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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
ysaorrble ii. Pot Sduardt
civil IJiotriot Attorney
DOll~O COtUltr
Dallas P rtxos
pear b.r. EZdwardoi
V.A.C.S. populttlan or only tad opeci~l tits’ portmttt heed. tram on0 on aomptnwtfon Article 72)12e . or Ptbrumy ¶I, otter 0, at its Regular ilouot Bill nd 82!l, ot tilt aerlotd an amendment to Sub- or Acts ot the OD’O ADnotated on (la). Kouoo Bptofel Ltwo ot rt, and klouot Bill page 744 of the Special Loma of maid a&id iLouse bill YO. 223 being Art. !wl2e, Ssc-
Uon l@(b) UDOD~ other provisions, provide8 es folluwo~
oountr ottiter, or *Yhene~tr amy dlotriot precinct ofiiotr rhen suoh prtointt offlctr is comptnuted on a eeltry baoie, with oxatption OC diotrlat attorneys criminal district ttornqo, &ml1 require the services et deputies, oolotonto and eap~o~tto, in ptrfO?mo?soe writing te the Cotiooien- et No dudea, he eholl apply era L'ourt or hie county for authority to appoint suah dspu- *2 fio~oroble u. Pot IUloordo - page 2
LIMOS l ooiotmto, slplo~oto, moh written l pplicotico
o aWOrD t0 WId t0 Set fort6 tht IIUmbU’ DOOded, br riiiod, the dutlO8 to be pcfrrmd, sad ;&&tiooo as smount compenutioa to be paid. * andI
o'hob mOh 8pplleOtlOn eholl bt 8000mp~ied by l stottatnt ohmlag the probable reoeipto from rtoa, eoa- ~oolo~o, oompawtloa be cOllO0tsd b7 the ottlot l t the OftiOor oo l pplyiog &bring the firno 7rar ~hieb till laclml~ oil oolori40 oad txpenoto or ouch oftloe, & Reid Court oh811 oak8 its ordk outbborioin~ the opi or UOb dOputloo, l o oiItMts, sad eqdgeeo ~eiDtPODt l a rlx Ootpon8atiOn be paid them within tho rfrrto-
~~ooo herein preecribul and determine the number to be* po&nted, l o in tbo diourotioa oi ooid Vourt may stem proper.9
*&ml furthor protidto~
hat mnximm compenution which mof be ollored to the doputlto, asSiStant sod omplo~eeo ot the otticero berebr thtlr l trviceo eholl as folloro~ ~iected for
'*Pirot Aooiot8at or ChieS Deputy not to exceed rhroe Fhouoond, 61x Hundred Dolloro (@,dOO.DO) per annum, one Aoalotont chief Deputy not to excsed Three Tbmocnd Dol- hereby oh011 rboeirs not ltio thon~fhree Thoiiond Dil- r-ted lore (@,(000.00) thot hoods ot per onou6 provided lurthtr deportteats aoy ooob be al i owed by the Comwiooiooero Court, when ntoeoaary in judgment ot 8uoh Court, to reatl~e PC- l peotire oolorioo Dot to oxxoeed tho rate of ho Theuoond, Pito Hundred Dolloro ((Z,bOO.OO) per onouoi, ehen ouch heads or departments Sought bC rppointfd oboll hove pr~riouol~ served the county dlotriot by which they ore employed for not less than tso (2) oolrtinucus yehro, but no herd of l deportment oh011 bo creoted traept ehorr person oought to bo appointed is to be in tu81 CbugS et the deportment with deputies or oooiotonte Under his oupenloion, ani ouob Leads of departIGODt0 shall oalP rppoiatod la etficeo oop- able of bsoo iido oubdiridon lnte deprtmeato~ prorlded rurthor, that la 811 oountloo affected by this Act, having acre than one Dietriot Court or Crlm.inal D&strict Court, tho deputies o r l ooiotonto of the Diotrlct Clerk, rho or0 regulor- lp OdgDtd to servo euch Courts o clerks, shall be ‘coa-
SoDorable Al. Pot Edoordo - py;e !)
