Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATI-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
-&morsble 8. G. c+rvsp
.County Auditor
&mlr county 8s~ dntonio, Texas
Ilear Sir:
nty’s Officers’ t of your 33 ttor f 0 requisition is issued b{ & Governok ot Texd in oorqlianoc wi h
Title 14, Code of Orl3dnsl. Frocedure, for
s ysroon chm-fgxl 0x14 inrlicteil for n falouy
in 2extw County on4 halO w~dor mrcst
anothex Stoto. an& the Governor ims COZI-
~norable E. 0. Gnrvay, pnge 2. a parson 0; eraons at8pi0y6a
itkd0n0a Sn the oriloeo of Shor ff or Crkalnel P
Dlstrlot Attorney of Bexar County. to
“take suoh requisition, oan t&is Gnty
out or t5 urrlcma rirr or. o&i or sny othormfuna, to oorar the aotual erpeaes~ inourrea in tolrinng re~ulcrltlon ana re-
turning prlsonar, unt.ll this expense hss been peia by the State Article 3.006,
GO&3 .Of ~iIil.tllti ~TOOdUrlr? “(bl can this county loo,olly i3aoan0e out 02 tn6 wnasrs oslary mna or mom ariff or out of aiw other fundo for
d ihe #a& .purpdses and u&r the ome 00~1;
altiona a? above stated, lr the Stats or
Texas-has no appropriation to pay ~%pcnses
tar this purpose?
*2. (a) If no requisition tie b&n is-
cuaa by. the Governor or Texas or .thb GOV-
ornor has refused to iseus a requieltlon
for a person charged and lndiataa ftm a
Sslony in Bexar County an8 hfAa unbar ar-
rest In another Stato, and it is the da-
sire of the Cr5.minal District Attorney of
Berm Count’v to ~GIV~ ths orlsonar rsturned ._ _.~ .- .~_ =--~.-.~.~ ~~~~~~~~~.~~~ thgs County, cm ,this County lewll~
out OS the orfiaem Salary orirr or out of any oth6r to cover the notual srpenacs in- ma, curred in.eoing for and returning the
prisoner? .u(b) IS your snewcr to woutlon 2
(a) la in th.s ncgativo, can this count
lmdly dlsburso monae oi5Xtho c+ fricors
Salary Puna or the Sheriff’ or out cf any
othar- fuud’uuder tho PUZXJ oonditlons OS
stated in Q.uuastlon 2 (a) to oover the
actual exponreo lncurrad to and from the
Ststo lint, If the Cri!zln&l District lit-
.tornsy pcrsonnlly pa 8 the cxpcnO6n going boyone the Sta 5 8 llno and raturalI@ prisoner to the Stnto llno?
&oreble 8,. 0. Gervey, pgi&e 3
purpose6 sna u&or the same aondItIons In rrll of.th8 proooainp, quae- 88 8tfma tlono, and .oen this dlsburscamt be made before lnaIotments
leaally dietmao oqrs Snlary ‘ma8 or actual srpenses in going for an9 returnlag tioumoa a prIsonbr either wIthIn or wIthoat the State before the-am -0 In- ai0taa fora felony?
"5. . Can this County lemll~ Bisbursa m out of the Offloars Salary Ifund of the CrImlnal DIs GrIOt Attorney or &erirt, or out of. any other fuad to oover the eotusl expenses Inourrsd Ia a witness to this County fP~m bTlpsl eom4 ot er St.ats?w T ~rtioi~13 2005 ana 1006, cod0 or CrlmInal Frooaaure, read as Sollowst
. “Al%. 1005. Govarnor nsy amand fig- ltlve.
nWhen.the Governor &eew It proper to deana a person who has. oom?cIttell an oifsnse In t%Is stats and has rled to another Otato or torritorf, ho my oomlselorr enp suitable p6Pson to take such requisition. The aa- cusea, It brought back to the State, shall be ilelivere21 up to the ohsrlrs of tlio ocuntp la which It is alloGe& he has OO~lttcu an 0rmf3e.
urt.’ 1006. aly ar egant. Vhe offloor Or person no co~ls3Soo6b shall isaeiva as O~npenP~tiOu the OotuO~ btli? n6ooseary traveling oupensss upon raqulsltion of the Governor to ba sllol?eb. by such GovoP-. ‘nor ati to be paid out 02 tbe Stnto %‘reaeWy *4 ‘2?38
. upon 0. certifl oat0 ot ths Governor re- thci Gervlaos r8ndorea and the al.-
oltlug
loxanoo thorsfor.”
