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FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE-FOURTH CALLED SESSION. 9
SEC. 9b. Within one year, after completing the building of
the dams and/or reservoirs, the Brazos River Conservation
and Reclamation District shall, by purchase or otherwise, acquire
two (2) strips of land on each side of every reservoir,
authorized to be formed under the provisions of this Act, each
strip to be at least one (1) mile long, the said strips to be
wide enough so that the water at its highest and lowest point
will be abutting said strip of land; and said strips of land
shall be located where it shall be feasible to build a public road
to the strips. On each side of the river one strip shall be
located near the dam site, and the other strip shall be located
near the head water of the reservoir. Said Brazos River
Reclamation District, after acquiring above strips, shall assign
the land to the State of Texas. The Game, Fish, and Oyster
Commission shall have full authority over said strips of land,
after they have been assigned to the State, and said Game,
Fish, and Oyster Commission shall keep said strips of land
open to the public, without charge at all times, so that the
public in general may have access to the reservoir.
SEC. 10. (a) If this Act should not become null under
the provisions hereof, then not later than fifteen (15) days
before the convening of the Commissioners' Court as Boards
of Equalization in said Counties, it shall be the duty of the
Commissioners' Court by an order entered upon its minutes
to fix the day and hour for a hearing when it should meet as a
Board of Equalization under authority of Article 7206 of the
Revised Civil Statutes, 1925. Immediately after the order is
entered, it shall be the duty of the County Clerk to send by
registered mail a certified copy of said order to the Attorney
General of the State of Texas, at Austin, Texas.
(b) Upon it being called to the attention of the Attorney
General of Texas by any citizen of Texas, that this section has
not been complied with, it shall be the duty of the Attorney
General of Texas to institute the proper legal proceedings to
require said District to comply with the provisions of this
section.
(c) When such notice has been received by the Attorney
General, it shall be his duty to attend said hearing in person
or by one or more assistants, if he deems it for the best interest
of the State of Texas. If, in the opinion of the Attorney
General, he deems it to be to the best interest of the State of
Texas that he or his assistants be present at the hearing, he
shall in writing notify the County Clerk of said County of his
intention to be present and it shall be the duty of said County
Clerk on receipt of said notice and before the day set for said
hearing, immediately to notify the County Judge that the Attorney
General has advised that he desires to participate in
said hearing.
(d) Upon the meeting or convening of said Board of
Equalization, the Attorney General, if he be present, or such
or his assistants as he may have designated, shall have the
right to inspect any and all renditions, assessments, assessment
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29], book, 1935; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17292/m1/426/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .