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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eionorable au B. Eta11
county Attorney
iIerrir0.n Oouotr
kerehall, Twae
Attontkma Heni aobwtY. B Pirst Asrirknt
opinion on the from your letter you think that Attorney a O-6560 8x0 in~~OonfllOb. aragraph Opinion Ho. O-6580 45) whbh pmria0r fouows: we wish to point out that uhers the of’ aounty offiaiala opratl.nfS uader Salery Law have been Pet, s6me say not aooreasoa uurin5 yosr but say be inaroared or daqroawd follorlng goar uithln tho limltatlonta preroribrcl by law. SOS O~inlons NOD. copies which
04595 and O-4226 of this W~rtnmt, an rnoloaed hmerith for your intoriuotlon.~ *2 / \
Bon. San 8, iU11, pago 2 ,.’
la our Opfnion h'o. 0~6575 (approved May 18, 1945) wa held a8 foUewrt
Vrogg County haa a population of 58,027 inhabitanta apoording to the 1940 Fedora1 Conrus, and, the lart s~8088ril tax oaluatton i8 ro0r0 than Of Artio10 3912@ 18 #103 000 000.00. Sootion a plioabio to Orrgg County and tho annual oom*nra- t on of l aoh offlalal aantlonoil in raid Beotlon 13 uthoriiwd ~&or the law fisoal year 0r @ZQOObO fh0 IWO Of $3600.00 pOr 8rUWb mOrO- kg& fom, Bonrta Bill Ho; 123 ha8 no rpplioatlon rwaml- 1~ oompaaratlon of w-10 oounty orflolalr of OX0 County who aro nunotl in ralb Sootion 13 of Art 010 39120. Tho sount~ trooruror 18 mOntiOnOd ln 8ai6 Sootlon l.3, an& the law authorlsab a mmi8um W?dIQOIIM&hU Or IUOAW th6A $360040 rOl 4OUAtg troaruror fo$ tho flraal oar of 1914. Thlr bolng true, 88id 5, 8. X'o, I 8 not applioable to tho oountr treasurer Grogis Gountyrm
A oaroful rtudg of our Opinion Nor O-6580 Kay Auditor Oi Ore@& COuuty me&o no 1945 rovoalr inqufry ~onoorniag the proviaionr of 8onats Bill Nor 123 iA that roqusrt, mid bill MO not aonsia0r06 by tho writer tho oplnlon inaikuuoh a8 in rlor o inion (NO, O-6575) dated Mar 18, 1945, tho County Au %I?sb~ county had bO6A adrlsod th8t *Sonata Bill Rio. 123 hae no appliaation IrOgardfng the oamponration of the.~~cpunE~.:.of~ficia~o~,.of .@egg County who are named in 8aib EioOtlOa 13 ArtiolO 39120.~ Although t&O prin@+Gple8 Of law a8 'rnnounaod in.0~ Opinion Ho. are round, thoro war no rtatuto or ootstf- tutional provision prohibit- the 49th Logiolaturr from -0ndtng Sootlon 13 of Artiolo 39120, Rovirod Civil Statutor Of %x48, 1925, a8 amondod, by ad&i& thoroto the followlq!
*960. 3; That Boatian 13 Of ArtfOlo 39120, ROVi8Od civil Statutor of Texas, 1925, an ammdod, bo 8ild the 8alW 1s horoby amondod by mIdin& thoroto tho fol1~1
w*(o) ‘The ConrPi8~lonerr Court is horobg authorlzod, whon in their ju4&mont the fiaanoial aonaltlon of tho aouatyand tho noods OS the OffiOOr8 jurtifp lnaroa80, to odor pn order 1noroasisq the OORl~A88tiOI.l of tho proolnot, aietri0t officer8 in an aaaitlonal amount
‘~ : 375 AOt t0 5XtHOe twoAtpflt0 (25s) pr OOAt Of th5 5UU allowed under tho law for tho flraal y8aP of prorldra tha total ocmpbnaatlo~ 8uthorisod under tha did not oxoood the law for tho rIaoal pear of 19 sum or Thiztyylx xundnd ($3 00.00) Dollar&** Sootion 3 oi the 5bOVtJ bet doers Aot repoal Seation 13 Aztiola 3912o, ~ovIaed Civil atatutor of Texas, 1925, a8 amandod, but ~~1n3.y amend8 Seation 13 by adding tharrto tha above quota4 proYlaloa8r
Saute Bill No* 123 wa8 8MOtOd 88 en emer5onoy maware, on4 by I! 8triOt 5OJk~~i5AM with tho team8 thorOor 8011 5ai6~i08 0r OrriOial8 ‘or oountiea rfaotod thomby bo inor+ared for thr roaalnfler lPb5. In othorarbr, a oountr (auoh~ 85 within tha pXOVi5iOA8 Of the Offfoora' Grog& Oow$~) that 0-a t0 Srnato Bill No. 123) oammt 8alary LOW, (ma not 8 salary lnonaaoa for tha rerolrindor grant itr ooimt of this yoatv Ho 0pI~iof1 Nor O-6580), but county (rush 60 f ~OlVe8tOJI CO<y) that 00-I Within tho QI'O7iUiOA8 Of 8OAOtO Bill No. 123 buy grant it5 oounty oftialal8 aalary~Inaroa8e8 for xwmlndor of 1945. (860 Opinion No. O-6646). The miapoA55tloA of tho oounty traaruror or iiarx4aon la aontrollod b Sootlon Artlalo 39120. Undo?
