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OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AU&IN
I 1IOaofBbl@ E. Y. CuMingham
County Auditor
Navarr0 CCunty
,/i&l opt&p l &iti6a to a r&inti of thi8 Depart- hae bean raceivmL wlaiag the sleotloa **I that beer ti thir COUUty ‘cw bnVb hWl Id- l phObs that SO14 bObr, eourae, What 1 woa~4 likb klww aow iis: those Are operators whose lfoenssrr wore eutoaetiaa~y canoallbd by t&b eleotlon entitled to a rsrund thqir unex- geasral fund of the Gouaty?* pired tern era and if they refua4eU of tbb out 8onorable 2. Y. Cunningham, Pa&o 2
Article 067-3, Vernon*e knrrotated Penal Code, aeta forth the amount of the annual 1iOanae fees required the vnrious liaenrer naplea therein.
Earacreph e or Article 607-3, aupra, provider: Wm aommiuoicx4re~ oourt in baah oounty of thia State shell b~ve tho LOWIC, except aa horein othbrsiae provldaa BR wmporary liosnsr, to ltm and colleot fro% every psrso?. lloanaea hereundcr'in SPI& oounty a license fro bgual to one-hell of thn statb fob2 61na any inoorporate4 oity or town wherein the liaenaee aaai0m4 shall have the powrr to levy and aolleot a liasa~e roe not to erooea one- half of the State fe4, but no other foe or tef ahall be levied by either. Nothing hera:n omteined shall bs oonatruad ae praventilu: ths levying, Laaaesaing, and oolleotlng of ganaral ad valorem tame oc tbo property 0f ~iiy pebon llaenae4 to eel1 beer.-
Art1010 667-18, Vernon*6 Annotated Panal coae, reada a6 f0ii0ws t
*In all OAZIQ~ whore any parson pursuing the oo- selling beef, ns herein dbfinod, unaer cupatfon of _ - _ _ llcbnas laauod In ~acmdmoe with the lawa at thie
State, ha8 bs6n or ahall hereafter be prevented from pureutlta@, ouoh cccuprJtion for ths full time to which he wculd bs otherwise entitled, by reaaton of the adogtion of local option i3 my county or subdirlsion thereof, the proporticnate emunt of licwm~ f44s PAia
So muah of the prccaede 60 dmrlrod unasr the
provIi?Inns cf thia Artlals ak %&P be neaaaeflry. not to kxacsad two (2) per cent thereof,-are bareby ajbropriated for that purpose.*
For the purponeti nf this opiafon we esauua that the 0omsJesfonsr~~ oourt in xk~vflrro County lavieb a04 oolleat44 from every person.licenaea in fda oounty B Piaenae fee not exaeedinp. one-halr or thn t%ite fee and that suoh liaenaee8 are no+: prevented irem pursui.ng suoh occujmtion for the full t3.r.s T.:J whloh they would be otherwise entitlad, by remson of the cc!.-,ption of locel option in et-id ccunty.
“.I - Bonorable E. Y. Cunningham, Pago a
In tieW Or ArtiOhJ 667-18, IIUprtA, it i&I OUT OpiII- ion that the licenseea who have been prevented rrom pur- ruiI,g their OOoupatiOn ror the full time to whioh they would be otherwiee entitled, by reason or the adoption of local option la said oounty, are entitled to have refunded to them the proportfmato amount ot license fee levied and oollooted by the county oovering the unexpired term. The retund should b. mmds out oi the @and in whlohthe license fees were origln- ally PlaOOd.
with rerereme t0 th0 r0rund 1iOWKM is08 paid t0 tbs State, your attention Is directed to Opinion Eo. O-1406 whioh holds in eiieot that there has been no speOlri0 appro- priation made by the Forty-sixth Lsgielature th0 refund of said roes paid to the State tor this bl-ennium. We are enclo8- ln# a oopy of thlr opl.nfon ror your information.
TruatlnS that the foregoing tully answers your inquiry, we are
Youra very truly ATTOBWlEy GBBERAL OF TggAS ~ &&LLe?ch Arde!ll wllliame Amdstant APPROVEDDEC 19, 19‘% AW:BBB
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ATTOR~~ GENERAL op TEXAS