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9on. Baya satwrleld Ffremea's Pelmion coQQlMfo!ler State Capitol Bldg. ._, Auetln, Teues Dear 

### sir: Oplnlon Ho. o-5515 .' &: U&k the given ia6t8, 6uq the towa of GaxWri Oaka -pcrtl- 

### : alpate 

### in the benotit8 of thk ~resma*a Dlaabllity

### and Ret1rcQentau%i? will aaknowledpgrcoelpt 0C ycnirimuont

### l*tFr ger1ornr ",
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## town o? Garden Oska, ??arrls County, Folit

-~ Orrloe maeton. **Texea,.whlohhes** a regularly or&anlxsd Sirs degex%acnt;lzas applied to this I)eparlSmnt 

## r0r partiolpetion

in the **Firemen ’** **s** Di6abllit.y and Hatfrssaant

Fund, **operated tier**  the provlsioasof Art. 

### 624+a, Rtwleed 

### Oltll**Stetuter** 

### oi **Texas.** 

### .OTht, town of f&n-den

Oaks 10 .notlno'orporcted aa 0 8;ty, but ifi

f66Or~r.-st&(LB

6 W6t6r di8tdOt, Chapter 311,

3'1th 128, Voluns 23, Vex-norm annotatad Cl011 Cjtatutau of tha %8te of **Texas.** &iaae adrlsa u6 if, la your opl~Ion. thls departmentmag partlolpateUthe 

### bent<lts ca,i the Plmmen's Clsebllltyand kbtlreatent Pan6 as shown 8tiott0.~ Xc quote in part f?*)n See. 3 0: Art. 6243e,Vernon's Anmtated Civil Statutes;

Th%t all 

# incorporatsd alties r.nd

towm# in thla 

## .- .:tzte t'avlzy R rt?~ul~i:ly

ix.~rrnlzod

aatlve 

## rim departrat-nti vihethcr

wh,olly

paid , pax-t

wld or ~016nteer.,. .. . . -

Ron. Bayne Sattexfield, p. 2.

3wlt~ 

### fire rlmk!~ a;:paratua and aqalpmantor the valae 

## or On6 Thousand Dollars ($lOfJO) or more, the **Xayer of**  suoh 

### alty or town, the 

### olty drtm **tmaauz er,**  

### or ii **m tra6atmr,**  than tho-alty 

### awretrry;alty alark, or suah **other garaon**  or 

### ottleer as **by law,**  **aharter** 

### ptislon, or-oxUl~naa perloma the duty' **of oity**  **treasurer,** aa **three (sf**  **66mb6z-6 6r**  **6136h** ramlarly organized

### eotlro iira departmant,to be’ '.
. .aelaatad

**by** rota of 

### the mombora 

### of auoh Mm Uapartmeat Ln tha 

### mwusr hemlnafter dlreotad shall **be and**  am hereby 

### OOrMltUtM tha'*BoardOi Flrc8uo'akkller aal Batlramnt Fmid **Tmat6ed to**  **rwieiv6, h664lla**  **sad** oontml, nbaaagii,

nP4 dlobur#e suoh Rmd fortbe ma

### paetlve

**olty or**  

### town an4 **66** 

### 8uohBoard shnll **hove** the **power and**  **sutbority to**  **hear and**  datenainaall

. applloatione

for 

### retirement,

.clalms 

### for dlaablllty, elthar 

### pmtlal or tot& 

### aniI to 

### dea1gnat.o

the bena

## ri0i6a3 or peram 4it~tl8d ta 

### partloipato thorsin **0-r** 

### tharafmm aa hanlnafter dlreoted **end** tiloh 

### said.-, Boati shall .be

knosn aa.tba V3a6rd

### or F~MMU~~S &allof 

### ad l2ctlreawmt FunU Trtmteca of TM Hayor shall ba the 

### ohalmeu aad 

### tmiy*?tiror shall be the 

### aeorataxy-treasurer of 

### se18 Boord of :_~ Truataeu 

### reapeotlve3.y.~
. .~. Suoh 

### Boardof .S'ruuteshallbold kegalarmonthly

### meetlngmit ~saah~tka and 40laea 

### as they may by 

### remolutlon Qeul~te 

### a,& may ld l

### tmh

l peola&

### meetlags upon aall of the obalmut : as- hemay 

### deannaoeuaary~elm11 

### keep **aoourato** mlnutaa ol 'itr meatlqa **curd reaordu**  **’** of 

### its proaecUng6; shall 

### keep l **oparati** 

### fr om

**all** other 

### olty or Mwn funds 

### elk money6 **for** the us6 aad 

### Eonefltof said **Flromn~a Ra-**  ‘Me? and Ratlreiuaat&nd:ahall **kzaepa rsoord**  **ot** all 

### alalma,

reoelpta,

and 

### dlnbwaamnta lna book or 

### booka **to ‘**  **be** 

### iunrlshad

by said alty'or

town for th6 

### porpoae; 6ballrmaIce

~laburaemeda **from** uald Fund only upon regularvoaoher algned by the traaanrerand oounteralaned **by** the ahalman and et least one other mmbsr ot 8ald **Board** OS Tmat666. Tha olty **or** town trmaurer, acthe treesurer ot aaid Board of T-tees, shall bs ths ooatodlenof the 

