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9on. Baya satwrleld
Ffremea's Pelmion coQQlMfo!ler
State Capitol Bldg. ._,
Auetln, Teues
Dear sir: Oplnlon Ho. o-5515
.' &: U&k the given ia6t8, 6uq the towa of GaxWri Oaka -pcrtl- : alpate in the benotit8 of thk ~resma*a Dlaabllity Re- t1rcQent au%i?
will aaknowledpg rcoelpt 0C ycnirimuont l*tFr : ,., ., . ger1ornr ", ,T' ':Jr ;.~; : town o? Garden Oska, ??arrls County, Folit -~
Orrloe maeton. Texea,.whlohhes a regularly or&an- lxsd Sirs degex%acnt; lzas applied to this I)eparlSmnt r0r partiolpetion in the Firemen’s Di6abllit.y and Hatfrssaant Fund, operated tier the provlsioas of Art. 624+a, Rtwleed Oltll Stetuter oi Texas.
.OTht, town of f&n-den Oaks 10 .not lno'orporcted aa 0 8;ty, but ifi f66Or~r.-st& (LB 6 W6t6r di8tdOt, Chapter 311, 3'1th 128, Voluns 23, Vex-norm annotatad Cl011 Cjtatutau of tha %8te Texas.
&iaae adrlsa u6 if, la your opl~Ion. thls de- partment mag partlolpate Uthe bent<lts ca,i the Plm- men's Clseblllty and kbtlreatent Pan6 as shown 8tiott0.~
Xc quote in part f?*)n See. 3 0: Art. 6243e, Vernon's Anmtated Civil Statutes;
Th%t all incorporatsd alties r.nd towm# in thla .- .:tzte t'avlzy R rt?~ul~i:ly ix.~rrnlzod aatlve rim depart- rat-nti vihethcr wh,olly paid , pax-t wld or ~016nteer.
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Ron. Bayne Sattexfield, p. 2.
3wlt~ fire rlmk!~ a;:paratua and aqalpmant or the valae or On6 Thousand Dollars ($lOfJO) or more, the
Xayer of suoh alty or town, olty drtm tmaauz- er, or ii m tra6atmr, than tho-alty awretrry;alty alark, or suah other garaon or ottleer as by law, aharter ptislon, or-oxUl~naa perloma the duty' treasurer, aa three of oity (sf 66mb6z-6 6r 6136h ramlarly organized eotlro iira departmant,to be’ '. .
.aelaatad by rota of mombora of auoh Mm Uapart- meat Ln tha mwusr hemlnafter dlreotad shall be and am hereby OOrMltUtM tha'*Board Oi Flrc8uo'a kkller aal Batlramnt Fmid Tmat6ed h664lla sad to rwieiv6, oontml, nbaaagii, nP4 dlobur#e suoh Rmd fortbe ma- paetlve olty or town an4 66 8uohBoard shnll hove the power and sutbority to hear and datenaina all applloatione for retirement, .clalms for dlaablllty, elthar pmtlal tot& aniI dea1gnat.o the bena- ri0i6a3 or peram 4it~tl8d ta partloipato thorsin 0-r tharafmm aa hanlnafter dlreoted end tiloh said.-, Boati shall .be knosn aa.tba V3a6rd F~MMU~~S &a- llof ad l2ctlreawmt FunU Trtmteca of
TM Hayor shall ba the ohalmeu aad tmiy*?tir- or shall be the aeorataxy-treasurer of se18 Boord of :_~ Truataeu reapeotlve3.y.~ . .~ . Suoh Board of .S'ruute- shall bold kegalar monthly meetlngm it ~saah~tka and
laea as they may by remolutlon Qeul~te a,& may ld l tm h l peola& meetlags upon aall of the obalmut : as- hemay dean naoeuaary~ elm11 keep aoourato mlnutaa ol 'itr meatlqa curd reaordu’ its proaecUng6; shall keep l oparati fr om all other olty or Mwn funds elk money6 for the us6 aad Eoneflt of said Flromn~a Ra- ‘Me? and Ratlreiuaat&nd:ahall kzaepa all rsoord alalma, reoelpta, dlnbwaamnta lna book or booka to‘be iunrlshad by said alty'or town for th6 porpoae; 6ballrmaIce ~laburaemeda from uald Fund only upon regular voaoher algned by the traaanrer and oounter- alaned by the ahalman and et least one other mmbsr ot 8ald Board OS Tmat666. Tha olty town trmaur- er, acthe treesurer ot aaid Board of T-tees, shall bs ths ooatodlen of the ?lmmenta Rallat an4 fIatire- hbnt Fund rm suah oitp and town uader penalty of hi.6 ottlola bond an& oath oi offloe. No mamber of said Board oi Tmstma shall reaslva ooapenmtlon as suoh.