SoOtiOA f) Of ATtiOb L&i& the OOUUtp tXoclMl'SZ' 18 allowed 8 aOqona5tIon or *not 1056 than total aura oarnod a5 eoa- ponaatlon him ln hla offlolal oapaolty for tho flroal poar 1935, a&d AOt PeopO than tho m8XlRWi amOUnt O~OWOd 8u5h Off1oOr 1935.” AI XaXPi8OA UmIttP the law8 5riating Atigust i&, had a populqtlon of tib 937 amoor& to the 1930 yeaoral aonsur had an raaaaaad rahatlon $1 ,562&O in 1944, tho rmxl- ? m.im oomponaatlon tnarurer aould have retalnod for wan tho am of $2,000,00 (Artiolo 3943). Thoroforo, our
Oplnlon NON 0-6646 fr agpliaabla to Wrrl5on County, and wa 8N) herewith l AdlOBtng a OOpy Of @ho #amr,,
In viaw of tho forogolng it 18 our opinion that tho Com- tisalonorat Court of iXarrla6n Oounty ha8 the authority to ln- moaso tho 8al8Xy or aounty troasuror tho romainarr of 1945, aubjaet to tho prorlrion8 8onato 8113 No. 123.
IA oOnnoatIon with tho foregoing ‘(10 aaU your attontlon to Oplnlon NQ, O-6576 whoreIn it ~stattis.. followrl
” Any Inoreaae ai aalwy for the year m;a; ie tn tha proportion the balano8 of the year relater to the total annu81 inorsaw thrt may be mada under raid Aot. In other words, ff in oonpenratioA ia allowed
tb iqgrraao ia’& hum lrt; then the inoreaae ror 1945 would br 'I/lltha. + . , The oom&wiaatioa for th. month8 paaartl oanttot be 19areased,
“In QOMOOtiOIi With the iOPO6Oi4S ?I$ dk%Ot our attention to tit. 689a-11, V. A. 0. 9.. whiah 8 ln part ‘an r0u0wat i
**When the bUdget haa been fl~8lJ.y approved Comalarionars~ Court, the budgot, aa ap- provob by the Court ahall be fi.Jad with tha Olark of the County Court, u.14 taxer lotied only ia BoOOXdMo@ therewith., and no eX&MtAbitUN Of th? fun68 0r tho aounty ehall themartsr be mad0 oroapt ln atrlot oomplianoe with the bud&et aa adopted ~by tho Court, Xrcrept that eaergenoy exprnditurea, in Qaae ot grave publio nooearity, t0 Li%86t UAUaUal 8Ad UAfOm8OeA OOAditiOA8 WhiOh oould not, by roaaonably biliigent ,thought and attention, hero been inoluded in the orLgina1 budget, may from tisie to tine bo authoriaed by tha Court a4 MOA~IBOA~O to tha original budget, XA all oesoa where auah am9nlPeAt6 t0 OtigiAnSl budget md8, a copy Order Of the Oourt amending the budget 8haU ba filed with the olrrk 0r Court, 4Ad attaohed to the bud& originally adopted.**
Your8 very truly, ATTO&i%Y O&l&;RAL OP Ti!lixAS '., Aakiatant