Dn Julr 6,’ 1939, thle department hda in an opinion mitten by flonorab1.o Bruce V. Bryant, Aesfstaut a Il. httornoy Gen6ra1, addressad to Uouorable Csor the the &ep ard, Cou troller of Publlo Acoounts, & shcr ff uubt oak alone to Article 1006, Code or P P Cridnal TroOedutiG, l’or his oonpensatlon, wbloh la myable out pi the Governor’s Lan Suforceaent Fuud; said oplnloa ‘16 Rti. 0-1016. Ue are enoloslu~ a copy of that oplalon ana ale.0 a copy OS our opinion x0, O-1590, ~plloh nn8wete quaationa closely rslataa to the questions subsitted In your Inquiry. -The Unlted Statas Cod6 Amotated, Title l,e,
s~otlon 662, prwiaos that: - “All costs or expensss lnaurred la , saourlnp; ana’ tranpult - the apprahendl
tlng such f&t Y 90 to the ctate or torri-
tory nakLng ouch d02iUa, Sha= be paid by
t3uc.h otatf3 or territory.*
ln the oaeo of EE part.6 Goodman , 182 8. W, 1129, the oourt held that the len8 of Texas em gov- smea by the abovo nentlonod fkmgrsss~b3a1~Act~.. Ths above &tiOnea Seder01 SthtUtS pl’OVido8
that a11 CO8tS OX 6XpGliSS8 in the apprehondlng, ilIOW.rf%l oeourlog nad txonamittlnS of the Sugltive to the ‘etete or torrltory damndlng., &a11 bo paid by that 8tate.
I%r&&h (a) or Section 19,‘Artlole 39126 V&nat9~ CIVIL Btatutaa, definitely provldos end Plx~s the enount of salary to be’paid to the dlstrlct attorney or orlalnsl dlr;trlct attoxnsy; as the ease my be, and othef otflcer’o raaned theroln In oountise hsvinr. a popu- 1..tlon in GXc033 of 190,GGO inhabitants, moordinS to the lost prac@dJng fedora1 census end an UGXer COlInty h3n a population of over lC,O,OOO ~chnbltonto; aocordtnS to the last fadaral aensun, thlo statute Is ap~llceblu to mid county relative. to the VadOU8 Sahri3S in6n- tionad thcriin.
r;o+ogroFh (6) OS S&&u 19 Of hl%.C16 *5 Bonorable E. 0. Garvep, page ‘5
39120, IlUprfl, read8 as fo11aPr8r [8] *In addltlon to other sum providea
this seotion, the. dlatrlot attorney or oF’Im- -__... __ anal. axnmot attorney may be allowl by or-
dar OS the Coz!alasionersf Court oS his county euoh amount a8 mid oourt may deem neoeaaary
to psy Sor, or eid In, t&e proper administra-
t&on of the dUtio8 OS auoh oi’floe not to 6x- oeod.Tuo Thousand Five liuudred (!$,500.00
Dollars ‘In any one calender yser) pr0via0
thut suoh amounte as reap be al.lowsd shall 60 tipon written of SUO~ ain-
8n0rk3a plicati0n 9 trlot attorney or crlnnal ehot;ciu! the neceeelty dlatrlot attorney
therdor, aud provldsa further that 8aid ComlMIlonerBf Court may
require any othsr evidence that It my daem
llOfWMEIl’$ to’ shon the nocensity Sor any euoh
expendltureo and thst lta juQment 4n allow- ing or roSus& to allow the 8cm ahall be.
final. No paymnt thereSor shall ba redo exoept upon.an ftemfzed 8Wrn statement OS
eueh expsnsss riled 4n ths manner provided
In this sootion for other expanee8,” Peragra bs (I) end (3) o? .Saotion 19 of Artlole 3912e, supra ; roe B as Sbllows:
“(I) There &all bi created E fund Sor sauh otflaer sSSeotsd by tha provl~lons
boreoS to be knoun 80 the’
Salary nlnb of Texas’ county I (insert the tit10 of the off’icar
afiected end the n%e OS the county) end
nnoh fund shall bo kept separate and a art
hrOm al.1 other county S’unCa and shall iz e
hold b.n6 disbursad Sor the purposs of pey-
InG the ssls.ry 0S such officer, the salnrioe
of his d.‘sputiea, ‘bsnls tM%s, olerks, etenon-
raphers, end lnvestlGator8 who are autlrarized
t0 arm R 3almg rr0A ma unEer th6 pro- fina ay the author- visions OS tlris %&loll and to E ized and approved expcnsos of h B 0SSice.
