OFFICE Or THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
on reo*lYed ma oare-
uote fro14your requerb
have the ant
f3tateonu co
e bwm mm% in sttlu11~1a8 mot up
the 1$&l Bud@, soulb them revingr
remaining per% of 1941 to meet the expe~1~08
11, 3941, *ith CoulitJentered into an
ha State Degjlrrtsent of Fublio Selfare, a
ettaohed hereto. This agreement makea no
mention of adUitloka1 ow3e workbre CIPequipment and ruppllea
ior them. The bud&et far smith UQunty for the Pear 1942
war not ado ted until Sept. 22, 196 This would hara plrsa
befare the cv omisaimers* Court thm ~ment and bhe letta
of Wnderstandi~* fro33the WrlfarfiD* rt5entj (Copy att*oBed)
before they adopted the budgot for 194ip” . Xi &oh itea8 can be
added to the bu&get rt will, then it sboDDb but little bud%*t
oontrol really exitis."
@a. 8. ‘2. Walters, pegye 2
1
&adrt the holding of opinion #o. O-3962 (l,imit~&
~~erafi0o),.M this '2epnrbtent, B OQ9f Qf whleh ir 4nOlOard
hnewith, it is our opinion thdltthe oomi6aionera*~Qourt hae
1p0authority to emplot the ease wcWcer8 deaoribed in your
letter
a nd
h a 8Q
a lutih4wlty to purohase or aup;l?liea
eqaipmpnr%nt
for ruab da80 wiid*m. Yinoe the Oo~iseioners* oourt haa
AQ aathorfty tQ pe'~:Qu%6OUty tuada far suoh itema it beomsa
m,aterlal aa to nhcithamOr not eUOh Items were Qr were not
l@ludad in the original buds&b.
Fdotlon 1 of +\rtiole 2372~2, Vernon*a Amotsted
T4xaa ClYil StaQutna, rssde 28 follonr
I
Tha 8bove quoted lstiole olrerly authorieea the
oemalaaion4ra*~:.~rt to erpenQ oounty funda for the rental of
o?floe ~paod.~O~Ohe Old A&e Aeal~tanoe Camulaakm. Th4 8mouut
of .OftioeapGi~‘wnl eaount of rental to be paid therefor are
Oxearly anttiers tc be dstarmln& by the wea1aelonexe* court
in their eognd dlsorstioa,
is quote from Artiole 6b9a-U, Vernon*6 Amotslt&
T4X48 Civil &tctUt44, 4S iQuO-84;
I
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. . ?+henthrtbudget has beerafimll~ spproroU by
the Cmafsefonersl Court.~tne budget, a4 appro?ed by the
Court shell b6 tiled with the Clerk of the CQUtlt]r Court,
Lyletax44 lerled ,oaly in 88oQrQaAOe themwith, 4114110
erpennditnraQf thr iunda of th+ bctmtg 4hs.U th+esftsr
bs .zadoexcept In atrlot aompllamoe with the budget 48
edo;:teQby the Corrr%. moept tb4t 4mwg4noy expenditureal
j.n6486 of gr'Jv0publlo neQeBsitg, to meet ualiaaelend
gm. B. T. xaltas, ~464~3
3
WJforetseen oonditions whioh oould not, by reasonably
dilf~ent thou&t and attention, have been inolud8d In
the original budget, amy frowntime to time be authorlaed
by the Court a6 amendniexite to tze original budget. . . .*
A&..~owhat oonstitutss "grave publlo'neoesslty*
ae that t&x is used in &tiole 6894-11, supra, dependa upan
the facts in eaoh @as4 and is 4 question printarflyto be
paaeed on by the ooimirsioners' oourt. See op:nion No. O-1053
or thi0 Department.
Opinion No. C-1022 ei this Departamnt holds that
the oaaaisaioners~ dourt may leplly -ploy a oounty holae
demonstration agant and pay her a salary for the remaining
five mouthr or 1999, won th4u@ no provision was.nadr for
the,,ruPployment or mmh agent, nor w4re thaw any rutid0 set
aal& ror the purpotiefn the Otiintybudget for the year 1939,
ii the mm8 w4a a 0480 or *grave publfc A0084aity, tamed
unusual and unforesem omdlflonr whloh aould not, by rearonibly
dili@mt thought and AttOAtiOA ha+@ been inoludsd fn the origiital
ba&get,” end that the dSte~dlWltiOA of this tact iwue ass fb,
the oommi88ionere* oourfi.
T&s mnmmr to your ,quertion a8 to whether tha eomde-
e&onura~ oourt has authority 00 ~qx~~~doauntf Sunds fearadditional
ofrio spa08 and rental ror tha+jlQ Age Asslstanos Commlrrioa
till depend upon whether or not #amo is a oase of *gave publlo
neaesaity, to meet uaasual aml unYFore%ernoonditloA8 whloh oould
not, by reasonably diligent thmght and attautlon have been
inoludeb in the original budgab.* It ia the provinoe of the
ounmlssioner0* aourt to Uetermins th&&Ot qU8stiOL
Very truly yours