OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Yonoreble b. G. Gerrey 

County Auditor 

Bexac county 

son Antonio, Texna 

Dear St. QarTey: 

On February 28, 1 

this depaHmnt on the 

*ii) Ii 0. deput 

8 ear aaal~ll 

ome or hoeto sir mnt!u?, 

6 deputy sheriff 

where no mar1945, in reply to your request, wa sent 

opinion@ N08i O-2951, O-1967, 

1, and stated in efisot that we 

of' law 6nnouuf;ed in those o&dniona 

to your queationr and retired the orlglnal 

On &:er~ti 19, 3.945, with refurencre to our letter of 

Earoh 7th you wrote ue 88 folfowr: 
Honorable IE. Or Qarvey, page 2 

"Wit& rererence to your letter oi LIorroh 7, 

1965, regerdiug opinion ragueat 86651 I dealre 

further Information regarding queatlon (1) of 

my request of February 28, 1945. 

"The Criminal Diatrlot Attorney of this Oounty 

@aa advieed m aa legal advisor on many oooaaiona 

ror the peat nuaber of year8 and AIA advise on 

July 16, A94 on the mettar that I (M plaoing 

bofom you, that where Oounty esployeea euoh aa 

Aeputlaa, olarka and eaalatanta beoomo aarloualy 

ill or are Injured in line of duty whioh will 

oonflne the80 4mployeea t0 beA tOr a period OS 

aeveralmontha where no aervisa oan be rendered 

the County Aurlng thla period of llln~aa or 

Injury, that the Ytatutea doer not permit otii01414 to leg4lly draw a warrant 8gainet their 

0rfiaer4 44lary fund, ~rtilole 3912 IC, t340ti0n 19, 

Paragraph L, Vernon~a Taxer SOeWaka and the 

Couuty Auditor oan not Legally rpprovo 4 warrant 

for peyaant , Artiole 3912 Y. Se3rotion &+,.~Paragra.@ 

a, for salary whore than ham baon no aamlo~a ranAwed. 

wiiowevcr, in the r404 0r the shore ruling or 

edvia& of the Ortainal Dietdot Attorney on rarer41 

oooaalone regard&q aerioua i~eaa or &n 'w, the 

o~$lola~a hare drawn warranta agalnat tb r offi- I 

oar@ ~Mlary tund and the Oouaty Auditor haa approved there warrant8 end the Aaputira, ulerka 

or’ eaaIalxmta heva received their aalary AurIng 

thin lU.neae or lnjurg for a parlod of spproximtely two and a half montha. 

-It ham been the auatoa her& in rareral oaaa# 

or aerloua Illneae or Injury even in the faea ‘of 

the CrLainsl Diatrlot Attosney~ a ruling or opinion 

to oarry 8 deputy, dark or aaelatant on the pey 

roll for approzimately two and a half month8 tifora 

removing him from the pay roll end in thee8 aa~tta 

ii the orrioiel doe8 not reaove him rrom the p4y 

roll by this time and oontinuea to Amw a warrant 

in favor 0r the deputy, olerk or eealetant, the 
Bonoreble &la 0, Qarrey, page 3 

County Auditor then efter apprt2xi.nmtely two end 

a half month8 r&fume4 to epprove 8hi4 WarTM8 

drawn by the of~Iolrl. 

“It aeeme that the deputy involved in thir 

request for an opinion or him friendr have AlaouaaeA thi4 matter with one of Baxar County*4 

Diatriot JuA&aa and ha ir of the opinion that I 

should request an opinion on thin matter from 

your daparfrmt , Thin la the ~raamon ior w 

nquaat of rabruary 28, 19k5. 

*cm my5, 19&, a nguiar Aopooy mbrltt ~wh0 

wa n l rployod by the sharltf of Baxar CounQ, in 

aompllanos with Artlolo 3912 +, f3aotioa 19 Para- 

&mph h ram Lnnjarad in a oar 4ooidmb whlia 

perttd.ng Ma datier and beouu ooatlaed to bed 

at him holu or hoapital on thin date, ,Fho 8horiri 

0r Baur county brew wa r r a ntl 4 geht,hl8 otfloosa 

tint by the bounty Auditor and yet no aertinr mere 

renAsreABoxar Oeunty by thin Aeputy am he woa at111 

oonflned tie him bed. 