~@red as heads Of departteats Within the seanlng of thio Mt.’
WOIAOO bill NO. 822 being 7OrnOD'o H0~18cd Ciril
gtotuteo, Art1810 7262 as to oountieo having a population LO ~000~ Of Sb8&00 provides 00 tOllO~0~ inhabitrats,
owe l l prorldod, that in counties herin& l popu- 1*tion 0e three hundred 8Dd fifty-Give thouband (m8,ooo) •~ more 8ooorUiDg to the loot preceding Federal Ctnouo, the ~o0eooor 8nd ~olleotor of %x00 may In addltlon contract with l oD8cial deputieom heria~: 8oeclol ttchniool training, ofill. l Dd tXPtPitat8 for tbbe ~pOOt Of 8Odttin~ him in 91 oil and mineral btarlne 1 ado nd up otrtl es int*f therein, induotrlal l nd"uDu~actur~nr p lonto, and other e*tO promrtieo rhtF0 l Decia1 tcchnlcal skill and training is m- ouch l pociol otdotanto, clerl- In addition thereto , l ocounting , rt enoC;rapher , 08 coy neoeooary to con- %P' duct the orgonio8tlon herein proridod for aDd early out purpooco of this Act my be applied for 8nd appointed in lue canner pwldtd they oboll l p p olnted only ror the pur- poooo CODOi8ttXIt with thlo Act. Ia addition thereto, the Au- eowr and Collector of Taxes oball bo authorized to apply for tbt appoimtuent of 8 l pec~al head of the automobile dlridon of No office a l alor~ Dot to exaeed ho Thousand, Shen nundrtd Dollaro ($2,700) per emus. The tonperrution be paid ouch l optoiol depublto* old l opociol outooobile deport- aeat hoad* oball be oubjtot tho opproral of the Ccmo,iosion- ore Court and the County Auditor, limitatlono the 8mouDt Of uch ooeiDeautfon rlowhere Drwided shall not l p- ply. The oontrrot ot cmplopent oh011 be for dtC$nitt tom, Dot oxtending beroW term Of office Aootooor and COllOCtOr, and obbll be udo upon uorn applic8ticn tc tht ~ommfooionerr Court obowing the nweoeity tbereror, and ohall be oubject to pprorol both 08 to oubotonoe and 08 to term by the~~otur.iotiontro Court aad by the County Auditor.’ t Of floaoo Bill lo, 222, bdnC; tbe amn& r8eOtion meat Artlolo 7262, which 6tctloo 2 is not mhom Ytrmoo*o awised Civil statuttr, road0 00 r0ii080t is now proridar which “‘The faot that no nuns ~oottoor and collector l r Suet mty ebttin finftmtian
upon which to base ourrent ooeoomtnt ot properties where technical k.lll and training is rtqulred, ia thertbf that be *4 yooorable J. Pat Edmard. - p.g. , take rendition8 of muoh property the r8lue fixed
bo& n the wrier, that tberebJ &my prOperWe tmoape their just the burden OS taxation, nd the further t8ot that
-k!?!4! 9 srtrtc e CO~8titutional Hule &&'i& bill8 te be r-&d on three mbppuate daya la each your@ be, and it ia hereby mumptndrd, and thlm Act 8b.11 take offeat .nd be in full Pore. fro& .nd after its passage, mnd 1% 1. SO emoted.
