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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Eonoreble Ton: L. Hartley %@..s 

Criml.nal Dlatriot Attorney 

Edinburgi Tsxa6 

Dear air; 

Your recent x-0 

paartanent upon the queotf 

r0aoiTOtL 

Et3 QUotS froa yc 

awl6tlp) of 1940 mon or lass tllan 

filbial Qonsa6 or 

populatlion in emeBB 

unty hes newer a0nt4tinea end 

tein a city having a gegulatTon 

go County'hacr in the past levied sod 

rviL1 lo the future levy the croastitutioiaal Umit 

of S!S# on the $lfM.SO valuation for general 

aountg pUrpQ8esr mwever, lo# of this annual 

leq~r has been allmated to the lre%M.caitig Of 

outat?ldliag irtdeatadneas in gursuanes Q$ a r(*r 

funding dearsa entered by the U. IB. Dirt&at 

~0~33 for the aotathera.mretdcPt of %mfh6, tha 

~--w4lcArlOH IS TO .I COI(srR"W As A DWUTYTNTAL OrlnlON "NL". ACC~OYSD rnI 1111 ATTO"N8V Ol"l"AL 011Fl"ST *U,CIAM 

\ 
Honbrable Tom 1. Hartley, Page E 

remelnfn6 lS# of the levy does not pro&me 

euffiolect rcvcnue to defray the ordinary 

5ovnm1zett~l expenses of the county. 

%Y the prOViEiO~k3 Or Chapter 16 of tha 

Aotli of the 35th Legleisture, ae e~r,ended by 

Chc+ter 3 of s&id Aots and as further amaded and ocrtlnued in ioroe by the provisions 

of Chapter 138 OS the Aots of the 87th tieis- 

&ture, in oountios bating a populatlon or 

100,000 or more and also containing a alty 

0r 70jOC0 or more, the %strlet Judgea of 

such counties were made membsre at a Juvenile Board aud their srjlariee xere inoreeaed 

by the BUR of $l,SOO.OO per year, myable out 

of the @men11 funds of eu4h Bounty upoa order 

or the c~ami~i~~~erd a0wt. Howanor, In 

ts0 aodirioati00 0r the hvi60a ci7il Btatutse of lOi% the rs&renent that a uounty 

contain a city havine a population 0r 70,OcO 

or aore beram such Jut~ilo Btmd would be 

onated end the ~lwy or 6ueh Distritit 

Judgee would be fnareaae4, wan omitted firm 

Artiale 5133. 

*In rlew~cr there Aettraed the4 aobitication or the %rioed Civil Statutes 

of IPer; an4 Getion 8 ol: the repealing 

olauae OS the final title of the I.088 

Bcvieed Civil Statuter, are the Di8trlot 

Judges or F lda lgCc o unty l ntitlad to 

@,500.00 additioanl m~.~u+kl &my iOr 

their aertiees ~8 member8 oi the County 

3urenlla Boer47 

We are familiar Pith your ~pi.ato~~ 

p$umbsr O-N32 sddrem84 to the Eononble 

Mom A, Craven, county Auditor of kW&.Qan 

county with rersrems to the statue or 

tdc&snnan County and with your ruling in 

said opinion that the Cfmmisaionere* Court 

hae DE legal baaia foT exeroieing a dlscretion in determlnin! whether or uot to 

order the payment of the additional amount 

specified in the statute. Eowwer, taking 

inix ocnaidsratinn the additioml feQt 

that the 15# Of the levy ab0Pe ref0rre4 to 
soaorable To% L. Hartley, page 3 

does not produce surrlaient revenue to 

defray the ordinary gwernnental sx~hses 

of the county, would this in any rnaxmer 

affeot the ri&ht of the %mtnissloners~ 

C0U.d to exercise their dislcretion iA 

ordering geyLment out of the general r3dt3 

or the county?" 

In view of our opinion No. O-2.932, your first queatlon an quoted abwe ia respeottully answered In the efflrmatlve. V&at was said in that opinion is equally ap;llcable to 

the question hare aonsidorsd. 

With rererennce to your second question you are adrlsed that It is our opinion that the Oomlssionara~ Court or 

Hidalgo Oounty has IX legal basis for exerelslng its dlsoretlon in determining whether or not to order the payment of 

the eddltional amount specified in Article 5139, Vermn*a 

Annotated Civil Statutes, regardless or the fact that the 

IZi# of the&wy referred to in your letter does not pxoduoe 

aufiloient'~revenue to defray the ordlnarg gee6mmsntal BXppS0 Of the COUUty. A8 above stated in vitm of our opinion 

No. O-2932 and the euthorltio$ olted therein, ne think that 

this opinion speaif'loally answer8 both or the questions submitted In your inquiry as above indicated. Se are enclosing 

a copy Or this opinion for your inr0rpaatlOn. 

Trusting that the foregolug fully answers your 

inquiry, we am 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

very truly your8 

ATTOXVZY f3lQXEIvi.z QTEXAS 

(Q&&?e& 

BY 

Nrdell ~llllama 

Aeei6tant