OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ronorable L. A. Woods 

State Superintendent oi Pub110 Inatruotion 

mustin, Texas 

Dear Sir; opinion m.m347a Ii 

Re I Whetha ~Senate’ Rll;L 

SO?, 48th-L*, repeals 

part of f%t creating\ 

Jk5rtx ?i’orth Indeps;tdent’ 

/School. District relatin&to assigment cf 

Wagce. i 

xn yours lettnr or sum 20, 1040, you direct our 

attentlcn to 9. 3. S?&.,Ch, 230, p..674, Special Lsws, 39th 

L%*, oraatlng the T!arti Worth Independent School District. 

In Section 33 thereof $t is proviaed that *no nssignnent of 

wages shall be bindi.% upon or reco@aed by said board (of 

trustees 0r the ,dlskriot. ).” You request our opinion as to 

whether or not the quoted :~rovlaion has, been repealed by 

S. 9. 297 

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Ch. 13, at.,p. 202;~ Goneral Lme, 46th Legislature, 

30otion8 -qd 2 ot.yhioh read (H to~lovm \ 

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w,Sf?2TZOlJ 1. Deifnitibn - Tesoher .and Sohool 

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-*teaohm* ,and *Sohool emp1oyes,v wlthiu,tbe provisions 0r,thi5 dot s&Q11 

be hold and”deemBd to embrace and inolude any pcrsoa emp.loyed, by,,,‘azqPubllo School System, ‘Indspendent Sohool District, or Corolnon School District, 

in this State in an executive, adminietratlve, or 

olerioah.@K~aoitp, or as a superintendent, principal, 

teacher, or lnstruotcr , and any person employed by a 

university or oollege, or other educational lnstitution in an executfve, abmlniatrstive, cr oleriocl 

oapeo1ty, or a8 a professor, or lnetruator, or in 

any siailnr capacity. 

“sea. 2. ,~JI aaslgzent, transior, pled.Te or 

airribr instrument executed by any teaoher or se:7001 

sap1oye9, merein any mltiry cr -5nqe6, 132 any in- 
Ronarable 5. A. Wooda, page 2 

tereat therein or pert tereof, thsn due or-whioh 

may become Cue to suoh teaaher or sohool employee 

under an existi? contmot of employment, shall be 

valid, and enforceable, provided that such ossignmat, transfer cr pledge be in writing and aoknowledgad in the 8&m@ manner al requirsd for the aoknowledgmsnt of a deed or other instrument for regiotretion, and provided turther that'ii suah in- -~ 

sfmment be exeoutad by a Flrrried person it ~21811 

also be exeouted and aoknowledged by his or her 

epouse in such manner. Suoh an assinnment, .a tmnsfer, or pleaae shall be valid only to the extent 

that the indebtedness seaured thereby is a v31id 

obll&atlon. Any school district, college, university, or other educational institution, Pounty 

Super 

f 

atendent, or any disbursing agent t.ereior 

shall be authorized to honor such cssiqment without 

being subjeot to any liability tkcefor to th tesohar or sohool employee so eseouting suah nssic&?ont: 

and any aum paid to any assignee in aocordance with 

the terms of my suoh sasl,qnzent ah211 bo deexea to 

be a payment to or for the aooount of such teacher\ 

or school employee; but such aseiqn~ent stcll be 

valid and enforceable otily to the extent of any aerlary whioh may be due or may beaome due and earned 

by suoh tomksr or 8ohool employee durl-ng the oontinuante of his or her~~employment by ruoh sohool diotriot, 

coilego, university, or eduoaticnsl instltritlon.* 

You will nctioe that S. E. 297 aontaina no expreaa 

reforenoe to the S>eoiijl ilot oresting tke Fort Korth Independent 

School District, nor for thot matter to apeoial aate in general. 

There is a large field of opemtion for S. 3. 297, a general 

rtatute, without its being made applloeble to sohool distriots 

created by 3Deoiul acts oontaining oontrary provisions 3uch as 

T-7, n. 5213, 39th Ieg., areatin@ the Fort Xorth Indepezdent Cchdol 

Dlstriot. 

'Khile a specio11 sot is repealed 3,~' subseo;lent leglslation which contains an express repealing clause or tLst ctkt:rwise 

manirest6 the intention or the I~e+3ltitsre to repetll it, gnerally the enactment of a general l&w does not ordlnzrlly operate 
IIonorsble 1:. 8. Yoode, p"fe 3 

aa a repeal ef e partioulm or sgboial ILW, by inglicntian, 

although bath relcte to the BCI~~ subject mttet. Yostbrook 

OP. ?.!lasoE?i-Texae lam? and Irrigatfcn Co., 195 S."il. ilsr; 

Sullivan.vs. City of iCalvesl;on, 17 S. S. (M) 478, aff. 34 

S. ?V, (EE) OOCI~ Fcrtlnberry vs. State, 2@3.~S. 7:. 146, C$neiesion of Appeals; Towneend vs. Farrell, 16 S. W. (Ed) 1063, 

Comutission of Agpeole; 39 Tex. Jur., p. 1491 59 C. 3,. p. 913. 

The aituatLm premntad by tfie acts mdar oonsidaration falls aquarely within the abcve ,-onoral >rlnoiples and 

your question mat be annwered in the negative. 

CleUIl E. 1,6WiS 

FIIXST ASSISTANT Assistant 

~T~~RNE.Y GENERAL 

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