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The Attorney General of Texas
March 30, 1979MARK WHITE
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX. 78711
512/475-2501
701 Commerce, Suite 200
Dallas, TX. 75202
214/742-944
4824 Alberta Ave., Suite 160
El Paso, TX. 79905
915/533-3484723 Main, Suite 610
Houston, TX. 77002
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Lubbock, TX. 79401
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McAllen, TX. 78501
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San Antonio, TX. 78205
512/225-4191
An Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action EmployerHonorable Henry Wade
Dallas District Attorney
6th Floor, Records Building
Dallas, Texas 75202Opinion No. WW-9
Re: Use of county law library
funds.Dear Mr. Wade:
You have submitted the following questions for an opinion from this
office:
1. Can County Law Library Funds be used to
purchase law books for newly created courts?2. Can County Law Library Funds be used to
purchase law books and supplements for existing
courts?3. Can the County donate those law books
currently being used by existing courts to the
County Law Library?
4. Can County Law Library Funds be used to
purchase existing books currently used by
established courts to increase the inventory of
the Law Library Fund?
5. Does the ownership of those books purchased by
the Law Library Fund as well as those pur-
chased by County funds for existing courts rest
with the County?
Article 1702h, V.T.C.S., authorizes a county commissioners court to establish
and maintain a county law library. This statute has been construed
previously to permit branch law libraries within the county. Attorney
General Opinion H-1246 (1978). Section 4 of article 1702h permits the
assessment in civil cases of a law library fee not to exceed ten dollars.
Dallas County collects a three dollar fee. The proceeds of these fees
constitute the County Law Library Fund and may be used solely for countyp. 24
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: MW-9, text, March 30, 1979; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth271854/m1/1/?q=%22White%2CMark%22: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.