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And the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp-0237.pdf#page=5 KP-237] (2019), opined that: "Article III, section 52(a) of the Texas Constitution prohibits the expenditure of . . . . With respect to the proposed expenditures to a school district, the specific question for the commissioners court is whether providing law enforcement services, grounds maintenance, and a library for an independent school district serves a specific county purpose." | And the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp-0237.pdf#page=5 KP-237] (2019), opined that: "Article III, section 52(a) of the Texas Constitution prohibits the expenditure of . . . . With respect to the proposed expenditures to a school district, the specific question for the commissioners court is whether providing law enforcement services, grounds maintenance, and a library for an independent school district serves a specific county purpose." | ||
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* ''Collingsworth County v. Allred'', 40 S.W.2d 13, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/040_SW2_13.pdf#page=5 17] (Tex. 1931) ("We conclude that a proper construction of the amendatory portion of section 52 of article 3 is that it was not intended to impair in any way the rights of counties to issue bonds under laws existing at the time of its adoption, but that its purpose was twofold: First, to authorize the Legislature to enlarge the existing powers of counties to issue bonds for the purposes specified therein; and, secondly, to authorize legislation conferring upon political subdivisions and defined districts of the state a power not then possessed of issuing bonds for all of the purposes specified, subject to the limitations therein imposed.") | * ''Collingsworth County v. Allred'', 40 S.W.2d 13, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/040_SW2_13.pdf#page=5 17] (Tex. 1931) ("We conclude that a proper construction of the amendatory portion of section 52 of article 3 is that it was not intended to impair in any way the rights of counties to issue bonds under laws existing at the time of its adoption, but that its purpose was twofold: First, to authorize the Legislature to enlarge the existing powers of counties to issue bonds for the purposes specified therein; and, secondly, to authorize legislation conferring upon political subdivisions and defined districts of the state a power not then possessed of issuing bonds for all of the purposes specified, subject to the limitations therein imposed.") | ||
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