OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
xoaorrble Guy Tumor
county Auditor
xmntoa, Toxa8
the abovo-rtatml
ro drawPing 63 In-
her lat Of rrah year after the
0rr and dlrohargoh all rli6ibl.
urlag daring thr proowllng fir-
her with the Intwort oa ruoh
nd the rlaking rum3 rbquimizaat8
ereon, out of the County and DiBtrIot
&tway Fund ant 8urplUS r0mInIag In 8alb FuM
ofor and l boio Thror Elllloa Dollars (~S,GOO,OOO)
whloh rhall be aarrird iOnmrd a8 working Oapltal
or aa a rorolrllySun6 #hall be ret arid@ and
eredltd to aa laoouot whioh rhall be known aa
*L&tar&l f;oad AOOOUS,' provldod, howovar, all
aonry on drporlt wlth the 3tak trraaunr la the
Co\urty an& Road DI8trIrt Rlghvar Fund at tbo
01000 of tha day of AU&Wt 81, 1959, rhall be
gonombla Our turnor, paar 8
held, osod and applied lxolurIro to the papent
0r prlnolpal, Interrst aad slnklfig rund requlro-
monts oa ladebt~dnrss ooertltutlng eligible ob-
lI@tIOns uadw Chapter IS, Aat8, Third Called
SossIoa of the ?ort -8eoond La~Islsture and
amendments thento I n SirSOt 8t the tIms this
Aot ~SOOSSS ltr0otitS.
*As soon as praotioablo after the passago
of this Aot and baton thr Latrral F:oad Aooount
IS lllOOate4 to tha OOUntISS, the BoS?d 8hall
dotoralao the amount raah aounty and oaah de-
tinad mad dIstrIot has paid sin00 January 1,
1933, under the provisions of Chapter 13, Aots
of thr Third Callod Session of the Fortpsoaond
Legislature, as amended,toward Its debt senlae
upon bondswhloh at the tlnm of payment won
lllglblo to partlolpatr In the County and Road
Dirtriot Highway Fund,and shall drduot tram the
amnuat paId by suah oountr or defined road dls-
trlot any aad all adranaeamts ma& by the Board
to suoh oountf or doriaed road dirtriot In ad-
justing, refunding or prepaying the llIgIblo ob-
ligation8 or suah count7 or defined read dlstriot,
and after -king suoh deduotloas, the Board shall
oredit the Lateral Road Aoaount o? la a haounty or
dmtlned road dlstrlot with the net balanoe eon-
trlbutrd by suah oounty or road dlstrlot toward
the rotlremnt of sa id lllglblo obligations and
said funds so oredited to any oouaty or defined
road dietriot pay be used or expended br thr aoun-
tlos and defined road dirtriot for the purposes
lathorI&od In this motion.
*%ot later than September 16th OS oath year
thr said Board shall lscertaia the eraat amount
of orono~ whloh hns bean llloaatod to the said
Latrral Road Aoaount for suoh Usoal year and which
8t that time Is available. The Board shall allo-
o&to to laah oountr Itr proportionate part of the
moalrs la said LaterAl hoad ACaOMt, whloh allo-
oatloa shall be QetermlBed In the fOllOviag manner:
w* . l
‘Thr monies alloaatrd to eaoh oouaty from
tho UtWal Road Aooouat shall br used by said
OOuntl fI?St for paying the prInolp61, Interest
. -
gonorabls Guy Turner, Fags 3
and sinkIng fund rsquinniants maturing durlag
thm risoal fear ror whloh suah mono7 was allo-
cat84 to such oount on boa&s, warrants and
other legal obllgat 1 oas Issued odor to Jaauaay
f!, 19% the proooeds of whIoh wer l eotuallf ox-
gwadrd b laqulrl rights of way ior Stats drs-
Ignatrd highways, 2 t being the Intaatloa of the
Leglslaturo to drslgnatr and sot apart sufrlolsnt
lnonry to pay Ofi and dIsoharga 6816 outstanding
oblIgatIou8 Inournd for right of ua~ loquIsItIon.
Funds ratiaIaIng In the Lateral Road Fund of a4
aounty after the pymant of enid right of war ob-
ligations mar be used by the aountr, under the
dIrootIon ot the Corimlsaloasrs Court, iOr anr
ona or all ot the iollowlng purposes: (a) for
tha a0 uIsItIon or rights of way ror county latar-
al roa 8 a and for the payment of legal obligations
Inourrsd thrraror prior to January 8, 1939, (b)
for the ooastruotIoa or lmproromat of county
lateral roads, (0) for paying the principal, In-
terrst aad sInkIng tuad rrqulrameats of any bonds
or warrants whloh were legally Issusd by suoh
oounty or fioad DIStrIOt prior to January 2, 1939,
the prooosds or which wsrs actually erpsnded la
the ooastruatlon or I.:pro+snent of lateral oounty
roads, (4) ror the purpose of suppleaentlng funds
appropriated by the United Statrs Gorcrmcoat for
‘fiorks Program Adir.InIstratIoa highway aonstruotlon,
Pub110 u’orks Adn;iaIstration highway oonstruotlon,
and suah other graata of Federal funds as may bs
&ado avallabls to the oountlos of this State for
oouatf lateral road oonstructlon, aad (a) for ths
purposs OS aooperatlng with the Stata Hlehway Da-
partmsnt and the Fedem Gmernmnt In the oon-
struotlon OS rarm-to-niarkst roads.
*After suoh allooatlon bar, bean mada to the
saroral oountlas In the state, the Board shall In
writing notify th8 Chairnan of thr CommIsaIoners
Court of sach aouaty of the amount whloh has been
orsdltrd to that countr. After rccelring said not-
Iao, the CommIssIonarr Court rhall, witt~in slxtr
days; aotlry the Board of the manner In whlah It
has lxsroIsod its option as to thr one or more
spsaItIs4 usss or raid money pormlttsd undar this
Aat." * l *
Chapter 13, Aats, Third callad Session of the Forty-
second Loglslatura a ndlmaadmcats thereto l rs acts aaknorledg-
goaorablo W Turnor, Eage 4
w th. 10881, umml mad IaplIad obligation -of the State
to oosQoaSAt0 mad rolaburso the countlos and doiined road
(IIgtrIatsfor rrprndlturos on highrays auw and heretofore
oo~titutIng a gatt 0s the system 0s Stats hi&varg, ON-
gtm th# OOUnt~ and road d~strlot highway fund, crest-
lsg and detlning the powers and dutlas of the ‘BxmY of
county and Dlstrlot Road In4~bt~dness, presoribing the
~tura of the obllgatlonr of tha oountlos and road din-
trlot8 that are eligible for pmpmnt uador the term or
the Aot, and setting forth other ~rorIsIons we do not drem
neaessnrr to state hero.
In rfaw 0s the roregol~ rtatutes and facts stated
in your inciWry fou are respoottull~ advised that it 1s tho
opltilon of this L4pArtmeat that roar quart Ion should bs an-
-red
_--~ In the arrimati+e and Is so anawemd. arfdaaa
-_ ._-_- tb
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g a r ipW&XT&at8 to mwh liih
y o unfer m& h eIr
n swd dla no t lxowd
any oonf3tItutlonal or statutory 1ImltatIon.
Trusting that the foregoing fully answers your
inquiry, wo remain
Yours wry truly
AT~RHEY CEEXAL OF TZXAS
Ardell wIlllros
AasIstant