Opinion No.

Honorable Tony Hileman Marion County Attorney 105 Austin Street Jefferson, Texas 75657

Re: Whether a county may furnish rent-free office space in the county courthouse annex to a chamber of commerce

Dear Mr. Hileman:

You ask whether Marion County may provide rent-free office space in the county courthouse annex building to the Marion County Chamber of Commerce.

Article 2351(7), V.T.C.S., authorizes the commissioners court of each county to

provide and keep in repair court houses, jails and all necessary public buildings.

Article 1603, V.T.C.S., provides that

[t]he commissioners court of each county…