Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE Al-tORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
/ son. Pam A. Gramn
County Auditor
MoL8nMll coutq
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Dear Slrf
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Hon. TWA. Craven,Page 2
"(a). When a oonstable Is lnromed by the police deportment, $ooatea In the imue
olty a8 the county seat, they are holding a
oertain prleonerthat theywanttranate~d
to the 0rmt.y jail, after oharges are ill&l alad a warrant issued by the proper justloe or the peaoe the oonstable goes to the oity jail ee- our88 the prisoner an4 tranaporte suoh a pri- aoner to the oounty jail, what mileage may be charged by the ooxmtable?
"(al. Under the same oiroumstanoee 60 out- lined under (a) but the aoimtabla travela to the oity jail berore oharges nre riled in the pmp~0ounty00urt ub0rm -t f8 i88wa, .eeoureathe~ prlrmnerand)ranaports auohpriaon- er to the oounty jell, what mlleage nay be
oharged by the ocaxetable?;!
"(al. Arter WalTalIt for arkest is isswd the eomtable,locsatedthe dar+mdant, S&CM
the arrest awl traaspeta the prtsoner to tba oountyjail, what'rmileageraybeobargedbythe oomtable? LQOregor $8 meaty tiles rrcar th8~ *(il.
oounty seat. !Che oonstable makes an ameat at 'MoGregor, oharges qo riled with the Justios of the Peaoa at JhSregor, the trial at the de- iemlant Is postponed, there aram faoilitiee for keeping a prleoner at Mobrsgor and the oon- stable trenaporta the.priaoner to the county jail (tnenty miles away). A few days later the ooonatable travels to the aounty jail, 6eoure8 the defendant and transport8 hiap to XoGregor for trial, the defemXdant.is eeM%tbe& to jail and the oomrtable agalx&Q!ansport~ the prisons-2; tothe oounty jal.l. #hatm%lee.gemaybeoharged by the ooneteble?
-All the above questions refer to lnstanoes where arrests are m&e wWMn the uounty. Oon- stablea ia mTanMn couaty are oa a r- basis.* *3 Hon. Tom A. Cravsn, Page 3
Artlole 1065, C. C* P. reabs as follows, In
part:
The rollowlng tees shall be alla*ed the sharlfr, or other psaoe oitioer pee
rormlng the same servloes in misdemeanor
oases, to be taxed sgalnst the 4sfen4fmt
on 0onTl0t10nx
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*'0. For oomeybg a prisoner after oonviotlon to the oounty jail, ror eaoh and ocoafirg,, by the nsarsat pnm- mlle, go- route by private eon~eyaxm~, ten tioabb
asnts a tile, or by.rail~y, seven an4 one-
half osnta~a rile.
" . . . . . ..~.
*l.li; Fareashml3.ohenmybe scmpslIs4 totraTsllnaxeoutiPg QriRinalpro~ess~
smoningorattaahfngritness, amona
one-half oonts. For traveliag In the servlos or proosss not otherwise provided ror, the
sm0r ~f~~O~and0~-hdr00nt~ r0r0drll0 persoas
goingana~mtuxnlng~ I?twoermm aremmzt&xtsd in the ekmewrit, ortwo or more writs in the tame oaso, he 8haXlolmrge
only for the distanse aotually and naoesearlly traveled in the .sameTa
Artiols 1067, C, C, P. reads as folltmsr wComtables, marshals other peaoe 0fYioers rho exscute prone88 and perform
serviaes ror ~ustitoes in otiainal l atlons.
shall reoalve the EWWB fees allows4 to she-
iris r0r the mime servtoest*
Al#OlO2S!i5oithOCOdOOfOrlnindlh9OU4~ readsasr0Uksr
EIoa. Tam k Craven, Page 4
is direottld t-0 a-rest r0rthdtih berore the aragistrnte who Issued the wantmt, or betom the smglstrate narpsd In the warrant." Itlaneoessarythstws bsar InBind* fact th411~tb ret, statuts8 an, 8trfot4 00nstr904 td f-8 by Implleatlon are not pamlttsd. It is a ray settled mattsrthsttheoonstsbla,who ls oompsnssts4 ona rw bfals, ifi not entitled to any iss at all In a ml8dammmr oa80 w.lsss a oonv~otlcm is obtained. Tex, J' the ~88 0r whm0n coanfy ~8. mda~, 19 su ~~,holdslnncriieat that unless the etatutsscargrwrrr4 provide reesbytbewayor oompenmtlonforthepnrtLeulnr ~~~8~4~4byan~iosr,tbeaortrts~~no~
to fixa~~~~aable oompensationthererorns thsyrould La a.etlon -batwwn man an4 man ror serPioes w~4erad in the nbf~8~00 d a eontraet.
