PRICE DANIEL 

+.lTORNEY GENERAL 

Hon. Wm. L. Taylor opinion No. v-1277 

Prosecuting Attorney 

Harrison ,Countp RI: Muimum payment.8 rhloh 

Urshall, Texas. % nmy be 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~ ~2nd zag., 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 ax0088 ai oae brm- 

-14 thktpr0w tb0th6m lr24,cmok, 

Qtc)o~rding to. the lee pmotwn(J OP l SF 

‘tuttam B&en1 Cenaun, the Canwii~i~~~- 

078 Court i8 hereby euthcrksti to ellow 

**ah member,of the ~OfMlf.8EiO~Or8 Court 

thq 8iMl or not 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 by 
Hon. wm. Lt, Taylor, page 2 (V-1277) 

other means nrovidi ror the travelin 

weme;;; ~~8~~.“,~o~s”‘o~~~o~~l~ 0: 

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"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, buy the 

existing law ror reimbursement to said 

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 42nd Leg., R.S. 1931, ch. 156,,p. 303 (Harrison 

County Road~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 and Bridge 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 

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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 who were 

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 

now being ‘provided .tor by,the provisions or Ssotion 

10 of tile Harris@ Co,uhty Road Law (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.11 131; Apt8, 52nd Leg., : 

1951, ,oh. ,456,, p. ,81,2, providing for 

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

ty ~oOm8iiesionerp traveling, ‘on of+fioial 

businees within the o,ouqty, is limited 

to oounfies .where no ,provi:sio& now 

exist8 .ror suoh ~payniente)~~ this Ao,t does ‘. 

not apply to Harrison County because its 

oommissioners are now allowed such ex-, 

pense under the-Harrison County Road Law. 

APF!R&J!D: Yours very truly, ,i 

J. G. Dqvir ., Jrt 

Countg~Aii~~re”~~ieion 

PRICR DARIRL 

Attorney General 

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