### ?lmmenta Rallat an4 fIatirehbnt Fund rm suah oitp and town uader penalty of hi.6 ottlola bond an& oath oi offloe. No mamber of said Board oi Tmstma shall 

### reaslvaooapenmtlon as suoh.Eon. Bayno Satterflold, 

### p. 3



### Said Beard 

### oS.ylremcn*c Rcllofend Retiremnt **Fund** Trwtaaa **of** ecoh auoh olty of town in 

### thisXata ehcll annuallyand not 

### Laterthen the Slat **day** ot January of etch year **after** thJ6 A8t **takes attetit,**  

### mab mad Nle wlth.the Tlmmanta ?analan

Ccmatlaslon-



### . _.. i ar,~henlnpwvldad tor&a **deWled andlWm%sad**  **ra** 

### port ot l

### ll reoelpta and d1aMraemant.a

with mpeot

. to auoh Yondt togcthcrwlth a atataaent of thclr

. admlolatmtloa thereof and shall make au< Sllo aooh other 

### reports

and.statemonta,

or furclah au6h forther 

### lnfomatlon ea. fma tlmc tu the, myjrbc-reqalrcd or rcqucatedby ma18 Fircma'a yaoalon Comlssloaer. .I*~
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. . . Se hnve fokad uo provlaionin **Art.** 6243e, aupra; 

### poaltlvely lbltlng its **punlem** to **tire dapartaents**  or~lncorpurctcd 

### oltlaaor towna 

### la'thle

State: however, the above quoted laagac~a frnn Seo. 3, do&a 

### In otiicot

so liailt



### the aoopgot the Flremcnta Rellcf r?enalon Fundi Thla acotlondeola with 

### the oom~altlon of the ikmrd **ot'Trwto~s,.** whloh Sa the **auatodlaa** srod 

### adainlstrctor

or Its -PeasIon 

### Fond. ,The Boald'of

Tmstaea la oomposed. ot the aay& an&city wlththrca mcabra oi the reizuiarlv **oreea.iaad** lotira 

### fl trmanrer of 81~

lwomoratod alto or t&m ot this &a%e$up$z 

### a mot OS auoh tom or oit


### . The mayb aid 

### oltytreastirer~yare- ras

### peotlraly

the ohcinxm czd trcfmurer of the Bocrd.! In fcot, the .ntlra atruaturcor the 

### Boerd~la built 

### 6nm6d the 

### ottlol6ls 6t inoorpolnted



### citiesor 

### towns @id members 

### of, tlm departpemta

### of such oitleaend 

### towna..iYe have iown no Other 

### provialon **ior** 

### the tonmlctlon or 

### the Boardend knac ai none under 

### the prcacatword- %n&u?.thc **Aot.** .l.._ ".. .~_ The i3oc~Q of Truatoca 1s 

### the sscabtism of the Pcnslon Fusxl; throuah lt~

all 

### claimscrc prcecntcd cad settledand all 

### reoelpts

ati= dlaburoeacnte

oi a~~cye bclong& tc the puad arc hmdlcd. Ylthout awh a Board, neturclly the entlrc syatcc aurmuaXIng the Tcoslon Fund oould not opercte.

,:nincorporated

water dlstrlot Is not an lncorpomted

_ olty 3f town. It **!mwra no**  

### ‘myor **or** olty **treasurer.** In taot, the

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Sm. Esyne 3atterflcld. p0 4

. . htt&b&utseof I& incorporated oitv or town em diitinot and**sapmete** ~tnm those or an lnoorparated water **distrlot.** Se thus **db** not bellee+e

a Bollrd

oi Trtmtder **aould be**  **omposed under**  **an Inoosposated**  

### waterdlstrict**8et** 

### up aocordinr; 

### td the 

### psovl8lon11 or Art. 624Be,

aupsa* 

### It ia therefore

### thc~'upinlan oi .M& **aepkent teat**  **your queetlon**  shouldbe **anmered fin**  the 

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