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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Iionorabla C, J. Wilda
County Auditor
nuaoaa countr
Corpus Christi, Texas
Dear sir:
tar o? raoant data raquastlng the o t on the above stated matter. aa follows: rt,
ounty after ifloial. In Nuaoan alarlea ounty on the baa18 to 100,000 fnhabl- a”8 ala 3912-g s8ataa the bra&at just pra- mentioned, namely, 37,501 II uhloh braokat Muaoaa ting aould not raoaiwa mora amount allowed ofiloara the OXi8bing 18W8 Oi August 24, 1935. wit August 24, 1935 Muaoaa-County, baln to 60800 b! the populatia braokat ot ire oifloara mmximun salary was $3.750.00. However, Art lo18 allows thle amount lnoraaaad by $500.00, whloh rapr888nta Ma
third of 8xOaaa 1808, thereby making tha mall- In addition the above 8QoDnt
-~’ 250.00. Ia a protialon ln Saotloa 13-of Arti
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3912-E whloh atataar
“‘Frovldad ths t in aountiaa hsv$ng 37,500 and lass than 60,000 aooording the last preceding Federal Canslus, and having an aaaasaed ln 8x089s ot $20,000,000,.00 ts the praoadlna, approv- : ad tax roll ot such oounty, th:: aaxlaum anount sllowad such ottloara as aalar-, lea may ba increased 1s tor aaoh ~l,~OO,OOO.OC valuation or traotl,onal- art thereof, in 8xoasa ot said fi 20,000 000.00 valuation and above the maxhm anount such ottloar law8 aria tlng on Augna t 24, 1935. ( “The valuation in Muecaa County on August waa 333,492,736.00. Tharatora, it in aooordsnoa with your opinion, we use the canaua aa a ~asamlng lnaotar as the maxi- stick .nuix amount tOr to8 Officers is ooncarnad, why tea offioara then would not of moo88 County be allowed an additional 145 added to the
$4,250.00 whloh waa the maximum ha oould raoaiva that tiaa. The additional l&S rapraasnta at the valuation in axcaea o? 320,000,000.00 aa
mentlonad the sbovs quotation. It is pos-
sible that we might go turthar, it we are
sssuma that the 37,501 to la ths
messuring atiak, lnoreasa the peroantoga
over snd above the maximum OS the basis of
the 1944 valustlon whleh was $89,480,000.00,
aa thla value 1s shown on the praoadlng
tax roll at Nuaeaa County, If wa are oorraot
in this matter there Is a possibility of ot t8a ottloara
lncraaalng the salarlas
in ~uaoaa County by 70$. It la quita evident b~aia under which tha aslariar of fee oftleara are pald remain at
flgura ahown for the populstfon the 1930
oensus and I reapaottully to Cpin- r*?*? YOU
ion O-2582 randarad the- County AttOrnaY
and County Auditor ot Travis County, Texsa. on pace seven, titth para-
This opinion,
graph resds :
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Honorable C. J. Wilde, Page 3
** Your fifth quaatlan baoonaa moot in view of our holding that )4,75O,QO~ia the maxinu~ salary to dirtriot and oounty oftleera of Travla County ~undar the Otfioara* Salary Law.’ l v,an though *The above quotation shows the 1941 oanma would move Tratia Countj lath, the braekat of 101,000 and not nor8 than 150,000,’ the . ottioara are adrlabd that the maximum would. be
4,750.00, whloh aomaa wIthIn the brrokat to 100,000. We also oall to your attention the taot that under Art1018 3912-X.’ Saotloa 6, artfoipatlon II the above Nuacaa County, in aooordanoa with the on tha basis of par oaplta population P lr being reimbursed on the
nantlone4 Sa8tio~ 6, baaia of the population in Ruaaaa County aoeord- Tharafora, we teal that in6 the 1930 oanatm.
the par oaplta la paid on the baala of the tax 1930 population thab and other eountlaa are advlaad
the& used the 1930 population aa a maaaur- lng atiok, than why should not the rpaeial
proviaiona allowa in Saotlon 13 o? Artlola
3912-S apply to Ruaoaa County and alla the
?a8 otiloerr to be pald on the bash
emxlmtua plua the paroantaga in valuation and above the ~20,000,000.00 man-
tlonad in Saetlon 13 applying to oountlaa
having a population of not more than 60,000.
“In view of taota we raapaotfully ask your Opinion o-2546 be raaonaldarad.a Ae a general provlslon dth to mini- rataranca plum and maximum l alariar county offioiala in oountlaa a of not than 20,000, nor more than 190,000, aooordln(l praoadlng Federal eanaua, A?tlola 39128, Saotlon provldaal
*Art, 39128, 880. 13. The Co0mlaalonara~ la oountlaa having Court of twanty inhabltaatr or more and leer than one hundred and nlaaty thousaud l190,000)~ inhabitamta lart praoadlng
Faderal Canaua, la hereby aothorlraa and It fix
nhall be its duty tha alarlaa of all naaad ottloara, W-wit: following l harlff, oounty judge, a a a a a ao r oollaotor of taxer oountt attorney, lnoluding oilafnal die trfot gttornaya and county attornay# who partorr *4 .
