Case Information
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY QENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
on m questions veb hy thib depart- lreloufm~ Cwzt have authorlzs the erprnUltum of to aover the erpenea of re- tlvee who have fled to aac\ther Ii the pnqsiliiag qus~Woa ie clamrend .ln the 8fflrm~tlva, would the eotmty be llr- 31s for such expnae if lnarlrrea cn the ini- tfstlv ‘of the Disbriat irttoziey ot the 5hrri?f, both, ulthout the xpenae bslng first Utbooriae8 by t:,e C~owiaaionera* Court?
*It l:oI.onmn Ccwnty liable foC the! ax- ;snss of going after 8nU cetuming a fugitivs
oha ed with the ooml8~ion of offonee wlth- In 3l s Couuty but who hoe fled to mathe?
State?
*I? the above qusstton la anawemd In the rtiIrc?%tIve, would the County k liable oventhou~h th8 fut?ItIve had not hem Iadlct- OU by the Grand Ju.?
Toula the t?herif~ have an.$'eu?,hFrIty to go beyond the border or this elate end rltbaut first obtalnl~ ratunr prisonnr in drtlcla ,lGOS an& xWqutrltIun as prwiaea 1006, Ccd0 ot Criminal %medur~?*
Ariloles :lOOR and 1006, Code af Crintlual rrooo- dum, read aa follower
~&art, lGG!L Yilttm the Coverncr deema it proper to damand a psreon who has oosl- 'fitted en oitmm IO thla Ctate and haa fled to another State or territory, he may aamIuIonany ruItable parsantotelre such’ The aoouaad, If brought beok requl8ItIoo. to then State, shall be dellvbred up to the rheriff of the eouatp In whlah It Is alleg- ed he has oonmltted the Wfen8e.
“Art. 1006. The offloor or permu 80 ooernieslonrd shall rec~lve as aom~nmtlon olual and nooeasazy tmrsllxq expearer upon requIrItIon of the Cwernor to be allw- ed by auah Gwernor and to be psi@ out or Treasury upon a omtIf1cst.e State Cmawnor reaftlug the servicee renderatl and the ellowanee therefor.*
On July 6 1933, thle Eepartmnt hslc? 2n an oplnlon written by iron. T?ruce H. Wyent, Assistant Attorney Cenerel, eddrwsed to Ron. Morqe B. Sheppard, Canptrolltr of Fubllo Aaccunts that the sheriff mufat lock alaae to Article 1006 tar hla can~nmtlon, whioh Is payehle out ot the OovernoPa I.r:w Xn?crcament Fun&; Is ?To. G-1016. Said oplnIon
Hoat. Trm A. Cmren, Fags 3
vIdee ttit'fhe V. S. Cods, Title 18, :~actlcn'bbE, gro-
'e1u1 ooet8 expnaee Incurr4d In apprebandlng, eeourlw and trnnemI:.tlng euch fugitive to- the State or torrltory mekinq euoh &mend, shell be paid by euoh State ox terrltotj.”
in ths oaee of Er pm-te C-oodrmn, 182 I;1p IleO, the oourt held thet the leas of Texas ere govemod bye the above aentlomd Con(greeelona1 l ct.
The above watione6 Fednr41 etatuta prwlbes that all ooate or exponeee Inourre4 in the epprehendleg, aecurlw and trenemlttl~ of the Sugltlve to the Etnte or territory 4emnUlz~& sh411 be paid by that rtate.
Wo quote from Texee furleprudenee, Vol. 39, pa6e'811 84 tallowsa
'in aa8e the Gwernor deem it proper to 8onuu1d a poreon iran another Stete, he rosy o~eelon ny suitable person to take ml& rlaquIsItIcn. The oe@er 6r person eo caamIneloned read&pas awh oomp0watIon ior the aervloe ee the Cavernor ellowa, to be upon 8 aertl- peld out of the Stats Tr44euxq Th4 ccur~ed on be- tlcate the Governor.
ing brought beok t@thie State io delivered to tlm ahesifi of the aounty In whioh it Is al&~@ that he qomlt~ntl 0ff4nw.~ Sac the oaee Xx %rta Plnkw, 215 -q 2nd 334.
in the folldwlng asset, Qomiualonere* clourt of fradiaon County, et al ve. :7gllac)4, st al, 15 EX 2nd 535; 2aldwIn ve. Trevle C,ounty, 88 68: MO, and n(pmBrou4 other oases ahioh ne do not deen n4aessm-y to cIt4, It was held that the otxm$y oomfnaionersl court hes no x Qlc4r or suthcrIty, f the CnnetItutIrn en atntLt4a of this state. Yt as ept ouoh ti. cmfermd upon theme *4 Bon. Tom A. ~revesl, Tap3 4
not authorize the ComaIsv,ionera~ Court to er~end' covntfr fund8 to lover the ergenre of returning fuglhve8 uho 1 hove fled to another State. Thererore, your first quee- tlon la answered in the negative.
As we have enrwared your first quelitlon ln queatlon#.Ez, 3 it la nob neomcrBary to ans'er nmgstlrr, m&u 4. The rtatutuer speolflcally proviCe a definite' prooeburr for returnin& fuaitivea aharged with the aom- mI8810n H offenrer within this State who have fled to another State and those statutes provide that when the Corernor deeme It proper to 4omend a pereon who has om- mitted an offense in this State and bae fled to another State or territory, h+ my oomaisoloa any suitable perron to take suoh requisition. It Ie a ~11 reao&zsd prinoi- pie of law tha ,xhero the Le&sleture presokibee a defl- nits and oerta ! 11 method of prooedure to be followed, other methods are by lm9lloatlon oi lew excluded. See the ease of Foster va. City o? Xaao (bup. Ct.) 286 5.~ K. llO+.
a. reply to the lest queetlm above quoted, lou are rerpeatfully advlaed that lt.~ie the oplnlon of thir dmpastment thet the mherI.ff.wou.l.d not hsvr tuthorl- ty to QO beycnd the border of thle s;te;a end return a prlroner without firrt obtaining requleiticn a8 provide& in Artloles 1005 end 1000, 20ai-3 0: Criminal Frocedure,
Xe dealre to state, howmer, that in the fore-. mlng opinioa we two not pasciinc upon the lafglity OS an oftloer'e. aot :o returnin@ a fugitive of T+)XHS from another atate, whed euoh Su&ItIve h96 voluntcrrlly wolved extra- dltlon es Is frequently done. Eowevvr, ln all buoh oeae8, nolther the State of Texas nor tha county oen lepally pay to the offIaer return% the fugitive my expeaaea fnaurred by him beyond the Sttite llae.
Trustlnp that the forefrolng i'u31g imewera your Inquiry, we remain
Your8 very truly