Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAE AUSTIN QCMLBC.UA*cr Armno”?toa. A&. Prlbblo Qoutttig rttorno~ Mill. oouttty Oolehualto, Tom@ \ok/rpWbrO On6 dtitibB* IjtlOlO Vernoa" Aaaotste4 Cdl Sfatutw, im~ioaer8=, m rind a0 rtatotory hurb 8a6 cPalntraano*of rorlrm r0r 0 ooml~alonor8Q oourt oi a bounty. No-oh aut>otitr oontsrtod bt the CoGstltn- tioa. Boo. A.M. Prlbblr, ~6. 8 &tlolor 8680 to 8704, veraon' A88otatea airi St~Wto8, rol*tiu to “Publie Yo1~h.r~ 60 not prOtid@ ror th pUEeha8e Md 88ithtMMOO Or 888108 r0 a pub110 rri(yhorby the oommlroionor8'oourt of l louaty. ue rooo#tli8othe rO0t that ttlo roaml8rionrn' oourt ha8 k llod authority to do what aa7 br aaoo88u7 So O? the dutle8 ltiormd i8 the exert'p upon ltr a PASO COUNTY ~8. SLAM, 8uprh Thuetorr, we uo not upon the quostlon or whether or aot the lonuai81pasdv onor oourt mq purobaro roalor to be urod by 8ha oount7 for oouatf buslnoem~ But there 18 J&O more impllod lutkorit~ ror th0 oomi~8ionur~ oourt 0r a oounty to purohaso ~6 mintaln soalor for a pub110 weigher than there 18 ox- prerr authority in thm Oonstitution or the statutor. It 18 our opinion that Under the Qonatitution o? T6ma and the lrlrting rtatutm relatifq to tbo power8 Of oomal~rlonorr’ oourt sad the 0fri0a 0r publk w6ip;hU the oomiarlonor8~ oourt of a oountr ha8 no autkorlty to purOh&30 and maintain eoalor ror a publio i;oighor. Truetine we hew anarercd your inquiry, we are Your8 *eq fxulr ATTOXRXX QIXERAL CF T-EUS DStob