THEATEOJRNICY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
Aunlvv 11,‘lb~~A~ ’
Km-d lS, 1939
Konarable Ima C. ibyoee
teeretary, Boar5 6f Rog;rrnta
ua~41tyo~ Texas
.
Ecu YE. mynra: OplAlCONO. 049b
: liea Validity of fp-antee*a
opeion to renuw right-
o r -wa lyraaaaats b e y o na
1 0 y e a rprbsry tarn o f
euaewant lr o a m2tate
la ndaCacllcatetlto th e
Unlvarslty o r Tex a s
Ck4?obrutiry 28
Zmmeat tro. 62 oontdns the following rlrose:
“Humble Pipe Line C~~~~IIJI luooe~aorti or
eselgna la horoby &lven the r t ana option t0
oxtend {hia aontract aiter the ten (10)
year peri& ha 6xpirrd for yearly garioba aot to
lxosdi (li total of arty (SO) yearn from the eati
OS thh oontraot, by the pyaiantto a5rama of two
ui5 one-holf(a&) oents par rd of rlght-ot-way
for esah line par year for eaoh ad every aar it
cleota to keep oeIC oontrrot In Ioro~. Ea i 5
grants0 ite aucaes5ora or rsa&m, Pa to giN
llxty CbOt days written nettoe prior to the aipl-
rrtion of uuuacil period, of ltr 5dnto tdnato
tha eontr*oO*"
EaaoPant Ho. 59 eont8fIlA * lahl1.u raAawal optton
in imar of the graatrr in ruuh *aaewnt,
In writing thla oplnloa,uo h a t0 that thra
la a uAe5
u, no wT1ttmooAtnotaev/mlelne, the laawmat gents ia
questloa other thtm the writtin %wAzunente nhlah you hm tut-
. ._* -
m w c. uafaea, UUQ~ l.5019S9, ksl, 2
oajr~
written owttrwta gmtlnu tbo maeme8t.a In eus8-
tion ts the pantees war0 rht bx0out0d.
fWtloa~),~Cbapta TI, bate 1933, b)rd La&-
leturo, Regular ~~aaicn~ whl& deals vlth d&t-orerr
loroca lam3 balongiw,
*a a o mnnts to tbc State an4 6a5“i -
la tUl60 the support and mrlletansnaeor the DnlmraIt~
ar T8xa6, p~0vice4.44tolm16r
*Xo right of way msement, OS- tank farm,
loridl~ reek, or punpfnlratetion saaeikent or
leet~aof tke ohereota lnunurtlteC in ?*‘Jotlon
1 har8of me: be grants5 tar a lower tm
t&an ten (10) fc.rs, hot 8ng ad3 easaaod
RS.~ k remwad by th4 ofrio:rl or cf:ic:ala
6barg65 with the ax8oatIoa ttwr~ecf, la No
or their d~rerctlca.~
Artfolo tS96 of tha H6viaad Civil Stattttaa
03 Tama, 1925, protldea 44 r0Uoss:
wt0 b0b~5 0r ~28g88tam6 .fnr08td ~4th
the to10 and axcluaiLv0 aswt~amat an5 aoa?irol
of She lsmltzact se154 em? 8pproj&at*5 to, w
~qiliro5 by, ‘theUnivrelty of Texan, tith t!n
rQht to gall, lreca an5 othorwiae mtmuga,
6c ntr o l
la 5~ua *
th e8a *in c r yp lmmr ,am3 et
wh p iuea end umlor mush term an5 acm3itlcaa
44 they 6emi host r0r the interant of 6h* u&
Laalt , act lh oanfllot with the fhta Con-
stltoti 6ai pPo+:5e5, mob .lsna dial1 not be
66ld at tiha4 prioa par aere thm that 8t
which the aemo olaaa of otherpublic lands au~r
be a&d Uaaerthe atatutaa.*
ItsguP oplnicul rAti 3, Chapter TI# AOt6 Qr
1933 k a ~lr k
b eea
g lnaota4l ua?moutmnt to the lnaotmant OS
Artlolm 2596 must be bel5 to mo5Uy an5 raztriot ta
lr ti the Boer5 of Regents as sat forth in lirtlcl.0 25br-
to the extent fi~eatCically protidti in S*ottian3. In *iaw
0r ~8ot~on 3, Chapter 77, Auto or 1933, we ma+ thtfrdola,
hold thbt tb? Row{ of Re!$anta is rtthont power to paka a
,Nnc ;~ g e nt o f rluht-of-wsy ors6ments fo r l lonrtijr tm
than ten yparr.
40 #$%I bbfiinrJ6mJOt GO the rWmWiB1 OptiCa
'. *ontell& In the baeemnt grant4 Lo pueatioa WOUi5 la
our oplnIoa,’ aoastltcte a vLclat2oo oi Seotloa 3 ohapt**
n, Aota 1933, bwaeae aaab @on&ttruotio?l would, in efieet,
- . pdt the grantln~of rieht-ai-wiqlaaemanta ror * Longs
parld t&n 6esb
.yoara.
b%nGlag aHsot to the reaawel options
To ghe
aontdnu5 in tha ectsesumtgrant8 in qucation woul5 in
0or opition oooetltute a rlolat~on of Ewtloa 3 &8pte
W, A0ta 2933, ,baoau& maeb 8omtmiotlon would, iu effebt,
pcradt tha grarrw & ri(tht-of-way. rasehanta for a longer
period UraJI ton fuu4*
.
ny IsI ElobortE. Kapka
Robert R. Kq&a
AIyJi8tmnt
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion