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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

iiororable

Compton county ruditor Preestone county Fairfield, Texea ‘ulhlte

Dear Sir: OpinionNo. O-6666

Your request reads aa Sollow8:

uder the old salary

;;enike X.11 YS. 122, N!ilC!i Ha.9 p3seed “ j t:ie l.ecrLi scss$.d’~; oi’ tit it~islrtimc acd wxicii ,;overl;s t,,;t: iLcrarsi&~“of .t!:e salaries If tse officers, ~depities, assist&-its and clems therek.za;zed, provides ic *art LS followaL‘

“Section 1. That Article 38’91, Aevised civil

Statutes of Texas, 1925, as aseoded, be ar;d tte sane is hereby anended by addin& trereto the rollo-*lng:Lonorable Comgton Jhl te ,

“(a) The ruthorlzod, when oondltionof the ofrloer~ $+ify Conmlerlonorr Court 18 hereby COlWlli~8iOnOr8 In their jud&mnt the flnanaial or **and** the need8 of the OountY need8 the lhorease,to enter an order

.. _ lnona8lng tne oompenratlonor tne preomot, oountyand dlatrlot offlorrr In an additional amountnot to erooed twenty-fire(25jb) per oant of the 8u1pallowed under the law for the fl8Oal year of 194, provided the total oompenaatlon authorlz8dunder the law for the fI8Oal year of ~~ljifoo.00)

DOltir8.l did not exoeed the 8Ul of Thirty-air Hundred

“Sea. 2, That Art1018 3902, ReerlaedCllll Statute8 of Texas, 1925, a8 amndod, **be** and the aame 18 hereby amended by adding thereto the follOwIng:

“‘9. The .COlW&l88iOner8 Court 18 hereby authorized,when In their jud@wnt the flnanolal oondltion of the aounty and the aood8 of th8 deputler,a8818tant8and **Ohrk8** Of any dirtriot, oounty or preolnot orrloer**jU8tify** the **lnorea88,** to enter an order lnoreaalngthe aoapenratlonof :.~8uoh deputy, a88latantor alerk In an additional amount not to exaeed twenty-fire, (235) per oeat of the 8up?

allowed under tho~lar for the fl8oal year 

### of 1944, prorldod the total oomp8matIon authorizedunder tho'lawfor the flroal year or W~a~~~,not eroeed Thirty-•lx~iiundred (+3600.00)

"sea. 3. That Section 13 of Article 3912e, devised Civil Statutea of Texas, 1925, aa anended, be and the saue I.8 hereby a;nended.by adding thereto the followlhg:

“‘(e) The Comlssionero Court is ;lereby authorized, wiles ir their judgsmnt the fihancial conditior of the oouaty ard the needs of the officers justify the increase, to erter ah order Increasing the coragenaation of the precinct, county and dlatrlot officers in an additional amount not to exoeed twenty-fire (25;) per cent of the sum allowed under the law for the fisoal year of 1964, provided the total oompez.satlon authorized under the law for the flacsl year of 1544 did ;ist exceed tAf su: of :;lrt;--six ..ii:dred (JStG.GGj 3ollr:rs.’;ionorable Compton White, x-we 3
“SOO. I. Thlt Seotion 15 of Artlole 34120, Aevi8ed Civil Statute8 of Texas, 1925, a8 amended, be and the 8600 L8 hereby ameadodby adding thweto the following: "'(b) The CoJuai88iOnOr6 CO-t 18 hereby authorized,whea in their Judgmentthe finanoial oonditloaof the county and the need8 of th offlocrr **jU8tify** the iJlCIM80, **to** enter an order lnoreasla~tho oompeaaatlonof the preolnot, oounty and dlltrlot offloerr ln Ia 8ddltioaal amountnot to rxoord twentpfitr (2S$) ger **oent of**  the 8ua allowed **under** the law for th8 ii8081 year of 1944, provided the total comnratlon authorizedunder the law for the flroalyear of 19 did not l

xoood the rum Of Thirty-eix Bundrvd (&I%~~ DO~8r8.'m Whlle~.the

ahove law authorizbr the COmui8aionera* Court to gmat.inonaeed in 8elmLa to the various otfloer8, **depUtiO8 arsistaate**  and alerk8 thereinwmed 8ooording to th8 p~0d8lOn8'th8r8Of, it i8 our OQinlOa that it l8 Within the di8OlWtiOa of the Codrsionerr~ Court a8 to whether any or all of such officers,dejxtioa, a88iatantSand olericr shall be granted tuoh lnaroaaerr in their 8SlSrlSS, Thi8~dOe8 Got apply, however, to the salarlea of County Coml88iocerc. It h8a been held by thlr &apartment in Gpikilonr X08. 0-6575 and O-6588, ,oople8

OS which 

### are er,olosed hurewith for your information,that the salarlea of County Commlrrlonerr are **fixed** and oontrolledby different rtatutee.

Koueo Bill 110. 84; which waa ala0 pa8asd by the reoent reseion of the Legislature, tuendaUtlols 2350 of the iievlaed

Slqil ;itatutes of the State of ‘Zkfca, 1925, so thet 8ame now reeds in part as follows:

*je’ctior: 1. ‘Y:st Artiole 2350, Zitle i& **of** the .ievised *;ivil Statutes of the State of Texay, 1425, as a;?esded by i\cts of tl:s: %lrty-n;;l:h Lezislsture, .le:uler ;‘~:scio~, Zha-,tir 1.35, Sect-ioz 1; and as a:zr:ded by Acts Df tie Fortieth Legisla:ure, ~e~-e 435, Ohe2ter 240, .%ctior 1; mid as amended by AActs of the Portieth iecisl&ture, First Called Sesaioo, Bai:e 138, chapter 46, section 1; and as amend.ed by Acts of the lortyythird iegislature, 3e~d.w Session, Chcipter 216; and as

..imorable ioqton .ihitc, pece 4

,. ” mended by Ad8 **of** the Forty-third i&l818tUN,

**Firat** Called **Saaaion,** Chapter 83, gag8 220; and 88 anended by Aota, Fortr-fourth Legialatura, Regular **searion,** Chapter 362; **be and**  **the same**  **la** heroby emended 80 aa to heraarter **read** (18followa: "Artlola 2350. In countleahaving the roilowing saaeaaed raluatlona,reapeotlrely, au ahown by the total laaaaar& raluatlonaor all propertlaa oertlrlad by the oountraaaeaaor~ **and** approrrdby **the** Comlaalonara court, ror oountp purpoaea, ror the prarloua year, iron time to l&e, the Oounty commlaalonara Or auoh oOUutla8 ahall eaoh raoel~e urowl aalarlaa not to aroead the amounteheraln apeoliled,aaid aalarleato -be paid in a monthly lnatal&mta, at laaat one-half P ual l/2), and not 

### l xooeaing tbrea-rourtha(3/i&), out or tha Road and Bridge xund, and the remalnderout or tha Oeneral **Bund** of the **dountg;** raid aaaeaaedvaluation8and 8allrlea applloable

~,~thereto

being aa tollowr ~. ,Aaaeiaed Valuationi ': 1~ Salarlea to be smld

~. eaoh Comlaaloner kiot to erosed ~3,500,000.00, 88 prorlded at end or this Seotion.
4 ,SOO,OOl

landleer than a ,OOO,OOOnot to rxoead
& 6,000,OOl and leaa than 9,000,OOO not to exoeed

+ 9,000,OOl and less than 10,000,000not to exceed ., 0 i,500.00

4 1,800rOO

* 2,000~00 ,10,000,001arhd

lee8 thm 12,000,OOOnot to exceed ,li,GOO,OOlend less than 20,000,OOOrot to exceed 320,000,001 and lea8 than 30,000,OOOnot to exceed &30,000,001end lea8 than 79r000,000not to exceed * 2,200.oo

* 2,500.ocJ

i 3,000,00

* 3,600.OO

.Jonoreble Conpton :,hlte , vm 5

w 75,000,001and lean than 120,000,000

not to erosed 4120,000,001

**and** lean than 40,000,000 not to exceed $ 4,000.00

.t 1,,300.00 fi40,000,002 and lean than 400,000,OOC

not to exceed 8600,000,001a$ ~Ffxoead $ 5,500.oo

+ 6,000.oo

**Ii oountleahaving aaaeaaed valuation or leas thanThree tillion, Fire liundred Thouaand Dollar8 (i3,500,000) eaoh Com.iaalonershall reoalre Five Dollar8 (*5) Dar dag ior eaoh day nerved aa Coumlaaloner,

and a like amountwhen aotlng an ox-off1010 road auperlntendentIn hla Ooamiaeloner~apreolnot,providing in no event ahall hla total mmpenaatlon oxoeed Twelve Hundred Dollar8 (il200)in any ona y ar* ther,however, that In 1 Provided, iuroount en havingNational Foreat Preaerveiand with leaa’thanFour biilllon, Five llu~~dredThoueand Dollar8 (4+,500,000)valuation that the aalarlea of aald Comalaaloneraahall not exceedilghteen iiundred Dollar8 (&800) per pareta Under the above provlalona, aaleriaaof County Com0iaaloneramay be lnoreased,in the dlroratlonor the commiaalonera~ Court, to en amount not to exoeed the maximuma therein named. For your further lnformtion in oonneotlon with firing the aolarieaof County Commiaaionereunder thin afieelided law, we harid J-ou aerewith copy of our JpiLloli 1.0, O-6622, whioh deala with aald matter.

Your attextloil is directed to the furtair fact thet, iii our opinion, nry of Lie ircreases in aalariee ebove referred to would be subject to the buQet law, (Art.&ga-g-- 664a-11, v. k. z. 2.) and tL6t in **order** for increases of **8Uc;I** salaries, or ecy of them, to be nade ttiereurider, the **COuty** budget would have to be asended in accordcnce with said budget law, aa set rorth in our irpinlons ;:os. O-5184 and 0-5053-A, copies of which are enclosed herewith,

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aonorable Compton #hite, Rage **6**

We trust thet this aetiafaotorily mawore your inqulrr

. Your8 very truly, ATTORWY QiilUBAL OF TEXAS