*c&x approximately July 16, 19kktha Ooumty 

A&diW dl8duaaed thla utter with the ahwlft and 

we4 inrorsad .by him that thin Aoputy woulA net mturn 80 work for quite #@Am tiu.. The AudicoP 

than netifi#d the Bherltt tka8 be wauid net l ppro vi 

for paymant any aom warmnt4 drawn by tka Bha,rift 

in faror ai thii deputy 4fUsr July 16, 1964, unlaaa 

this deputy 8aae to work end renderid aerrloa Sor 

mxar aounty i) ..~ on July 31,. ‘19&l+, 'tke ~almriit drew 

mother warrant in Z6Vor oi thin Aapuliy .whioh we+ 

rent wee not @alA to the deputy en the GWu&y 

Aud$ttm rsiuaed to approve ‘the warmgt. On August' 

3, 'l94k+, this deputy muw to work 4hd ham noelred 

his salary aaoh faonth ainoa August 3, 19&4. 

DYou will note that thin deputy wan paid for 

ataventy-two end a ha~lf dayr or approxiaately two 

end a half montrha where no eervloe4 were rendamd 

end that he wan not paid from naan Sulj 16, 1966, 

to auguet 3, 1946, uhioh is reranteen and 4 half 

Aaya. 
uonorablo P. 0. Qorreg, plgr b 

Win thi8 a0puty lqvflly b0 pata hi8 ralary 

for the88 8ov8ntoen ana a halr aam 

"Thanking you i8r an OpiaiOn on thi8 XUittOC.w 

Paragraph (h), E)%otiOn 19, Artiole 39126, Vernon*8 

Annotated Civil St0tUt08 18 epplioabls to Bsrar County and 

i8 in part ea fo~bm8r 

"* . . .YO p8yaOat 8h8U b0 rUd0 to 05y d.puty, 

888%8t&5t OC ~B&dOjM fOZ? l 5# 88lWiOO &fWriOmd 

prier to the l uthorisatlon of hi8 agpoi5tMnt and 

Until h0 8hell. h0VO 8Ub8Orib.d t0 th. 0058titUtiOMl 

oath 0r 0tSior 8nd 8uoh appd.atmnt and oath hare 

been tiled with ,the oounty olsrk for xeo0rU. The 

4baOlUltl 8uOV8d t0 be Wi6 t0 doputlw l 88i8tMt8 

ma employee8 8aall bo p0ia aftor s05dltloo of ‘8errfos out OS 8aid Oiiiorr8* &8&rf lund ,88 proti48d~ 

tOX in thi8,Alot." 

we l xpn88 no~oplalQn regexaln& the paymeat 0r the 

deputy 8hexiif fOX tU0 *Pd 8 hali Wth8 a8 the O+XU%t~.hhr8 

Ddd thi8 -at and. aDDWB5tb PB UUO8tiO5 18 ni8d with 

It 18 l OOtt;lOd gO5Ol-d CUb that fX'#lOtiOlli Of th &8# 

are not oOnr&dend i.0 the QOmpUktiO5 Of, tirw. (ItUaOO 011 

k Qaa 00. ‘I* uaaekxe lb6 & Ut* ZM W6; bl Tar. Jux. p.345, 

800. 5 and ~suthority &a ‘thanIn.) 

&I aamwr t0 t&e above ,etatWd qUO8tiin p3~ 8M 8dvi806 

it i8 the OpiniOn.OS this dO~S?t&Wt~%h8f &I8 thCdOpU$J' 

rheritt mndond 8 me3viae to ~thccountf a8 OWit85Ql8tOd by 

th8 I.8 8%8tUra 

tiOhJ P 9124b, br i8 not eIititl*d t0 CWQN5BatiOn rOX -0 

b. OnaOti5g P8rla&X8Qh (h), BOOtim 19, Atperiod of tiPrs no 8errloe i8 readlersd. Wo anawr the above 

8tat.b QUQ8tiO5 in th8 lW&itiY8; hOw(BIBX, th8 half bay -IItjiolled I5 youx inquiry rho&l no* ‘b0 0050ia0,red in the OOlEputation of tlam Sor which th, deputy ir not to be paid.