PRICE DANIEL

+.lTORNEY

GENERAL

Hon. Wm. L. Taylor 

### opinionNo. v-1277 Prosecuting Attorney Harrison ,Countp RI: Muimum payment.8 rhloh Urshall, Texas. % nmybe made to 

### Gaunty Commlssloners of Harrison aounty ror trarDear Sir: ding expensea.

You hare nqussted an opinion on the FOXlowing quoatlon :

4.~0 .ths prorfs5,tim of Senate Rllm' 

### $3~; Acits~ 

### ~2ndzag., 1.951, ah. ~6’

. P. 812, appliaeblc to th* emxtty boait si0lt.m or Harrsmm County? Aaooralng to thr 1956 P’dlerel Cennw, liarrisop 

### County hab a populatiom o? 

### 47,745 **in&b%** tants. Senate.Blll 131 or t&e 52nb Z&sirletum provider ia part:



### aa+. 2. In en7 oomnt$ In th,is S$gtte having e popml~tla sn ,exce118, of'twmy-+2k4 thoaad, 

### rim hwbhd (2% 500) 

### bats

not,in ax0088ai oaebrm- 

### -14 thktpr0w tb0th6m lr24,cmok, Qtc)o~rding to. the lee pmotwn(J OP 

### l SF

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### the Canwii~i~~~- 078 

### Court i8 hereby euthcrksti to ellow **ah member,of the ~OfMlf.8EiO~Or8 Court thq 8iMl

# ornot rroomding SeYonty-fire 

### (1)75.00) Dollars par ~lonth 

### ror tr8reb isg expen8es and &e$reciation on his autotill wkik cm

# -0rriOm bu8iaoss rlthin the oomtr. 

### Bad mu&bar 

# 0r such C~m1i8sioners Court *ha21 pey all ox* 

### p+~bS in the 

### operatian 

### 0r such automobilo,and kwp 8ame in repair rree of any ,other charge to the county.


### “sec.4. The pk0ViSi011~ Or this bill shall apply only to those counties not furnishing an automobile. 

### truck or 

### byHon. wm. Lt, Taylor, page 2 (V-1277)

other means nrovidi 

### ror the travelin weme;;; ~~8~~.“,~o~s”‘o~~~o~~l~ 0: P "Sm. 5. The faot that there is a greatneed that the oounty pay eXpM8r8 

# or the Commi88ioner8 court a8 

### provided ror in thib Act .on account or the codetruotion and maintenance 

### of a 

### great number of lateral road8, and the raot that no adequate provision is made,buythe existing law ror reimbursement 

### tosaid commlsaioner8 for :any extr8 and added

;~~“enwhi~h “,“Yer;,~~ few heir orricial duties creates an emergonoy and an imperatde public neosraity that the Constitutional Rule requiring bill8 to be read on three 8everal days in each House be 8uspended; and said Rule ie hereby suspended, and thl8 Aat shall take erreot and be in 

### rorce room and after its 

### m8m0, and it.18 80 0naeted.v (RlUpha8is addedo) Sbotiom 10 of House Bill 812, Special Law8 or the 

### 42ndLeg., R.S. 1931, ch. 156,,p. 303 (Harrison 

### CountyRoad~Idtw), proVid.8: ”, %mg’ &wnt’; Cormaissi,omr and the County Judge 

### ot.;aaid aounty when travelling On OOJUbty bus&no88 r<lI%g to. : :$ the rO8d8 W.highUays Or said county ah811 bo allared the SWIPOi Seven (7#) Csnt8 

### per mile a8-traveling expeees to 

### be p8ld out or the Road 

### andBridge Fund on 8wOrn etatement at the end oi ewh ,lnonth; provided that the county shall not pay to the County Judge or any County Commissioner in 

### exees8 or Firty (.#so.oo) Dollars a8 traveling expenses for any one month." S&tion La bf Brtiale 2350, V.C.S., authorizes the commiaeionsrs * oourt in each county to pay the actual traveling expense inourred by the county oommiasloners while traveling 

### outside the county on orricial business. The county oommlssiqners in some oouhtiee are authorized traveling expense while -/

### Hon. 

## Wm.L.,Taylor, page 

## 3 (V-1277)

~traveling within the county. note, 

### ana See Article 2350m,

various county road laws. Sin06 certain oounty comqissioners were allowed traveling expense within the county while others were not, Senate Bill 131 was enacted for the benefit of those county commisgioners whowere not allowed trapelirgexpense within the county. Section l+of Senate Bill 131 shows clearly that, it was the intention of the Legislature that its provisions would not apply,to those aounties in whioh traveling expense was already allowed within the oounty.Traveling expense: of the oounty 0ommi8- 

### sioners or Harrison County within the county 18 

### nowbeing ‘provided .tor by,the provisions or Ssotion 10 of tileHarris@ 

### Co,uhtyRoadLaw (H.B. 812 ,Speoial 

# Law8

or the42bd L@g., R.S. 

## 1931,oh. 15b p. 

## 303). Thsrefore ‘it is our opinion that S8naie Bill 131 of the 52nd 

### iegielature is not applioable to Harrison Oounty. SUMMARY ,T Senate B.i.11131; Apt8,52nd Leg., : 1951, ,oh. ,456,, p. ,81,2,providing for

‘paymeq,t,oi: ,th,etravel expense, 0r ooun- : 

### ty ~oOm8iiesionerptraveling, ‘on of+fioial businees within the o,ouqty, is limited to oounfies .whereno,provi:sio& now exist8 .ror suoh ~payniente)~~ this Ao,t does ‘

. not apply to Harrison County because its oommissioners are nowallowed such ex-, pense under the-Harrison County RoadLaw. APF!R&J!D: Yours very truly, ,i J. G. Dqvir .,Jrt Countg~Aii~~re”~~ieion PRICRDARIRL Attorney General

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