OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Ray Winder 

oounty Attorney 

coclks uotmty 

oalnea*ill~, Texw 

then'qlaase a&lad (11 nhether di(loretloon to requlrs ‘suchMa6nds’for deputies lies entirely rlth 

the employing,mrloer or (2) lr final discretion 

bz~ nattcaf devollos upon the oomariesloners* 

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*'Art. 3902, Bsv. Civ. Statutes, as wended, 

provides for appointment 02 dsputiea, aseiatants 

or olsrke by dietrl~t, oounty or PreOinOt offiGers requlrirq them. Ofiloisl bonds for them 

deputies not Uisoussed in th3.e Artiole. 

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~worablo Ray Waler, Page 2 

"Artlole 3899 at aeld Stat&w requires County 

OZfioexa to make monthly reports of espenmsa fnourrsd in the qonduot of the offloe. Sootion (b) 

tm-00r p~0tib4~, in pert, 66 r0ii0w 

"'l&oh oifioer named in thie Aot, 

nhara he xeoolres a salary es 5oapensation fat b&a msnlges, shall be entitled 

and pernittedtopurohase as oharge to 

hla oouuty all rsaaombls e&purses neowsary in the proper and legal oonduot 

of his ofHoer prmuiusa on offiolal bands, 

pxwmluno on fire, burglary, theft, rob 

berp lneuxanoe proteatiug funds, and 

inaludlng the4 mat 0r surety bonds ror 

his deputies, provided that expsosecr inourred for p~wduns on oiflolals’ bonds 

ior tho oouqty treaauxer, oounty aud;ltor, 

oounty maa bomalselan4ro oo.unty sohtw3. 

6uperintsodento; and the kids und' m&ml 

in5pwtbrt &mlu&* the tis+ ,oi surety .' 

bondu for wy daputlso of any suMa taffh 

00x6, llay also be lnaluded, ati6 ouah expenw to be psrrmd on, pre~etormined a& 

allorediathe tlm & aearrat,a~nearly 

as powible, by the oomlsaioners oooxt 

onae &a& mnth for the etmuina aonth, 

upon the rpplloatlw by wbh efflaor, . 

statin&tha kind, probabla amouutof esp@nditura and the nWesalt7 rbr r uo h l * .ë,; ~ 

poses of his &floe rm su(rh ensuing 

months rhioh applloatlon sh&l, befor* 

pnsentation ii8 &A aourt,'rirnt be 6ndomed b7~the oounty aUditOr, if any, 

otliernire the oounty treasurer, only aa 

to whether fund8 r&x% available ior pak7- 

mat 0r SUO~ BS~~WW.~ ****+ 

w?or y&p I&ma&ion in aonstderinu the que~ 

tlow hersin presented, 1 quote or refer to VariOW 

statutes on the subjeot of deputies iOr OOUat7 offioera, Mr.: 

art,ioler,6~o or the aevised civil statutw al 

L Texas reads. as followat 

, ~Wharitfe shall be responsible for 

t&e offioial aota of their deputlee, and 
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Iionerable Ray Z%der, Paqe 3 

they shall have power to require from 

their daputles bond and sscurlty, and 

they shall hare the 13am awmdlee wplnst 

their deputies and sureties a8 any pm- 

~,0t~~.y6 Pgainst a sheriff and his 

l Artluls 6879 OS aald Statutes authcrizos bonstabler in Ulttere or 8,000 oc more lnhebltant6 

(applicable to the Olty of Gainesville Sn Cooke 

Oouatp) to appoint deputies *xvho shall quelli as 

requlr6U or deputy sh6rirro.* 

Vu-tiols 1938 of said Btatutea with referenoe 

to appolntmeut of deputies by the &oimty Clerk, 

oantalna a0 provision with resprat to bond8 0r 

such deputies; 

mhrtlole 7252 of mild Statutes, aothorlsea 

Count 

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Asssosox-Collsator of taxos%b .appoLnt 

deput ea who 'me7 require suoh bon6 trom’the per- 

(~on no appointed. aa he deem neoeseary for hla 

indemnity; and the Aasemxm aad COlleetOr Of 

taxes shall in all oases be liable aud aooount 

able for the praaeeUlng~ cab caieooaduot 1x8 orri0e or hle &3putle~.' 

"Article 1650 ar da statutee;. as aam%ed by 

the 44th tegW.ature, aathorlx~ appoLntmt of 

mmistsnt county auditors and they *aray be nqulred 

to gite~auoh bond aa the Oounty Auditor may deter 

aim, whloh bond shall be paid for by the County 

and ahall run iu ravor 02 the County and or the 

County Auditor as their interests nay aQpearl. 

*Art.,331 of said statuteo, authorizea OoUnty 

Attorneys, by eonsent or tie oamiasloners~ wart, 

to appoint one or more aasi8tats, ageoiiying the 

pom3ra 0r tuoh aesietant6, tam of ~riioe,~$a~ 

thy ahall take the oath o,r offloe, ate. -2 

IS no requirement that suoh eeaiataat file an official bond.- 

"Art. 3922, Sea. 13(a) of said atatubee provides that the oo~iasloners* court mfg authorize 

eclployarent of a stenographer by the County JuQe 

and pRy fOS 5aeh ssS?io68 Gut Of th6 &WlOX-Sl ~iund 
Honorable Ray Hndsr, Page 4 

of the Couaty to an amount not to eme0a Q120o.00 

‘par year. There ia no requirement Sor oiilolal 

bona in suoh oaae. 

"Unless the inplloatlona of Art. 3899 (b) of' 

aaid statutes requira the making and filing of 

o;ttioial banda by deputies of county offloere 

there f~eema to be no auoh reqtclremeat ae to dlatrlot olark deputies nor the deputies of oouaty 

f=:,"~=t~&pgo;;;~t~ pg~ier~~w: a5 

silent as to requ~~emat of b&ads for dt&tiee.*. 

You have quoted or referred to t&e pertinent statutes aad we deem it uaaeoeesary to refer to them fwthe:. 

You are respeotfully advised that it is the oplnloa of thie department that the oouaty oti%o.oiaIs referred to 

in your letter may, et their owa option and discrretloa, req&e tht~ir~deputfss fo arsoute sarety boada; thl&, however, 

ia aotmeadatvry. 

Very truly yours