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. ..WD .-L **OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**?obruarr** 16. lVS9

e thsraaftet, -Collsotora

of **Taxov** of muoh 1 be ontltlsd

to roarire

the e earnad

by theiroffloer

in th ths prorl~lonm

of the Maximum Ice Billi

prorldmd,

hater, that In moh oountler

the marl8tm

anount of ieer rhlohmay ba retalnd br much otfioer,ln8lUbiU~ all lsoe*sraw, &all ti four Thourand

Dollarm(#C,OOO),

prorldrd

moh offlow

larn8 raifloient

iaer to pay this **amolmt.**'seotlon

8. Saoh Assesror-Colleotor **0f** taer eating ram in **0xoem3** or Four Thoulandun.

Dollarm % y300)

&all B&o alrporttlozl o f r u o hl . ~) a

lnl oordmoo rith thr prorlslonr

of the Mnlmm PO* Bill. All Aaaormorm-Oolleotorr in oountlw honby l fro0t.d Ihall k l ntit 1 . a

to drput1.r a n d l ~rlstant~

In the nnn u l

u t h o r l r d In the Hukrn Too Bill." Art.1010

SVOl-1 **supra, by**  Itr tona that In all rount1.r ha& population

of not rmldem P .a# than lS ,SSO u l d n o t 8 o r a thul M & 4 0 ,

l ooor dI n g

t ot he **rort** n o o nt l rdlablr Podoral

owwm ana woh arallablo ?o& mal oomua thondtu, the ammomoor-oollootor of tuna in moh oountlor

ml robin

. rxlmum of #4,000.00 If the off100

larm wfflolont ioos to paP that amount. The population

of Loo Oounty

1s lS,bVO,

thus falling rithlatho tuma of thlr artlola. Lao Countylr the mly.otity In the 8tdo rhloh, aooorblng

to the la& ~cI;,'~ Ima

. population

rithlnthe lImlt#

~oolflab In

. 8ootIon

W, Art1010

S'of the IRateOonrtitutlon provide, in put, w iollornr

wl. kgIrlaturo

&all not, exoopt l s OthorriW pIW%dOd in thI# OOn~tIttItlOn, paw any looalor #poolal lawa,l uthorlrlag

. . ..ragti&Ing

thr affalrr

ot oouatlea,

oltlem, towus, wardaor rohool

dla$.rIot8;....and

la all otherO~IOI **whew** a ganoral

law oan be made l pplloablo,

no load or #peolnl

law rhall **be** maotod; prorldad, thataothlng

herel~ oontalnd #hall

ba **oomtruod** to prohlblt the kglrlaturofrompawing I aold lam for the prownation or 8~. aa.3 i f l hor this Stat0 In oortaln

loo~lItIor.w r/ In the oaao,Orarvn. Taylor 887 U. 8. 61, the Suprue Courtof the Waltad St&o6 de&d a looal1~ as: Vho phraro Qooal law'mema prImwily, at lead, a law 'In

faot If not in forp, Is bIr*otod

only to a .p*oifio

#pot.* The ran, ,fXty of Fort Worth~a. Bobbltt, 56 SW (2nd)470,holamamongotherthings, that: *An aot l

pplloablo

to ootitlea

harlngnon. 1. F. Klopa, Fobmary 16. 19SV.

hilo S

l population

of irom 85,190

to 28,wx)

ww l r w l w and 8poola1, *Itlag ifixaon 78. Ru8011,

54 Ohio 8tata490. Own OonntfOomml~8108or~

v*. @u&r, iS9 td. 575. and that an sot l

athorlslng

bonds**by** l

ltIo#harlng ktwwa 106,000

ad llO,OOO

Inhabltutm **by** 1980 l eumnm

king l pplloablo

oal# to one l lt7 ho14 looallaw **within** oonmtltutloaal proo+is1oa.=

Oonatltutlor,

Arttole S, 8&tIon 89.

S W ww , kur Q o u nt y VI. Ty nn , l t l

l, 91

**‘ U**  **(&IA) 867,**  hold@ in l r f wt,

that: Wourtr In dotumlnlng whothu lmw 18 pnbllo,

@noral, l

poolal or looal

will look to Itm mbrtuteo aad preotlod opentlom ratherthan to lt8 title form, phnwo&ogr dnoo othqrwl#o

prohibition

**ad fun4mitd**  laf agalnmt

*poolal loglelatlon

rouldk mgatory. The ~1slaturo Day olas8lfy oouutls~

on baala

of popul~tloll

for pImpoH or'tlxlng

oomponmtlon

or county

anb preolnot ofiloerr

but olaanlfloatlon

mat k kaod on real dl8tlnotlon

and met not be arbltrarIly dorlmd to glrewhat in, in **mbstmos,** l loealor spoolal

law the form of gonenl law. Aota reducing

nalarlaa

or orfloumln oounties of L90.000

ud lama than 310,000 populatlm held Pnbeasonable

and ubltruy in lta olurlflo~tloa

and void as l rmolal law..
We balleva

thatwhether

the mot in quotiloa

I# to k regarded

as l peolal and whether

lta operation

la unliorm throughout

the Btata

bpendr uponwhetherpopulatlon &ford8 l fairba#la for the l laamlfloatlon

of nountlemwith reforenos

to uttua to whloh It rolatr8 and whather

the resultit l

ooapllmhoala In h o t l real l l8r8lfloatlon

upon thatbamlmand not a domlgnatlon of l minglo

oount$to whlohalone It shall apply undu the &so oi l

uoh.ilas~lfloatloa. Tha law ln quwtlon we w drawnt&t lt lm general lx ion **but** only l

ppllod at tlu tlm it wept intol l'fbot o-Em Oounty

and probably ooul4 nuu applyto enothor oouat;l.

k thinkthat aIIon. 1. F. flepr, Pobruuy 16, 1959, Page 4

oouaty

lan ba AaslgnateA

by Aworlptlon ju s t l &fortlrely

l s It oan **b.** Mud a&d that the appllcatlon of thlm act I# 10 lmflaxlbly fixedas to prbtent

it lvu : be& l

ppllomble

to other eouxtls8. d Artlclm SBBS prorldem ln pmaral, **that** lotmtlos l outalnlng

85,000 or 108a kabltanta that the few to ba mtnlned by the tax l ~s~s~or-oollootor, tax l smommor or tax l

ollwtor l

hall k &3,400.00

l xoopt

lm other**wlw proridod**  **in** thl8 aot.

Iu ilew of the foregolugauthorltlos, you ub rospootfally

l d r lw d thnt lt Ia the oplelon of thlm Doputrent that Artlola SVOl-1 lo

. qoo1.1 la a114,thwefor., la 8noomtltutlom1 and told and that the l s~o~mrrolleotor

of tnxw for Lee ty mmld not be olltltl~b to ntaln

. mnxlmw Oc .a hi‘ fe.8 of otiloo for the y&r of 1958 but that the **uount** of few to be rotslnedby muoh oiffwr wouldbe gwernod by the gonon fee law~of

thlr Stats. Tru*tlngthnt the fomgolng luawerm your lnqulry.wm romaln

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