aoh fund s!~oll ba deposited In tha county
ilegoeltory and shnll be protcct~zd to ‘the
8aine extent, and ami the 8a’1e ln+raat,
aa other Cdunty Sun&. The Coxuisoionera’
3cu honorable i. 0. Oarvey, pa&e 6
.Cburt of each county aifaoted by the'pro-
VldOnS of tld 36CtlOB, at it8 first.rqgt-
kar aaethf3 in hDt!ary of each coleudar by order amda afid &
par, fX~Y’dr,terainc,
tared in the niwtos of said oourt, thst all Seea,.oosts, ooupaueation,aalsriea -. for in~thle St&
6xpon868, eta., prodded tlon, shsll be paid into 'and dram l'raa
the'general fund of auoh oouuty; in xhioh
event' each rbference la this Section a
salary fund shsll be read es and lntgpmted
to be %meral l%md.~
"(5)' Eoch.distriot, aounty, and pre- alnot otficar @a shsll bo oozspeosatad 0x1
a salary basis ehsll oolitinue to charge
for the benefit of.the Oifioere' Salary
?'uud of his oifioe provided for In this
Seation', ell feoe aud oonu&ssious nhloh
ho is now er hvroeftsr my bo authorized to
charge a&net and colleot from the State
of !Psx~s 'for aervtces psrsomad by hi31 in
olvll prooeediu@eBd to Pile clslms for
the faes'or oodsaio~s due for ouch SUlTiO68 in tho mmr now or horeofter provided by
ltvr; aud it shall both6 duty OP said of-
flcar to acoount for and cauee to be paid
to the cslaryfuud created for such ofriocr
all suoh cornlesions end fcoo nhan paid by
ths State In like usnner as ror oosto ool-
lected frm prlvete partics! provided fur-
ther, thst suoh warrants issued by the
State Coq?troller of Fublio Aooounts eball
be made gayoble'jointly to tha OffiO6r offioe at the date of payment and to the
county trcssiwer, and thrrt upon endorse-
.ment thereo$ such warmute shall be de-
poeited forthtvith.by eald County trenaUrer 1x1 the salary fund created for euoh orfioar.*l 39120, oupra, (L) or Sootion 19 of /mtiole Earqraph roods in psrt ore followar fsch district, ouudy and pm- w(ll oinct roaelvln3 an annual oolary ofSj.ccr OS coapmmtion ehall bo ontitled, subject 4P thin Sootion, t0 imN0 to the ~mavlnlonn '.
\.‘.f)ppnnt:c: nnninrrt .t.i,r, e-1 .7vw i-wnrl f-r*** -a *7 301
&iorabl.~ B. 0. Barney, pa&e 7
: oeiva for 64rvicae par~onn4d under their
euthorlzatlons ot employaant. And suoh
ofMoar~sh6lL be antitled to fllo claims
ior an6 lssup warrants in payment oi all : aatual and naceosary expenses inourrod by
him In the oonduot of his offior, as skrtlonary, such
otaqs, talephma, trsvel- la expensas, pro?aluma on deputies’ bonds,
aud other neoassary expenaos. If such ex-
peneae be incurred ln commotion with eny
pertlauler oaso, suah oleln ahsll state
8uoh OeSe,' All such olalna ahall be sub-
jeot to th6.audl.t OS the odtmty auditor; end $i it appears that any it.ed of such
exReuse:vas not incurred by such otfioar, . .
or.suoh ltcua wao not a neoeesary expa!~se lnoorreot or
ot otfioe, or suoh olaia is unlawful, such ltaa still be by such auditor' rejeotod, In whioh casa the oorraotuess,
legelltji, or necessity of suoh itess may be
adjudloutsd in any Court of oospetaut jur-
isdiction. Frovidad, the Assessor end.
Collector dTa%es~sh6ll be authorized
ll.ke manner emually to Incur and pay. for
insuranoe premium la a reasonable sum for
polloies carry lns~enoa figafnst 10~6
of funds by.flre, burglary or theft.
“At thi cliwd of eaoh ~ioith of the tenure of office, eaoh offloer~named haraln shall &eke as s art O;f t.ha re . . rt required P by Dubiisatfon (o P of thlo Bact ou en itemized
ma snorn etataclont of all axronse claius
paid dtirhg naid aoonth. Aud 6did raport
&iOll &Vi $hS IlRiW, FO8itiOB, SBd S;poUBt paid to each cutborizad
e!%ployaa. op euah
c#fioer. Suah daputics, aasistmt8, clerka, or &her ar3ployaas OS wall as expenoas ehall be paid from the Offioers' Salary %'und in
cauas in xhiah the ofticor is on.9 aaltxry basis, and fros lacn emned and colleotcd by such officer In all cases in which tha offioar is coqenoatad on a basis OS fees 6erued by him."