mar the strict intergrstati0n 0r the f00 rta- tutes, partloular4in.orImInRltml?W3whersths86stsare abnrgednnd taxe4aiwlx& defsndast,there4oas not-went to be any reammable basis ior lib6 aonstruut~on.
fn visa the r0regDins mharifie8 pou (tm rt3- rrp~t~a4~issdtbatItlethsopinion4~~t~~~~
mat that your questIomshouX4 be answers (a)~Uhen a emstabls is infonnsd or the lawtio-
latifal and travd.s to the plaos 0r suoh rIolatlonor his- oovers a l.aWvIolatI~nuhlledr~vLng Inhis Oar. rakbran arrest wShout a warrant am4 stbsprtmnmrto tie jail it the. Oounty s&at, the s onmoB -.ehnrga my =-tm
'@!a, N~OII a aonstsbls ip.sn outlping pno$nst hears oror4Iseovsrs alaw*iolstIa~ an4mskasalsgal arrsstwithoutawsrrsnt~flcansportie~ pds~asr toths orriee or the Justioe' ob ths Pesos of his preoiaob, *hers 0harge8 43~13.riif34, punishment n~sewed aa4 th6 prtaanar tzaudtted to jail, the oonstahls is 4altItla4 to mIlOsige iarar~00msgingthsprleonsr~~~ui~Jan~t~
oouaty jail tar esuhmIlegoirigsn4omlng bythensa~st
Iion; Tom & crwm, Pqga 5
praotioal route by private oonvsyanoe, tsn osnts a mile, arbyrai~~,sevenaadone-halioentsami~2e,
(0) When a oonstable is ialarmed by the poUos
department losated in the same oity as the oounty seat, they are holding s osrta5.n prisoner that theywanttrans- rtm-04 to the 00u.e~ jul, artier oharges am rim and a waxmint lssuul by the prOper justioe of the paaoe, the oonstable ls sntltled to ssvan and ens-hslf osnts~ber rile aotwlly travel,lad In @ng ror and retur+ng swh priscmer to the OoMty jail.
(4) nl4erthese4me olruumstanassasoutlInsduIl4sr (a) but the oonstabla fnm6ls to the oity jail before the. ohargss ars filed In the pmper just106 oourt b&ore wqrrant is Issued, seaures-theprisoner andtranQortsswhprisoner to the oounty jail, .sush oonstabls would not be sntitls4 to w liicrsge r08.
rw -St 16 ~SSWU the 00~
(a) Mter -t
stabls losatss thedersxslant,mmkss the arrsstandtrans- portsthsprIsonerto thsoountfjaIl,:-Ui@eonf&sblswoU4 .bs sntitlbd to ssven an4 we-hnlf oents~per- ml& a0ttqll.y and neaosssari4 t~mQled In gsirrrs for find setwnin8 6uah prisonertotheoountyj6~IL
(r) The oonstablewonld be antltkul to ssvsn an4 OW-hds osnts per r&lo r0r eomaying a prisons n-cm MoGregorto Wuseor~l~verSa, baron, eomIatIon* p~wIde4~ the sonstable had am tor arrestrcrr.sushp&onsr,~ and &tar oon.vMtIcm in the Justlsa Court at %@rsgor, the ' oonstable would bs antitle to tan oents per mIls W~UL tw-
veling.by privrzte oomeyanoe, an4 seven and one-h&S pent8 ~raile~snt~vsllngbyrrril\rqp,wh~transportillSswh
sdner rrom the :Jnstloo, Court E®pr to the oowty p"di ja 1 at the oeunty Set&
ping the rmwing ~wers your iaqtey, ra an,
Tours VeTy truly AlTOZ+.kT -aFw n m APPROVED JUL'lS. 1989 couurlrr