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*1 258 OFFICE OF TNE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS .c. AUSTIN
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j! neuorablo Homer Oarrieon, Jr. :
I Department of Pub110 Safety DfreotOr, aolppl*Lbry
Austin, Texas
Dear sir: Attention: Hon -b-y;' ,:; :.7(,. #I :
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Your requeet for reoeired and @arc- ote rmm your re-
tpuy oonoldered by this do f. Qobbti p&3 r011owI3r
mush grow? ohsok- If In your opln- ng unlawi'ully aolleeted oarerully oonsldered the encaloeed re- am6 herein as,the eiame ilp lengthy. We
servatlone upon said reports arrest Is excessive. The ee Arttale 1065, Vernon’s Annotated Texae Code of Orlminal Prodeduro.) We enclose herewith oopiea of Opiniona! NOS.
O-693 and k963 whiah deal with arrest raea, oommltmnt fees
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and rsleaeb feeis, whloh will guide you in deternining whe- ther or not such fee@ were Improperly aesessed and oolleeot- ed in auoh oaees,~ The faota in eaoh partloular oa.88, or gourse, determine the legality or lllegallty of suoh reea.
3. The twenty oases for reoklem or oaraleea driving were Inpro er beoauee Article 7'30, Vernrm*s Anno- tated Penal Code, P the reoklesrr or oarslees driving stat- ute) has been held umonstitutional as a penal atatute.
(See Ladd V. State, 27 8. W, (26) 1098). Officers should not eniorae or attempt to enforse orimlnal statuteo whloh hare been held unoonetltutlonal by the courts.
4. Artlole 827e, Vernonlo Annotated Texas Penal
oode, prolrldeIr a penalty for paoeing rea ll$bt trafiio ~#lgnala on State hlgbwayr outoide then lfgtta of incorporated oities and tome.. You do not State,whether or not Bufialo ir an inoorporated olty or towni fi the tom or city ‘was not fnoorporated then mob oanes would be proper; if in- eorporated, the oity or town ors$inancres, if any, would oontrol, and the oorpomtion court ‘and not the juatloe 0r the 0,rr~se. oourt ,vMd have jurisdlotlon
We do not baoe euffieient information to eom- rent up on other mattere&ated in the report.
Ti-usting that thla eatisfaotorily amwere your inquiry ', we are
Vergtrulg yours +WNWEYGYBJmAL OFTEXAS Wm. J. Faming Assistant WJFzGO
APPRCWECMAR 1, 1941
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ATTORNEY GEERAL Or' TEXAS