Honorable C. J. iYildr, Page 4
the duties olerk, of district attorneys, district
oounty clerk, treasurer, hide and &i- ma1 lnap~otor. Eaoh or said oifiOera ahsll br
paid in money an annual salary twelva (12)
equal sum aarned lnatallatanta of not loss than the.total
aa oompenaatlon by hln ln hli of- . tiaoal
rfolal oapaaity year 1933, ror
not more than the maximum amount allowed
auoh offiosr law8 l xlating on August 24, under
1935; . . ..* fired ha l alarlra county.
The forr olng provision oftioera, In oount f l a within tha dmatad populatian braokrt, at not mora then the maximum oompanaation allovrad auoh otfioera under lawa axlating Au uat 24, 1935, Aaoogdoohaa County v.
Jlnklna, 140 9. il. (26 pl 901. Undar said Article, the maxlnum art forth aervsa as a aoellingn on the salaries of oounty or- fiosra ln oountlss wlthln that population braokrt (20,000 to 190,000), and said maxima% or *orlUng” la fixed on the basis of an unohangeabla past aituationg this la, the maximum ouu- psnsatlon allowed aald orilaera laws axlatlng August 24, under laws axiat- Also, we oall to your attention 1935.
lng August 24, 1935, there wore no roviaiona authorizing an lnoreaar in offloar’s aalarlsa in a dition i to the maxl~~um fess whloh said offlorrs wars to rstaln under Artio- lea and 3896. The provlaiona oi fitlola 39128, Seotlon 13, authorlrlng the peroentegea to be added to foregoing for oounty oftloara 4mxlmua oompensatlon in oountira within braokata and having oartaln aaaaaasd val- orrtaln uation wora not stteotlve until Jsnuary 1936. Therriorr said peroentagsa o? lnoraaar , authorized by ths aproviaoa* or Artlola 39128, Seotlon 13, oould oonatitutr no part oi the maximum oomprnaation fixed under lawa axlating August Ylth rrferenoe l ald aprovlaoa*, languaga 2.4, 1935.
of Artlolo 3912a. Saotlon 13, Is as followr:
. provldad ia oountira a popu&l& twenty bhouaand (20 000) baa thirty-aovrn h&d*ad fita preceding Federal Cansus,
and having an aaaaaaed in SXOaaa Of
Fytam Idllllon ($15,000,000.00~ Dollars, o- oordlng ap rovad prroading tsX roll
or auoh oounty the max % um amount allowad
offioepa aa aalarlaa may bs lnorramd ana (1%)
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per oent aaoh Oar Ulllon ($1,000,000.00) for art tharaoY
Dollars valuation OP fraotional
axoaaa oi aald Fifteen Yilllon (~15,000,00~.~0)
Dollars valuation oval above the maxlnwa
amount under laws rxiat- such oitiaara
lng on August 1 and porldad lo oountlaa of thirty-seven
thousand hundred (37,500) less five snd
alxty to thr lrat
prsordlng Federal Cewua, and havlng an
aaaaaaad-valuation ln l xoea a of Twenty Mlllloa
($20,000,000.00) Dollars, aooording ~to the - tax roll
last prsoedlng approved o?. auoh
oounty, the maxiPlum amount allowad
offlosra as salarlea, amy ba inareas6d one
(1%) par oant r0r aaoh One Million (#1,000,000.00) Dollars valuation or fraotional~part thereof, in 8xoaaa of said Twanty Mllllon (p20,000,000.00) Dollars
valuation above the aaxlmm amount
allcwed auoh offloar under laws rxiatlng on
August 24, 1935.”
As to population, the applloabllity of eaid wprovlaoa* la dependent upon the population a oountg aooordlng to last preoadlng Federal Census. It would bo possible for a oouaty to be within population bracket, aooording a partioulap to on6 pradrdlng Federal Csnaua, and, after the next Federal Census, a county might ba outslda that braokaf, thereby randsr- lng the * roviaoaW lna plloabla putioula, county. AS to valuat i on, the appl oablllty P *provIsosa is foregoing dependent upon the. assassed valuation of a oounty aocordlng for a oounty last approved tax roil, It would possible to have rsqulrad one year and, the naXt year, rsaoribed valuation, and auoh oondltlon it might not have nprov so8 * lnapplloablr tha,t partloular would randar P As we conatrua language of Artlola 39128, SOO- oounty. tlon 13, when a oounty la within the general - 190,000), thr naxinum aalarlaa for oounty braokrt (20,000 offloara is ilxad at thr maximum oompenaatlon whloh OOUntY lawa axlat~gaaad orrloara wormowed in said bount the pop\tlat I 011 of *aid OoMty August 24, 1935, unlaaa on the prooadlng Fadaral‘oanaua) and the aaaaaard Valu- ation (baaed on the approved tax roll) la’auoh that Ona or the *provlaoa~ la applioablr said oounty, thereby
672 Honorable C. J. 11168, Pago uthalalng tha psroantaga lnoraasa to ba ad&d
foregoing msxlmum oompanaatlon.
In vlaw of the fo re going, we are oonatralnad to adhere tha previous holdings of this department in Oplnlon Boa. O-2546 an4 0-2582.
Trusting toragolng fully snswara your inquiry, we are
Yours vexy truly AlTW (3lmmuL OFTXAS BY JAB:ddt