*Inquiry ham been made to t&i8 offloe for oonmtruct- .m to the limit8tiam placed tbsreby t&s ab ove l tatutem i.n of upon the malaria8 rbioh omn legally paid to the Ueputies ot' tbc A8me88or and Golleator of rues ot Dell.8 County, (nail.. count having a population In excemm of tbree hundred and fifty- f&a thousand .~dS!jS,OoO) inhsbitaatm), and X 83all thtrefert appreoiate your emmistance on the point8 in issue. prmidoos ot tloume Bill No. .lt im our opinion
222 likecial La~m al the 46th begi8lature 1939, amending Arti- elb 7262, namely 8 *The oomptnmation to paid much S eci81
68 and Sp~lal Autqg$&&le UtaQ mball be arbject -fniz o opprural or &he Comudmmiooer8 Court and County Autlitor, and ~iuitationm won amount oi much oomvenmation elrewbcre r0lid.d shall Dot applx,’ those tht lam. eaaept 8. having mp@eial teohnieA1 t?a.lning, sldll +&Ipe.Lal C.puti.8 uperiennoe, and UIoept am to uid 8Special Automobile Ct- partment Uead' the llmitationa am to ululem f .I1 other deputitm, apt&al a8m.i8tant8, eleri881, acefnmting or steno- grapher. de *pply.
gIlti cinimtruatfon ocaure u8 im bormaut emergency olaume ot noume Bill lo. 222 abate (ueted in that the reamon fo r th e l peuial ammndneat et Bourna bill Ro. 822 o far am ularier are aoaotratd ia 8et Cortb mm 'the further taot that salary iirdtatioam deputies ssrployed tor purpose of pertortin~ the ordiau~ olerio81 &diem In him ottice make it impo8sible abtdn ttalmia~lly train- ed skilled permonn to ebtaln aeetsma~ date 8ompettnt Ujm which to determine proper raluatina8 at pcoprty in rbitb 8~tci.l teohnloal kno~lsdne utd tralnlng is required.*
yootrtblt 11. Pat lzdwardm - page I5
*in othw words, ~8 belle?e that tbe lim.itatlonm m-to the maximum ularle8 plaoed the deputies, am- d8t8nt8 and employees of the Tax Ammemmor and Collector by ~tiolm 3912e, Seation 19(h), applies all of hle depUtie8, Special l 88iDtaht8, elerioal, aoeounting -6 stW“6J'. era, and all him eoiploTee8 uoept those 'special &putieS oh hating peoial technleal trtiniw, skill and ex- perLtnoe rith whom he ~7, with the permimrion ot the Coo- J88ionerm Court, mteC into a p4clal aontraet, and 8peeial bead of the automobile dirldon, ~bO8e malaq is 8peoifioall~ tixed Twenty seven Suadred Dollars (f~toO.00) per annum~
*Our eonmtruotion baa been questioned the Tax that legal tfftaf who contends and collector, ~sge88or of Article 7262 in so far am maae la applicable to coun- ties hating a population of more than three hundmd and fifty-five thousand (2SS,OOO) inhabltantm, is to remove entirely lfmltatlonm plaoed upon the nlarlem payable by him by Article 3012t, paragraph h. that by Pe eontends designating him deputies or epeplojete am (mptoial ammimtant, clerioal, accountant stenograpbtr* he my pay much etn- ploytt any 8um he cay determint, wbfect, of course, to the approval of the Camui8sloners Court.
Will you, therefore, kindly advise whether or not
rou oan conour in our opinion that prorimion of Article 72&i? that *li~Itation8 upon the amount of much oor.ptneatlon elmevhtre provided &all not Apple* removes from the limita- tiOD8 fixed br Article 2Ql2e, Section h, s 'Spsclal those Deputlts~ having ptoial teobniaal training, skill ex- perience 81th whom the Tax Ammemmor and Colltator may enter Into a special contraot with the approval of the Coadmsion- ermiiourt and the gSpooial Automobile Depertment Btad:m
We have oareSull7 considered the bill statutes mentioned above, parts of same being met out In 8ubmtance by you. CO conour in your well-Cea8ontd Opinion, end adopt maait am the opinion of this DepaCtEmt.
verr truly yours ATTOtUiEX GENERAL OF TI?XAS Robert 1 ;. Lattimort, Jr.‘/ A88lstant I OPINION I COMMITTE=