### ‘**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



### Honorable 8. A. Bodipr **Qouaty maitor**  

### wllllam8oa County **Coorgetorm, Toxar**  

### Dear Slrr



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the penalty **for** 

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### ooafornd **in** this **Conrtltatioa** 

### and th* laws ot **the** 

### Stato, **or a8**  **may bo**  **hereafter** 

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### retrronoe**te** 

### par tfrrt question,your atten

### tion in re8peotfull~dlrwted to our OpXnSoa Ho. 0-lTl6,Eo2craI2lc 2. A. :iocgs, Pi!Je 3

which >OldS that:

The aounty jUdC% enjoys equal voting ri@tS Flits all 0: t58 othes %e&Srs of th8 OCiXIiSS%OnOl%. oourt wbloh ~111 include tie 

### ri$it to zrake or aoe0nC onT ;?otion 3Ed the right to rots whether there be 

### a tie aLzo&; the votes of othor members oi the court or not.-
tFe are oroloelng a oopy nf 

### the above **mntfortet~@in** 

### 103 ior your inrori23tionand 00nmzile~oe. You will **note,** am above stated, that the oounty judge has the slat to rot8 on nll ratters brou&t beiore the oo.~lsaionors~ court regnfricg a **VGtQ** oi tSnt b.ody, ah:ch iaoludes the 

### rf;ht to 

### xka or seecd qny xotion and the +ht to vote whether there ha 3 tic nnon~ the votes of the other ze&ers of t!xe oourt or zmt. The ri@t of **thu** oounty judge to vote on sll zatters brought befcre the oozalsslor~ers* aourt is not rsstrieted to in3tences to vihcrretk3re is 3 **tie** vote.

In ro>lj= to your seaond~.question, It 63pars tros all tkza sathorltlos Cat 1713 hare exmined, c03stitutionsl, atctutor;, or Judioial interpretstions, the county judge 15 cot requfrsd or o&gelled to vote upon any mtter **brou&t** befori? t2-e o+x?isi~Sionars~ cou&, but As the rl!+t to vote or reiraln 

### iron voting as he -33~ 

### detornlne,

In ansmr to yc?;r third 

### rjuosttonas.above etated, aay t'hree zezxbers oi t:e mmlssloners* court, ineluding the county jUiiC.3

* 3ocstltute a p3rum for thk transaetfon or any buc,iCe-.ss

except that of le~yk~x a county tax. Therefore, wtmt !ms been said ~:ith refersnoo to requiring: or cozpUin~ a cowitp jud;:e to vote on artymttor before the oozzaissioneru* 

### oourt is e-usll; a~g~lieob~a to any cozsui8s1oner, and esch ocmti.ssioxer a%~ YGto or refuse to vote on any c_uost.iGnas he s?.all Caternine.

In recly to yo:r 

### fourth qusstfon, you am advised t&t a oo~~issiomr is not required or cozpelled to vote Oil any xattzr ocr,i~~,z befcre the oo*xrt, aad thet a reiusal to -rota 03 sn: ouob xatter dG8.5 riot constAtute a 2em.l Offen or acy 

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