RNEY GENERAL 

.?i?E,XAS, 

PRICE DANIEL 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Ap~ii 28, 1948 

Eon, Doman Nickels 

County Attorney 

Wharton County 

Wharton, Texe.2 

Opfn%cm Ho0 Q-558 

Rss The maximim compensatfon of u radio technlciam employed by 

th8 sheriff O 

ject 

Yam mqueclt fep an opinion on the above eubmatter is as follows~ 

“OWhat la tha i~ximum &alaPy which 

may be paid to a radio techulclan and engineer employed bj the Sheriff of Mhapton 

CountJa~” 

Subdivision (b$ of Article 3899, Q. Co 5.9 Ppo- 

” 

0 0 Q The Colpfsaioneps Court of 

the county ef the aherfffns residence may, 

upon the written and SWOP~ application of 

the shapfff stating the neaesaitg themfop, puPchase equipment fop a Bmeau of 

Cpltinal Identification, .guch aa cameras, 

fingepppint cmds, inks, -chemicals, RIcpo8copes9 radio and j&&o~_ato~ 8q,uu~-~ 

_rent, filing carda), fflfng cabheta9 teap 

gas and other equipment, in keeping with 

the system in use with the Department of 

PubliC Safety of this State, OP the Uhited 

States Department of Justice an&fop, ,Bmeaa 

of C~lliual Identfflcation,” (Emphasis OIIPS) 

It wa8 held in Attome b)enbPaPns Opinion no, 

O-6918 that although a photoatatie ~~.bifnor could be PUPchased fop the county clerkDs offfce, the Codeafone~a~ 

CeuPt did not have anthoPftJ to employ an OpaPatoP fop 

such machine but that'lt would be the duty of the cowtj 

clerk, his deputy, assistant OP clerk to operate the 

same. 
=-. _ 

xon. Dormaa Bickels, page 2 (v-558) 

We heve orrefull~ exiimlmoil the vaM.eus stata* 

tory provisions’~of this 5trte with refe~raos te the em- 

,l*jrant l r persolulsl of the sherlff's'orsioe ubd ial1 

to find a- statute dsali~~# exprrsslj~wlth thr emplbymeat of paQl.0 techa~cilns: Th8P8?6PO~ th8 principle of 

law rnnounced In Opinion No. U-6918 is appllaalle te 

your in UIPJ. 

slon (b B 

Whdn the Legislature pPOvided in sub&viof Article 3899 for the purchase of Padlo equip- ’ 

meat, it int%?iQed it@ the sheriff, hia deputy, clerk, or 

assistant to assume the duties of Padlo technician and/op 

operator. Therefore, the compensation of thedeputy, 

assistant OP clerk assigned the duties of padlo technician is covered by the provisions gevrrnlng the oompen* 

sation of otheP deputies; assistants ud clerks of tke 

county officers of &a&on Countg.z 

&ace Wharton County has a populatioa of 36,- 

158 inhabitante according to the 1946 Fe&era1 COPIW, 

aad an rseessa4 valuation 61 $56,326,3% aocording to’ 

the irst rp~qved tu rcbllr, the ceqeneatltin of the deutlea, rsristaata and olepks of the county ofilcers of 

L rten County is geverned by the followi~ statutory 

provisionsr 

Article 3902, Section 2 Iwads aa followsa 

"'RIO Commlssltmers Court is hemby 

ruthwised, whoa ia their judgreat the 

SSumi'al oosd%tien l f the ommty U the 

Ree4.r OS tho 4oputsos,~urlstaRt% aRQ 

a&arks OS ray U&riot, ciunty OP ppecinct 

effloer ju.rtSSy the laarease, to enter an’ 

ec4er increasing the cempensation of such 

deputy, l esistart.or clerk in an additional ahunt not to exceed twenty-five (26) 

of the snr rllovod andsr the law f’e~ the 

fiscal year of 1944, provide4 the total 
Hon, Do~man IQakePa, page 3 QV-5581 

compenaatlon authorized under the law for 

the fiaral year of 44 did not exceed 

Thfpty-afx Hundred 36oO;OO) Dollarcr," 

Thmefom, If the ohfef deput,y is assigned the 

duties of radio teohniolan his maxlmum aompenaatlon is 

$2500.130 !$2,000 plus $5OOj, If some otI$~od;$O& :.lrk 

op assistant is assigned t.he abltba 0 

his maxc%mum compensatron is $212500 $ $1700 plus @l&5)- 

SUM!4i@Y 

Bare a county has pWch@eed radio 

eqtipment for the shapfff’s office under 

the p~ovfs%ong of subdivision (b) of Artide 3899, v. 0. s., the sheriff, his aeputy, OPeEk, or assistant must assume the 

duties of radio technician and/or opsrat.#OP, 

ATTOFS’EY GENERAL 0.F TEXAS 

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