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OFFICEOF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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mb. violet 5. oreOnhill, chl0r
mi8i0n 0r child wdrm
3tat0 Deyetment 0rPubuoUeu~e
Austin, Poxa8
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JuvenilrBoard
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rrom El Pa80
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%c88 the raot that a countyha8a Juvonfl8
Board in 84 my air-t ticornty child Weltare
Boa?d'propsa, iarroru88 th8 OouBty's Pfrnncia1
partioipation 18 coneolnod,or fn8omr a8 th8
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rer. violet s. Oreenhlll,mm, Page 2
County Unit organIzationa set-up is involved?
Wo, of course,understandthbt tho County child
Welfare Board could not undertakerun&ions or
the JuvenileBorrd, or cosUl.ictvlth say jurls-
diction It IU8y hW0, aa indbatod in the %J.btUtO8
on JuvenilesBoards, vhlch 8r6 brtlcles 5139-40-
41-42-42s and 42b.
'It is probable you v3l.l receive a m-
that
que8t from Btr. Ernest Q&m,. El Paso County Attor-
ney, rOF ILn OQiniOn tithe tb0 II& rev dags. Ii
he requesta thin opinion, ve vould like to have
a aopy 0r your reply to him sent to us. fr he
does not reque8t the OQiniOu,ve vould like to
have an anaver to the above quostlonaa qulakly
as possible.
“Copy of the ruling from the Attorney Gener-
aif8 orriO or 2-21-38, rOr0rk33d
to above, i8 at-
taohed." .
We have carefullyexaminedArticles 5139+142b,
InelusIve,Vernon~sAnnotatedCivil Statutes,and sll amend-
ments thereto, pertsMng to JuvenileBoards concerningtheir
authority,rights,pover8# duties, eta., in oonueotionvlth
Artiale 695a, Vernon'sAnnotatedClvll Statutes,vhlch la
commonlymiermd to and cited as, "The Public Wolfwe Act
0r 1939.O
Seotiona 4 and 5 or Artlole 69% Vemon*s Anno-
tated airil strtuttks, mad 88 r0im8t
%eo. 4. The .immnisslon4rs~ oourt
or any
county nay rppobt in
aald oounty eeven pmmn8,
resldont thenin, vho’8Mll 8erv. vithout eom-
pensationand hold office dura the plauum
of the ommis8lonen' oouvt)vho shall oomtltute
a Child Welfara Board ior the County, vhioh Child
w4lf-b Bosrd SW1 801OCt itr,Om Ohsimm. The
~ld'welfare Board 8hall~eMorm rueh dutie8 Iu
may be required ot it by the said OOrrrmi88iO~r8'
court 8ud Board or Control in iurthw.%wO Of the
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llra.Violot S. GreenhLll,Chior, Pap 3
Q~O803 Or Act. The County CoxulssIoners~
this
Court or any county my remove 8ay menib4r or such
County Welfare Board ior just.cauao.
'Sao. 5. The Board or Control,through said
CountyWelrare Board, shall vork In conjunction
with the County ComIsaIonora' Court, Juvenile
Boards, and all other orticeraand agenoloa vhose
QUPQO80 i3 fOC tho Ql'OtOOtiOIl
Of the&ildrsn dea-
cribed hereIn, and the Boa& of Control Is here-
by authorlsedto ueo and allot any funds, that
may be ape4iri4ay aQQrOpptit4d ror such purpos03,
by tba Legislature,th&tssybe neoesaary In joint-
ly eat8bllshlngand m%IutaInIng,togetherJuvenile
Board or other County or City Board or other
agenoy, homaa, schools,and Institutionafor the
wire. protection,educationand traInzing of the
0la33 or ohildrsn sought to be QFOtOCted by the4
pro~i~lonahereof.'
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Section 42 of Article 695c, Vernon*a Annotated cIvI1
StatUt48, Ql'Ovid48:
"CountyChild W4lfar4Bospda establIshedor
hereInafterappointedIn conformitywith Se&Ion
4, Act of 1931, Forty-8econdLegisLatum, Page
323, Chaptea-194, shall continueto functionas
Ql'OYided thel'Oin."
Under Art1010 6950, 8upra, all the rights, pover8,
8ILddutIe8 0r th4 DiYiBiOn 0r child Welfare 0r t&4 stat4
Boaml or Control vaa tranarervedto the State Depwtpws*,or
PublIC u4lrar4.
After all the right,,pWOr8'aZidduties Of the
Mvlaion of Child W&rare or the State Board or Controlvas
transrernd to the Stats Daprtmant or Pub110 Welfare,ve
are or the opinion that tho State Depu'tmentof Public Wel-
fare Is authorizedby Section 5 of Artlale 695a, SUQXIL,to
vork In oonjunetlonvith the County ComlB8lonora~ Court,
juvenllobowda and all other ofticeraand agencies vhoso
QUPQOBO 18 ror the protoctlonof the ohil+en doscribed.
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nrs. Violot s. Omenhill, chi0r, Page 4
As 8bov4 Btatod, titer oamNly 4xamInIngall
the atatctospertinentto the questionhere Involved,v4
undsrstandthat a County Child Welfare Board cannot undor-
take the runctlom of a JuvonIloBoard or conf'llct with
any jurisdictionSt-may have as Indicatedby the above
mentionedBtstuteB.
Hovovar, the rights,doties and povox-3o? the
above mmtioned Juvenile Boam¶ and County Child Welfare
Bomd are Bpeoificti~y set out b 8tstUte and the gurposo
0r the varlou3 Jmard3 Is to parrorm cortaln dutI48 not in-
posed UpOn the bthbr. We rind no QrOhtbitiOn that vould
preventl ~countyhaving a JuvenlloBomd and also having
a County Child WelfW4 Board aaprovlded by the abow &en-
tionod statutes.
Thereron, you LIpalWBp44t+ullyadvl84d that It
IS the opimion Of this departmmt that under the ~m~l21Ion~
0r the ahvo mbntlonedstatute8,it Is permI3BIbloror a
county to have both a JuvenileBoard and a County Child
tf41f+am Board. Your question,as above stated, Is rcapoct-
fully anavered In the negative.
Trusting that the foregoingfully anavora your In-
quiry, ve are
AZ+11 WIl~Mme
AlBI3tMt
AW,AW APPROVEDSEP 23, 1940
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TE;<,S