted cl011 St6tute8, provides
in parts

“The fXtSUSi88iOWX’S’ COW-t my bVe8t SbkiQ3
funds acwnulated for the Pedelrptloaand payment of
any bond ISSU%& by 8ucrbcouoty, lithal SubdiriSion
OP defined dlstrlat thereof, in cuds Of Uxiltedstates,
of Texu, OX'any COrtaty Of this YtSte. . . . 80 SUCh
bonds shall be pmwhamedvhI&aeoordIngtotheirtePnm
mature at a date subsequent to the time the msturlty
of t&a bonds for tha,pa)rmbntOf vhlah OUCh 8a
fund vss areatad.*

APtiale 7%!q, ~SPUOII’S Annotated Civil Statutes, ~OVideS;

'The eXp6nSe I~urrsdinrurVe~~t~boundurI68
of the polltiM SUbdiViSiW OS road distl’iat, pod other.
4lSpOS8628 Inuldent tO the i88llMW Of bonds Of SUOb Sub-
division or dirtriot rhall be paid from the pPoaeed8
Of the 8sle Of the band8 Of tb6 SUbdiViSiOn OF dI8triOt
iSSU4g the 88SIer"

I We
have CaPOtully ~owldersd the Statutes above mentiara-
6% vith other
together StStUteS oontained in +ibaptePIII. Title
22, VePnoIl’8 Annotated c1011 StStUteS, relative to aounty and
munfslpnl b~mls, eta. fn Vi6V O? tb.0 above montlmwd StatUteS,
It 18 our opinion that tQe a~aiml881on4w** oeurt or any other au-
thorlty de88 not have Why legal l t.h W ity of pbWeP to eqmd any
pa&don of the prlncl~ wA.lsedf~aa 8Wh bond StiO foa'any
p~~po8e other than for the pmpore 8et out in the eleatlon o~d.sr
srrdthose expezue8 authorlsed by APtI 752q, SUpPa. T&me-
fore, ve mmrer the above state& qUeStIOn in the negative. l?,
18 OW?fUPthel? O&liOn that the WSUid88iOMP8’ OOUl’t oould in-
*estanyswplua thataightbe aaaurpulatediatbs sintinp fund
In 8UCh defenre bonds ill aomplimas Vith the @?OV~S~OZU
of Aetiale
779, rupra.