&nor6ble 3. G. (iari6y, p6Se 8 (d)'W Soot&m i9 ot Artlob paraerepb 39126, nupra,~ reads es follows:
"*The riscal year, wlthin tho mesnning be&In on January 1st of tti Seotlon, still Of 66Oh yeart end eaoh 4istl'iOt, OOUnty,
6tnd pr6CillOt Of'fiO6r C&Ill ti16 his StUIUSl
report and make the final .eettleEant re-.
@red la this Act by January 15th of eeoh .' year; prmidsJ, howeY6r, .&at oftioare ro- an annual salar ab ooqmnsatlon on or baforo
oalviw tor theif servlat3s ebal 1 the Ziitb duy of mob month file sitb the oounty auditor on forma preaoribed by. biro an4 a8
pert of the report require& bp tUlb66OtioIl
(1) of .thle'Soatio?l, a dotedled 8114 ltemie64
E6pOrt Of all teas, oorilseiona, an4 oom-
psncations oolleotab by him daring the prs-
oedlng month and ohall forthwith pay into
the Offlcsr~~ Selary.i?und 0x his opiioe,
all fees ooaPisaibnt3, on4 ooapansatio68
oolleoteb. by hiiu during se14 month.. Whenever auob offlatr 86rv68 a ireotlonal port or the fiaoal r63r, he shall, n~~erthttlsse,~fflo
his report an4 make f5aal settlaznent for
such part of the yeer as be s6rvoa an4 sbali to such proportioamte part of
be.entitl64
his iXmppans6tiOn as the time Of hle esr9Ioe
b6are to tbo 6t;lro year.*
Conforance opinlo’n MO, 2862, Reports of Attorney Oenoral, 1930-1912, pope 291, dated July 12, 1931, con- strued the law to be.tbtwhen a eheriff ~66 o~m1ulssione4 by the Covetinor of Texas to go to another otqte aft6r a fu&4tlvo from juatioa for whom tha Covclrnor ha4 iaeued a raqulsitlon, he. could rocelve euoh aospen6atlon only.ao the Covornor might allow bin, undar the sutborlty oon- Terr64 by hrti.010 1006, Codo of Cx!i&‘kIl Procodura,
In the &se of BrlShtasn v. Stete, 59 8. W. (2d). 112, ths sharirf of Oozmncho Oounty Ma8 diosntls- Pi64 with the conclu,unlons of law cot out in tb6 abov6 ~antlon64 opinion pnd oought to heva tho Supraa6 Court coapel the C~ptrollar to q~prboo his account, .wh?hich the Co!@rollar ho4 provlously refuao4 to do, an4 in bbich he hn4.q cln5.n for nilcago to and tro!n the. state’ ” .-
yono*bl8 X. 0. Oe&6y, wS8 9 ; llntk Thi @ata In tha aaae my be briaily statad ae
:. He ha4 bean conmlsaloned by the Gov6rnor to go . . ~%?aSteto. o* Ilontens for a fugitive from juetloa, who
he4 bean indict&d In Conanohe County for a tolony. .He 7.m also arias4 with a oapiaa issue4 for the refugee by the 4latriot clerk of Comanohe County. This osplas wau .rged.to the fuugltka by the ehorlff as soon a’s the sheriff en4 his rlsoner oroascd the stata llne.at Delbort, %X08* 8 rQhtmaa cla5.384 no coapenaatlon fro61 Do&hart the place of arrest id Uontane, nor for returning tha prisonor. fee for ‘imklug tha arrast to DelEart, but SougQt onlg,tha statutory
ia Texas, and the statutory dleage trsvelea in ~(011~3 to Delhart an4 for rsturning thd prlaonar froiu that placa to Comanche. The rofugae welv64 bin sXtxa4ition rights, If any ha had, after th6 ~?8l%O~ Of %ltsna he4 isSu04'bis GX8oUtiV6'VJlW~ " rant for ble'arr6St en4 dollvcra4 It to Brightnen. It w6s the contenticn that aa was aoting In tllc dual cep- eoity OS brrzh'shorlff tees adl aSont, en4 0oul4 collect'hle (18 sheriff servloea rendered in the State, an4 for naive4 his right to such coupanmtion 88 the Govsmor might allou him. a8 atjent under Artlola 1006, Co40 OS Crimi&1lFrooe4ure. The court roJeotc4 his oontontlon an4 eustalned the construction Oiven the applicable statutes in ooa+8r6n08~oplnion ho. 2862, aupre.
