### NEU GE~RAL

Your requort is an opinion ir a8 iolZsrrr “Aovvrdi8g to ieforaation receivedbr thlr office,San&e Bill 92 has beon prarsd **bl** t&o Sonat. and House by txo-thiMr PL
%% ‘f” d by the Bovermm Juan 

### 6 4o8iti.8 19 9, ,sn the Aot bocau ~rfw&i~~. at

“ThirBill authorirerthe ComQmlona~@ wt al each eountJ,when Fa their ju@mmt the iinaacial aoaditicm01 the 5ornrQ red tk SW48 Of th0 oif106l'8 urd tBII@lO~O~8 jU8tq tbu laOroa8e, to lnorrse the cmapenaatiea of O~URty,~&i8tdat axid pZWOinot Offi5Or8 f.D aU t Rot to exceed twentpfire per cant ef the man allowed for the fisoal Jand to lnoroasethe aompeosatloyof Maa 1*8, aSSiStantS, ad eUp107888 Of 8aib% am in an amount not to exorsd thlrtp 

### fivefl4Br

cant 

### (35s).The hot does not, how- @OF, 9,qwbeidly

authorizean amendrentof tkie : l?~et~La #raer to put into dfeot the salary iakhia8erauthoriced.

"We rerpe5ttully

request BP opinfoa *en $8UF Vff%O~ OXI

the fOliOWing @68tiOR, to-Wits&XL Wllllam f. Hon8loy,page 2 (M57)

SelNlt8 ~Blll92 provldra:
"Section1. The Commla8lonerrs CotWt tr each county of this State 18 heraby authvelw4, when in their judgmentthe financialoaditlu or the countyand the needs of thr offlaw justify the lnoreaao,to entor an order increasing the oompensatlon of the pealnot, county and district offlcsrr,or either of them, in an additionalamountnot to exoeed twenty-five (25%)per cent of the 8um allowed under the law for the flf5cal year o? 1948, whether paid on fee or salarybasis; provided, however, the members of the CommIssIonerr Court may not raise the salaries of a& of suuh Comlsslone~e Court under the terns of this Act without raising the salary o? the remaining county offlclalsln like proportion.
"Sec. 2. The Commlrtsloners Court In eaoh county of this State la hereby authorized, when In their judgmentthe financialcondition of the county and the needs of the deputies, assistant.8

and clerks of any district,county or preclnot officer justify the Increase,to enter an order Increasingthe compenaatlon of any such deputy, aaaletantor clerk ln an additional amountnot to exceed thirty-five (35s) per cent of the sum allowed under the law for the fiscal year oi' 1948.
"Sea. 3. All of such officerswho were paid on a fee baa16 **during** the fiscalyeas of 1948, and who are now to be paid on a salary basl8, shall be pald en annual salary in twelvr (12) equal Installmentsof not lea8 than the total 8um **earned** 88 oompensatlon by hir in his officialaapaoityfor the fiscal year of 1935, and not more than the maxlmrUn sum allowedmaoh officer under the lawsl existingon August 24, 1948, togetherwith the twenty-five (25%)per oent increaseallowedby this Act within the discretionof the Commlesioners Court.
"Sem. 4. Before the Commls8iomerr Court shallbe 

### authorized to ahange the salaxy of the pubala o?fiolalrpovided for in th%8 Aot, raid Comt shall publi.sh at least onoe a rook

### EO8.

v+ti Willlam A. m.Isloy,pago 3 wlwr)

rw three (3) oohsocutlvo wooks In a i¶bV8~~ In the rospoctlve oounty,notloo 6f their intonticn to uko oho8gos of salarZo80r tho80 affected.

"sco.. 5. The **~ovi8lon8** of this Act 8hL1 be oumlatlvo **of** all other law8 portalningto **8~6WfO8 Of**  OOURtJ **Sad** prO5inCt OfffdSPS snd their?dOpUti~8 and aS8iStSntS. '4

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‘985. 7. The fact that the 508t of llvlng Is rising and the purchasingpower of the dollar Is docroaslng,and that wages md salaries in private lndustrj have increasedto s an extent that public **Of?iCOr8** and **Ollt@OjOS8** continue In their offices at a sacrlflcoIn 6bany instances;and tho further rS0t that an amendment to the Texas Constitution adopted In 1948 provided that all rhorlffsand tholr doputlorr

shall be paid an annual salary; snd the fact cf the crowded ccnditicmof the oalemdar, create an emergencyend en Imperative pub115 nOOOS8itJ that the Ccnstltutlonal Bulb roqulrlngbills to be read op three several da78 In oaoh Hou8e be 8wpond.d; and s&Id Rule **IS** haobj **8US~Ol3dOb, UIII**  **thf8** Aot **8hs11** take bir00t and be In for00 fror end after it8 **p88Sag0,** aud it 18 **SO mRtbt6d.** *
It was held in Attoraoj t3enma1'8Opinion8lo8. 

### 8+v-&03 ip5998+Ui?43 +l’tiOlO 1666, v,c.s., 58 amoadod by liooso

IS111 240, Acts of the 49th L8

I;ot of **orba** 

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%?&naban fund but mo **8USh** transfer shall la3 

### 8&&S hudng tiii year to a brdthe total OS the b&got.*

18 rrat The abovo qw+tod pcrtion of the budg8t Statuto 

### appll~blq to fcur lnqulq, and la vlow o?.eur ho%&.Bl#8

in the above 0pln10n8 the rbmeiEu "35 **QUO8tlOlb** ior QurdrtmmlIlatlonis whether Sbnatb Bil g28mOaaS b$ ~liSrtlon tho p~'~~l8101~8 of AFtlola 1666 io 80 iarRon. w1111am W. RbmlOY, page 

### 4 (v-857)

a8 It concernssalary **lncrea806 la**  aooorilamcb vith the p~ovlslonsof Senate Bill 92 for the remaMbr of the year, 

### 1949.

The 

### grant of an express power by **the** LeglsUtire alves with It bs neceasam lmlloatlon OvbrY othor power-necessary

and iroper to ixeciztion of the p-over expresslygranted. Terre11 V. Sparks, 104 Tax. 191, 

### 135 S.W. 519 (1911);Moon v. Allred, 277 S.W. 

### 787 (Tax.Clv. App. 1925, writ dv

In view of the clear and unamblgnouslanguage of Senate Bill 92 it Is our opinion that It was the intention of the Legislatureto grant to the ComissloneP8' Court of every county the expresspowsr to allow the salary increasesprovided therein on the effective date of said Act. Since the Comt~Lsslone~s~ Court of Bexar County haa the expresspower to raise the salary of Its county officials vlthln the limitationspresclrlbed

therein, It Is our opinion that the Comlsslonera' Court has the impliedpower to do those things neoessary and proper to effectuatesuch salary **lncrbasesr** to-wit, amending its 199 budget to the extent of providing for such increasesas it smy determineto be necessary In accordance with the provisionsof SenateBill 92, Acts of the 51st Legislature.

The Commiaslone~s~ Court of Bexar County under the provlslonaof Senate Bill 92, Acts of the slat Legislature, has the impliedauthority to amend Its budget,,f&1949 ~tothe **extent** to effectuatesalary lncrbasesit is allowed to make under the express prOVi8iOM of Senate Bill 92.

Yours very truly,

APPROVED

P d-J= ATTORERYGERRRAL **OF** TEXAS

IRST ASSISTART ATTORWE!?

OBPUL
JBrbh **By &.b?**  Asslatant