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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

### TEXAS AUSTIN 

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L. Hartley %@..s Criml.nal

DlatriotAttorney EdinburgiTsxa6
Dear air;

Your recent x-0 paartanent

upon the 

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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.SOvaluation 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 fundingdearsa enteredby the U. IB. Dirt&at ~0~33 

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IS TO .I COI(srR"W As A DWUTYTNTAL

OrlnlON "NL". ACC~OYSD rnI 1111 ATTO"N8V Ol"l"AL 011 Fl"ST *U,CIAM \HonbrableTom 1. Hartley, Page E

remelnfn6lS# of the levy does not pro&me euffiolectrcvcnue to defray the ordinary 5ovnm1zett~l

expenses of the county. %Y the 

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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 oountiosbating a populatlon

### or 100,000 or more and also containinga alty 0r 70jOC0 or more, the %strlet Judgea of such countieswere made membsre at a Juvenile Board aud their srjlariee xere inoreeaed by the BUR of $l,SOO.OOper year, myable out of the @men11 funds of 

### eu4hBounty upoa order or 

### the c~ami~i~~~erda0wt. Howanor, In ts0 aodirioati00 0r the hvi60a ci7il Btatutse of lOi% 

### the rs&renent that a uounty containa city havine a population0r 70,OcO or aore beram such 

### Jut~ilo **Btmd** would be **onated end**  the ~lwy or 6ueh Distritit Judgeewould be fnareaae4, wan omitted firm Artiale 5133. *In 

### rlew~cr there Aettraed the4aobiticationor **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 orFldalgc County

l ntitlad to @,500.00 additioanlm~.~u+kl &my iOr their aertiees~8 member8 oi the County 3urenllaBoer47
We are familiarPith your ~pi.ato~~ p$umbsr O-N32 sddrem84 to the Eononble 

### Mom A, Craven, countyAuditor 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 exeroieinga dlscretion in determlnin! whether or uot to order the payment of the additionalamount specifiedin the statute. Eowwer, taking inix ocnaidsratinn the additioml feQt that the 15# 

### Of the levy ab0Pe ref0rre4 tosoaorable To% L. Hartley, page 3

does not produce surrlaientrevenue to defray the ordinary gwernnental sx~hses of the county, would this in any rnaxmer affeot the ri&ht of the %mtnissloners~ 

### C0U.dto exercise their 

### dislcretion iA orderinggeyLment

out of the general r3dt3 

### or the county?"
In view of our opinionNo. O-2.932, your first queatlon an quoted abwe ia respeottully answered In the efflrmatlve. V&at was said in that opinion is equallyap;llcable to the question hare aonsidorsd.

With rererennce

to your second questionyou are adrlsed that It is our opinion that the Oomlssionara~ Court or Hidalgo Oounty has IX legal basis for exerelslngits dlsoretlon in determining whether or not to order the payment of the eddltionalamount 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 BX**  **ppS0 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 foregolugfully answers your inquiry,we am

ATTORNEY GENERAL very truly your8 **ATTOXVZY**

**f3lQXEIvi.z**

**Q TEXAS**  **(Q&&?e& BY**  Nrdell ~llllama Aeei6tant