Eon. Bayno Satterflold, p.
Said Beard oS.ylremcn*c Rcllof end Retiremnt Fund Trwtaaa of ecoh auoh olty of town in this Xata ehcll annually and not Later then the Slat day ot of etch year after thJ6 A8t takes attetit, January mab mad Nle wlth.the Tlmmanta ?analan Ccmatlaslon- . _.. i ar,~henlnpwvldad tor&a deWled andlWm%sad ra- port ot l ll reoelpta and d1aMraemant.a with mpeot to auoh Yondt togcthcrwlth a atataaent of thclr . admlolatmtloa thereof and shall make au< Sllo aooh
other reports and.statemonta, or furclah au6h forth- er lnfomatlon ea. fma tlmc tu the, myjrbc-reqalrcd or rcqucated by ma18 Fircma'a yaoalon Comlssloaer. .I*~ . " . . .
Se hnve fokad uo provlaion in Art. 6243e, aupra; poaltlvely lbltlng its punlem tire dapartaents or~lncorpurctcd oltlaa or towna la'thle State: however, the above quoted laagac~a frnn Seo. 3, do&a In otiicot so liailt the aoopgot the Flremcnta Rellcf r?enalon Fundi Thla acotlon deola with the oom~altlon of the ikmrd ot'Trwto~s,. whloh Sa the auatodlaa srod adainlstrctor or Its -PeasIon Fond.
,The Boald'of Tmstaea la oomposed. ot the aay& an&city trmanrer of 81~ lwomoratod alto or t&m this &a%e$up$z a wlththrca mcabra oi the reizuiarlv oreea.iaad l otira fl mot OS auoh tom or oit . The mayb aid olty treastirer~y are- ras- peotlraly the ohcinxm czd trcfmurer of the Bocrd.! In fcot, the .ntlra atruaturc or the Boerd~la built 6nm6d the ottlol6ls 6t inoorpolnted cities towns @id members of, tlm departpemta of
such oitlea end towna. .iYe have iown no Other provialon ior the tonmlctlon the Board end knac ai none under prcacat word- %n&u?.thc Aot. .l.._ ".. .~_
The i3oc~Q of Truatoca 1s sscabtism of the Pcnslon Fusxl; throuah lt~ all claims crc prcecntcd cad settled and all reoelpts ati= dlaburoeacnte oi a~~cye bclong& tc the puad arc hmdlcd. Ylthout awh a Board, neturclly the entlrc syatcc aur- muaXIng the Tcoslon Fund oould not opercte.
,:n incorporated water dlstrlot Is not an lncorpomted _ olty 3f town. It !mwra no ‘myor olty treasurer. In taot, the *4 I’ . . . , _. * -(+
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Sm. Esyne 3atterflcld. p0 4
. . htt&b&utse of I& incorporated oitv town em diitinot and- sapmete ~tnm those or an lnoorparated water distrlot. Se thus db not bellee+e a Bollrd oi Trtmtder aould be omposed under an Inoosposated waterdlstrict 8et up aocordinr; td psovl8lon11 or Art. 624Be, aupsa* It ia therefore thc~'upinlan oi .M& aepkent teat fin nwtim. +._,
your queetlon should be anmered *i ___ -~ _---
.- ?red a. Chandler BP: /a/ ~Aa(ILPtaa .- :.,- BY is/ Eo&bMZaoh ROlCrdbrbbh