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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eon. w. r. mclein 

OriNhAl Dl8trl.t atorur7 

lmliumon coanty 

ooo~otown, hxas 

oplalon Ho. 

ROB F’rer ai 

R@oaro 

bea r*oMad ewl 

. Ii. quote troa 

our ftut:or or the ruoo 

.bot:l, sorrrot aad tar rbiah I rirh to thank 

you vary Nuoh.. 

Opinion Ro.,O-698 foonfannoo opiuioa Ro. 

of thir dq?artrkBt, holbr, umn6 other tl$ngr, that an 
Hon. R. 8. XrCZIla, Pago 8 

0rri00r *O dirohargos ot r o lo a r es l driedant rr0m tha 

for00 and l ffo o of t a 

1 

pdgmant re8trainl.q Elm la mtltled 

to oollao8 thr fro of 1.00 fox a rofease. 

Opinion no. 0;@63 o? this brgartnmnt holds, 

bong othrr thi 

has a drfandaat 7 

8, thd It a ousstable or other offlaor 

II hIa awtody, ~4 raloasrs the dafradent frm thr' roror and offrat ‘of a judgnaat restrainin 

him, then the oonstablo or otEor o??Iou woul& bo rntltlrd 

td e #LOO nlema fee. 

Opinion Ro. O-901 of this d~parttrmt.holds thet 

a shori?? or ronstebJo is net l otItlod to ohuge aa unst 

fro uhur ha fs presrnt but whore the arxwrt is actually 

satI4 by a atate fllghmy Tatrolmn. 

Opinion W. O-060 of this dopartnoat holds that 

rbaro a stat* III&way Patrolman arrests a 60raa for 

speeding and brings him before the fustlor cb the Psaoe 

and the d*?andrnt plea48 guilty sod la a'esrosod afine 0r 

On0 Dollar an6 oorts that the defendant should pay the 

?ollouIng &mounts Ih disoharge o? hi8 ?Iae and ooats, torift 

Om D&k+, ?Isot Five iiolhrs aa tsm for .the 

ooanty attorney; Four Odlhrr 81 triel ire; ssaklng 8 total 

Qi Ton DOllUS. WntWr tho faots rulatiag to Bald opinion 

*.ho constable pufonned no eUTICuS and MS net antitled 

to any for. 

pinion 30x0. C-U89 a? this 6e~rtarot, In l splrin& the rub sat out In O~iBiOn RO. G-695 ( QooniUeaO. 

opinion ?#OO. 30-61 of thi8 departmnt to various raot situtions set out In tlrr requart for oplnIon, holds that only 

wborr the faotr show that the de?snda%t Is la tha actual and 

legal oustad a? l oanstsblo at thr t&w he pleads guilty 

and pays his fina ls the aoastabls l tltlod toga rrlrasr 

?UO. This OQiniQll ?urt&rr ho348 that *haa the dofondaat 

rails his flao lo to tbr Justice of the Fwcs and same is 

l aorptrd by the Just100 in payrant of tIefondant** ru, tho 

constable is act entitlrd to a roloanc ia@. 

Artlolr 1011 of the Code of Criminal Proordurr 

prcmldos that ao itom of ,oosts shell bo taxed ?or a purportrd rortlor thieh wa* a03 ppfcmrd, or for a maMa for 
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Boa. I. I=. IfoClaIn, Pago S 

rhiah a0 ?a* is rxprossly pmvIQe4 by law. 

has rrpeatedly ml06 th a t l 

oon8t~alO or otaor PaQO OffiQU la not entitled to 

OhSitS, OOlloot Or l Oo epSOS8 t U~SSS ha aOtW~J perr032d tk* sonloar rot out in the statute. xi the oonl tabk or sb~rl?? does not make the amrrt, nor the OCCUmltmant nor thr roleare, ha ouklnly cannot oharge, aollO0t 0f l 000pt 8 rO0 r0r doing 80~ A atate aigh~y 

P8tr0m moarr l 88lary from the Stat0 0s TOXU r02 

his .su~Ioe~, and ~thiro 18 no sktutort authority in this 

State rhuoby a et&e lilghway Patrolman may oharga, rollrat 

or l ooept a ire e08 a defendant. The salary a Btato 

Highnay Patrolman mmrIn8 from the Stata Of Texas i8 the 

only oixqwisation to whloh ha Is ontitled to nawitr for 

pm0tmug hla dut Im. 

Ke %hInk thars la no oonillot in t!m abotr 

atmberml opIalon8. 30 think that saoh one Is oornot 

.barul upon the fact sItuatlons glr~a in saoh of said 

O~iDiOQS. 

Stir faot8 eated ln your lottrr do not rhw whetiar or not the oonatable puSansod any swvioo. No thawfor4 l ssumr that be puroaPe4 no 8m1100~ Thereroro, the 

Oomtrblr would not be sntltlad to a release So% The 

proper awmB& 0s fin0 and 008ts under ruoh Qi~OUWtUiOllS 

would be as follows: 

01l0 mifnr ?oT'~IIM~I+43 mhr8 rot th i30twr 

;mg~g,'ow Dollsrs r0r trial fee; making a total 0s 

. 

very truly your8 

RY *jgy+-Jf 

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AssIstant 

WF rib-i9 APFRSVECMAR 20, 1940 

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AWXNEY GENERAL OF TIEA&