Case Information
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF-TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS
ATTONNZY GLNLRAL
Honorable Ytansell Bryan
District Attonw~
KoLennan 00untJ
%aoo, Teza8
D8ar slrr
on the nbora qukrtion has been reosl~ed
an 8manda8at to 1-t ‘. Texa8, proTides, awful for eny-city to require per- The Bill further proWids that *if required to on 8ny day whloh has bebn designated a8 the day OS the week that auoh mambpr of tdd da- partmeat should nat required to be on duty, ad- dltlonal oompenk3atlon at the rate of the an3 one-half uvertlnte oomputed upont he bad8 (d th8lr *2 Honorab~s~st8n8ell Bryaa, &?a@ 8
monthly salary shall be pal& to them ror rmah atl-
dltlonal tie a8 they ax-8 r8qulred to'workg.
Therfbalter the Bill plac88 a p8nd.t.y again8t any .~
oity ofilofal or LUI~O~O la ohargo oft the firs rta- .&ion who VfOlat88 any provision8 of thb law. 1 rould llkm to know 18 whbther or sot
What aall82 LleAat8 8115 S4 l City of 40,~ inhabltuktr mor8 8aa roquiro penit lt8 flro08n ubl po- Ummoa to work mrr’tban 12 hour8 in'8ay 001 oal- ormmotbam 'Ithourrinanyoaa oWd8y, arS8ndrr
week, or more than 144 hour8 ln'any two oonrooutlta ff Mid City wf8 it8 tfmWft Uld &8&tWO8k8 polla8138n tfm8 d om-half ior raid ovortfmo. Th8
‘qUe8tiOA 18 whather not the present wr and maA- pow8r 8hOrtage 18 suoh iA emergenoy a8 auor a
city of Ix),000 or mom lnhabltaat~, unarr the Bill, to workmore than the nqulred hour8. .:
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m further quote iropr your wall pr8~ir@d brlsf a8 tOibW81
‘ThO 088@ Oi ,XO@lirO Y8e City Of Ddh8 SW (a) 728, by Goaml88loa of ~ppeala, sy& Ii
and 3, 8t8tO8 iA Q8rt 88 iOlh81
**A eareiul ooA8lderatlah OS the quoted 8800 tlOA8 or the 8tatUte lead8 to the oonolualon overtim work by a fireann 18 not in lte8u pro- I
hlblted. Tba probibltlon 1s arequlre@aAt or pnulttlng* oi overtlma work. A tlramnnwho
J8rfOZW8 orertima work either in an OuKTgeAOy ar
OthOr'd80 UAdOr I'OqUir658At Or OrmfMiOA by a
6tlddpa~t~ 18 entitled t0 add t%OAti OOmpMM-
tloa at the rate of tlm8 and one-halt overtim
oomputed upon the basis of their Qonthly salary,
whloh in this oase~is the'adnlmua of $WO per . ,
Honorable stadso.11 Bryan, Togo 3 -
month. To hold otherwise would Aulllfy tha &m-
&IL;O quoted whereby addltlonal tKvrpAs8tlon 18
allowed to flre~en who are require4 or permitted to -ark more than the hours and days provided in
.the statute. Then language show6 beyond cueatlon
tbst ot8rtime work as suoh is not made Illegal.
A ZWAiOljdity i8 ~~11ZOd for tb I'OqUirOWJAt pedfttfllg of Overtin work either in 85er1zon-
Oi8i or othGld80. T& nqUlrOabAt Or p0r&3iiOA o~orti~ 18 ma40 8n ofreAm agaui8t tii8
orry orrlolal in oAarg8 or th0 fire dapartaent in
dl QllM8 OfO6pt 1A aA oWrgon0y.~ -0~ ~111 not8 rmi this the only tams
that a City oaa work ~lt8 rlram8n aid polloom~
mOre than the l8, 72, or 144 hourz), as aat out IA t.ha Bill, is in ease Of aA emargenoy. I be11OV8
that tbo pro88nt war is M eesreenoy a8 1s con-
te0pltitod in SeAate Bill 54. Th8 0888 Of mU8r Y8.’ &IAtyre 8t d,
Y$ (2) 1818, 3yl 3 an4 4, holds in part as follows:
**It r0qufr88 AO 8tlVtOh of judicial, preroga- tlr8 to take Aotioa oxtr8ma eaergbnoy aa-
?rOAtlAE thl.8 OOUAtr& Or tA8 AOOe88lty ZOr prOapt
as ~811 a8 QML8tlO aotfon~ by the exooutlvo and
l8gi8latiY9- branOb to estab~sh, moblllae, 8QUip
and train all the armed for008 noomsary fsr both
defonalve an4 oiSsnslve operations agalnet those
toaara now engaged In a highly unlfled aa deter-
mined effort to doatroy our goverruaent and people.*
"1 realize that the Leuor oass 1s an ~Q~UAO- tlon suit against a looal draft board, but I thlak that the Court*8 holdbg that there is an extreme
emerganay would settle the queatlon that there 1s
aA enmrgenoy at this ti08. It la, therefore, ay
opinion that a City of 40,OCO or niore lnhabltants
oan mqulre or permit it8 iireamn ar*b poliOemeA to
work more thsa 18 hours p6r oalen4.m day and 9or8
than 72 hour8 per oalendar week and 00133 then 144
hour8 ln two c-onseoutlve oalsndar week6 4~ to the
faot that there la an am0t;gonoy orletlng and a A8A-
power shortage, but that the City must pay time aA
one-half overtim for all hour8 ln 8x0099 of those
set out in the Bill."
Eonorablo. %43ASe1l Bryan, E-B64 4
You are advised that in our oplrlon a8 to whether an easrgenoy exlets depends oa the fsot situatloa in eaoh par- tloular city of more than 40 OGO inhabitants. Coeditlons saj- such in your City, rasultkg froa the war and the mnpo::;or shortaje, or from mm3 other oauso as ta constitute an odor-
gsnay, suoh as rouid nuke it lmposalblo provide protection
to the llreb and property of your oltizona wlthout working
th0 fiTMlt3A 8Ad pOliCO0OA OYICtfE~. 10 th18 8VOAt .tbs City
~offlolals would have authority aboatmnntloned 3~loyo*8 aore than the U, 73 or 144 hourr, a8 aat put in
the statute. .l 1
se onoioae a copy ot Gplnlon ho. G-6050 of this de- gartzcmt, a8 It lrvolves praotioally the sam quo8tlon .- If y3~ Cave oonrrontlng you.
very truly your8 XTTORr~?n! cmE?AL @!ir m&S Yw:Jw
3nal.
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