Texas Register, Volume 10, Number 44, Pages 1807-1878, June 7, 1985 Page: 1,809
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Attorney
General Description of attorney general submissions. Under provisions set out in the Texas Con-
stitution, Texas Civil Statutes (Article 4399), and numerous statutes, the attorney general is
authorized to write advisory opinions for state and local officials. These advisory opinions are requested by agen-
cies or officials when they are confronted with unique or unusually difficult legal questions. The attorney general
also determines, under authority of the Texas Open Records Act, whether information requested for release
from governmental agencies may be held from public disclosure. Requests for opinions, opinions, and open
record decisions are summarized for publication in the Register.Opinions
JM-317 (RQ-402). Request from Jerry
Cobb, criminal district attorney, Denton,
concerning whether a commissioners court
may approve a plat and accept a road for
county maintenance under certain conditions.
Summary of Opinion. Texas Civil Stat-
utes, Article 6702-1, 2.401(b) and (c), pro-
hibit a commissioners court from approving
a plat dedicating roads to the public without
the signatures of all the landowners of the
tract to be subdivided. Nor may a commis-sioners court accept roads for public main-
tenance when there has not been an intent
to dedicate by all the landowners evidenced
by their signature on the plat. However, the
commissioners court is authorized to accept
the plat and pave the roads dedicated to the
public if the landowners, whose signatures
do not appear on the plat, have executed
a waiver evidencing their intent to dedicate
the roads to the public.
TRD-857444
JM-318 (RQ-484). Request from Henry
Wade, criminal district attorney, Dallas,
concerning the disposition of appeals fromjustice of the peace courts under Texas Civil
Statutes, Article 1970-31.2.
Summary of Opinion. Texas Civil Stat-
utes, Article 1970-31.2, do not require the
Dallas county clerk to establish a separate
procedure to file appealed cases from the
justices of the peace court. The county clerk
is required to treat these appealed cases in
the same manner as other cases filed under
Texas Civil Statutes, Article 1970-31.2, 3.
TRD-854743
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