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The Attorney General of Texas
December 8, 1977JOHN L. HILL
Attorney General
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Affkmatve Action EmployerHonorable Felipe Reyna
District Attorney
3rd Floor, McLennan County
Courthouse Annex
Waco, Texas 76701Opinion No. H- 1101
Re: Use of misdemeanor
convict laborers.Dear Mr. Reyna:
You have requested our opinion concerning the use of
convict laborers under articles 43.09 and 43.10 of the Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure. You ask whether it would be
necessary to establish a county workhouse or county farm in
order for a commissioners court to utilize the labor or per-
sons convicted of misdemeanors on public roads, bridges and
other projects of the county.
Article 43.09 provides in part:
When a defendant is convicted of a
misdemeanor . . . he may . . . be put
to work in the workhouse, or on the
county farm, or public improvements
of the county . . .
Article 43.10 provides in part:
1. Each commissioners court may pro-
vide for the erection of a workhouse
and the establishment of a county farm
in connection therewith for the purpose
of utilizing the labor of said parties
so convicted;5. They shall be put to labor upon
the public roads, bridges or other
public works of the county when their
labor cannot be utilized in the county
workhouse or county farm.p. 4514
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1101, text, December 8, 1977; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth271626/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.