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**CL OFFICE**  **OF THE**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL**  **OF TEXAS**  **AUSTIN ,**  **-.-**

Eonorable John Et.

Shook CH.m.lnal

DlstrIotAttorney Bexar County &n An~oQlo; Tex68 OplAloa 80. 0-7535
Ret ConflIetlng rovIaio33of House Bill 8 9

f and Senate Bill 246, Acta 49th LeglsIatuFe,as applied to Bexar County

In your recent letter to this dsparkmut, you made the followi~ request:

"Xouro lnioa ia **requested** whether or not ustleoa of he d e pace and oonatableo of this ounty are eatlt ed to a maximrpl salary 0r Forty-five

Hundred ($45ioo.O0) Dollar8 per year under House BIXL 241 or Xouse BOIL 849, sad vhether or not suuh pro~lal~nns are in lrreoonallableoonfllot

with the proHsIons of S. B. 246.' 8Inoe lkuse Bill 241, Seotlon (d) read8 the m?ae 823 Rouse Bill 849 Section (h),Ye shall ooneideronly the latter vhlch Is the later.aot,In connection with Eeuste Bill 246, f5eotiou

6.
We quote the two bills f'or reference:
House Bill 849, Sea. (h): "All Juatloee of the Peaoe and Constables of mloh oountlesYbO are compens6ted on 8 fee basis 88 providedby law still be entitled to retain annual feee not to exceed Forty-five Sundmd Dollar8 ($4500) eaah. All Juatioos of the P~aoe and Conatxblea of such oountiea vhoEIoaombla John It. Shook - Pqe P

are oomp%naated

on a ealarybaela as pmrlded by law rhall reoeloean mrmal salaryOS aot **to e%aeeU** 

**Forty-five Kumimd**  Dollam eaoh rush salary to **be** flxedby tba $4500) cmrpisaloners Cc&. **?rorided,trove~r,** t~t~ltetr~nd O(Palrslonswhetherourrentor d8llnqu%nt WNoh are oolleoted

b the lacu&ent durlng hi8 t%nureOS oifloe 8ha

d be applied tint to the paymentof Nr deputies,

authortied

expenses

of his offioe Mu to mke qp tho M%lmn 0aspeRaatloa prorldod for in tNe mbseotloa. No suoh offleerrhll be entitledto reoelvo**for** an7 **purpose** any **fsss** or ocemlsrioa that are oollected d%er he ceases to hold suah office.*
SenateBill 246, Sea. 6r
'All Juatlcas

of the Peace and Constables of euoh oouutlee

vho are ooprp%nsst%d on a See **basis** &all be eatitltito retain of Forty-seven

Badred each; provided, however, that all fees and oomlaslons, whether ourrent or dalinqumt, whloh (LLYI oolleoted

by the lnombent &wi~ his temare of offieo shall **be** &pplied first to the psp8at Of US deputies, aQthoriMd expanses

of **Nr** orfloe aad to make up the maxinnoompensatlonprov&d for in t&is 6eotlon. No suah **offlaera** 8bsl.l be entItledto zweiro **for** tmy purposeany fees or -otiesloas that am oollected

arftir he a%8888 to hold such office."

held thatbenateBill246 repealsEou8e BUl

our Opinion No. 0-6728,approvedJul g3~L~~, d 88 the tuo sots am fn lrreconoll&leaontllot.

House Bill 849 applies to oountler ha&i&g a population et 225,QOOlnhsbitaatr or me6 aud leers thatr 500,000 inhabitants sooomllngto the i&at preoedlug Federal a0asu.a

. SenateBill 246 8ppli06 to oountlee having a population

of not less than 3C0,000x,, nor Bore than 500,000, kOO0rditi.g

t0 the l8St pXW0diD.g yS#derIIl

OQI18US. Sinoe the population of Bexsr County auoordlng to the laet prooodlng Federal emam, vas 338,176in.habltints, the provlslons of SenateBill 246 vould a ly knd vould prevailov%r any provisions IQ Row.se Bill i&J ;rhlch am in Irr%ooncllable oonillct..

HotmrabloJohn A. t&took - Pago 3

'onthooe "vhoare oonponeated on a fee baelr*. 8eknat.e Bill 246 clemly predlcatemltefgr~~mL&one
uot be ooualateat

# with thlr open1 follovlllg

phmee, *annuelfeer aa3 PO to 8ap the or sa15rym,

meant anythlag but aompaasatlon or rfmuneratlon

resultingfrom fees.
House Bill 

# 849

refere tc preclootoS?loereaomwenmted on eithera St30 basis or i salarybarir.
'fhel"BfO~, it 10 OUl' OpiAiOA that iUSOfPr 88 justloos of the pea50 md oonstmblea who are 5OiupenSated on a foe bsels lo comtlaa vlth a populatlou of not less tbtbn %T,ti&OTnor &tore than 500,000, ev%ndlng to the laet p?ecedlugFederaloaneue, the tvo aote are in l~reconallsble aonfllctand the maxlms~ componsatlon of imch officerekm governedby the provlsloas of Benate Bill 246.

In OOwtltieS h8Viqj 8 W$R<iOU Of 225,000 int??bibats or aore, mad lass than 500,000 it&nbitmta, aooordlng to the laetprecedlng Pederalaenm38,the m4&5m1 ca4a~tm8- tloa of justicesof the peace and constabl~r vho are COUP saaeatedOA a of Howe Bill &is, are govemed **by** the provisions