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 ReI 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%*, 

### oraatlngthe 

### 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 You request our opinion as to whether or not the quoted :~rovlaionhas,been repealed by S. 9. 297i Ch. 13, at.,p.202;~Goneral Lme, 46th Legislature, 

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1. Deifnitibn - Tesoher .andSohool 4iqdOY?0. ,me term5 t -*teaohm* 

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

### be hold and”deemBd to embrace and inolude any **pcr** soa 

### 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.

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aaslgzent, transior, pled.Te**or** 

### airribrinstrument executed by any teaoher or se:7001 sap1oye9, merein any mltiry **cr** -5nqe6,132any 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 re

### giotretion,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, tmns.a fer, 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 Superfatendent, or any disbursing agent t.ereior shall be authorized to 

### honorsuchcssiqment 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 

### termsofmy suohsasl,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 otilyto the extent of any aerlary whioh may be due or may beaome due and earned by suoh tomksr or 

### 8ohoolemployee durl-ngthe oontinuante of his or her~~employmentby 

### ruoh sohool diotriot, coilego, university, 

### or eduoaticnsl 

### instltritlon.*

You will 

### nctioethat S. E. 297 aontaina no expreaa 

### reforenoeto the S>eoiijlilotoresting 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 

### XorthIndepezdent Cchdol Dlstriot.

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### a specio11sot is repealed 3,~' subseo;lentleglslation which contains an express repealing clause or tLst ctkt:rwise 

## manirest6the intention or the I~e+3ltitsreto repetllit, gnerally the enactment of 

### a general l&w does not ordlnzrlly 

### operateIIonorsble1:.

### 8.Yoode,p"fe3

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$n

### eiesionof Appeals; 

### Towneendvs. Farrell,16S.W. (Ed)1063, Comutissionof Agpeole; 39 Tex. Jur., p. 1491 59 C. 3,. p. 913.

The aituatLm premntad by tfieacts 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 OrnaP