In View of the foragolnp, authorities, we aaswr your que8tiono as follows:
You% qu6stlon Ho. 1 (a) lo enmare In tha napat&, bcaauae.suoh parson CraQt315 not as an Of- but as:an agent of the Oovornor, an4 nust looh ficer, to Article lOO6, 0040 of Ori&Ifil Troc64urc, alOnQ for ooap6nsetlon. The offioera' salary.fund cm be us04 hia only to pay salarlas lou end in tha manncr'prssdrlbad an4 othu: exgonnee authorlead by
by statute. There la no duty hpOS6d upon the diatriot OttOI3'Iey or Ori5in01 &i&riot attornay, as tho case mey be, to go for an4.
return foeitiven to tho do?lanblnp, county. Ther8 is -no prwleion nede.for sdvanoonont of expeoos money to any offl08r, by tither Ccction (b) Of Article 3S99 or para- 4rarh (0), Ccftlon 19, Article 39120.
subdivision (b) of your first question la also eastrarad in tha ncg0tivc for m5son5 state4 above, and such oxpenns cannot be pal4 out of the Saner61 end for *10 . . . :
g0sprabl.e E. 0. Qsrpey, pa66 io
t6~5cas statod ln opinion No. o-1590.
Youi~quastton No. 2(s) is answertad in the .seSetive beofiuse the statutes do not euthcrise suah ~pnaltures as.me~t.lonea In this qubotlon.
Qmstioa ??o. 2 (b) ia onsnered In the aMlr;za- aye, providded the ahoriff ‘or 8-e other peace offioer 606s to the state llne.and 82TeSts tha fugitive end re- ttmnu him to :tha demndlng county: hia naaeeearp aad (La-.
tie1 expenses am ullowed by the above mentioned StatUtGs.
dr answemto ‘the p&ceding questiods neoeoearflg such expeness can be paid onewar yOUr third*question,--only as above deearibed; It is Imeterial whether such expenses am lnaurraa and paid before or atteS indiot3ient.
Me are.&nable find Article 3912-l mntfoned 3n your inquiry. Uowaver, ir you rsrsr to. Lrt%ole 39128-1, we aall your attention to the fa.at that this stetuta ap- plies to oountias heviq a population of 300,OCO inhsbl- tent8 or %ore, and less then 355,000 inhabitante, sccord- lng to tha last preoediw fedarel oensu6, and therefore dooe. not apply ,to Boxar .County.
Question Wo. 4 is answered in the affirmptioa so rer‘es the ectuel and necessary expames apply to serviaas renderad by the sheriff or scme other peace offiaer return- ing a prisoner to the desoanaing ocunty within this State, but neither the sheriff nor any other peaae orftaioer wsuld be entitled, to any expenses bayond the state line Mthout firet obtaialng.a requleition ea providad 1005 in hrtialao and 1006, csde of Criminal Frocedure. The above ncntionad etstutee do tmt provide ior any expanses of offiaere be- yond the &ate ZSna exaept as my be ellowad under hrt- Lola loo6 Code of hd.nal Procadurs. .’
Pour queotion X:0. 5. is answered In the nogatlvo, ” ss there la no stfttutory authority for seaurlng en out- of-stats nitnoso, nor is thsre tiy prcvlslo?l mdo chatso- ever for ompenastia& such rltneet or elloa~l~, the aatual. In ti7io aon-
ext;~asee incurred soourlng auah witnaeo. neation, aa cell ycur attmtlon to tho poliay of the Co3ptrollar1a off ice in alloWin& am. psying r:itnase8ec fees to an out-of-statto witnsos where euah wltnaes ti
Eonorabl8 t. 4. mrv8yr.pag8 11 Statrlntha mm* l aoantan4mmali
~bpoanarbwlthintha aI out-of-oouuty witauau am paid. To llluatrata, If u out-of-atato-wltau8 voluatarlly oamrm ta a point nithT in tha St&a,-for lMtaa00, Ii raahrlta~rr owl* to Toxarkana au& ir subpoenaad to appar la oourt la Saa &itonlo, l aah witnaaa would bo uxtltlard to aoohnitn~aa teaa an6 mlluaga froa Torarkana to San Antonio, aId from 8ur Antonlo to Toxarkaua,ar it ruoh wltmaa raaldrd In Toxarkanr.