OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ronorebla 2. Sayne Setterfleld 

Deer Sk: 

the writer for cooaiberetlon. 

"The queatien h66 

6WDt6 Pf?((r.ldin~ tht3 PiOt 

f the fire dejmrtlng the wunt to 

Mb by the flmimnbr 

6ahrg Or the 66hl7 

66Y a fiX’86!6n W66 - 

or&h, but rho actually 

100 da6 to the t6.at that 

tttsa W66 daduet.5 -as 

yQw: fi1’6t gUS6tiOll iIMO1V66 the OOIl6tl'WfiO~ Of 

Section 16 ot House 61111 Z58, 6ttJW6, whlah i6 a6 fOlhW6: 
Eonotabla 8. Sayne Ssttsrffe&d, Waui66foner, pa8 8! 

"Within 6ixty (60) dam l fterthlr Aat take8 

effeot l 6oh tul4 paid flr6aan ma l mh put pelb 

firbmSn whose 661aI7 Or oOngen&tion 16 Fifty Dd&rS 

(%50) or more Qar month and eaah part p6ia flmm6n 

who60 6516ry 01 OOi~~M&tfOIl i6 1e66 thn Fifty Dellax-6 (#bO) per Pvrnth ati eaoh a6tln rolu6teer‘rlreme.n 

In the 06$&y of any ewh oitr or torn or l axwlled In 

tho ii re d8prkn8nt of l n? l uch ofty or tom, who de8ln6 

hlsurelf or hi6 beneflolarie6, a6 heroinafter n6med, to 

participate in 6uOh l'UW3 or the benefit6 therefrem 66 

by ttiis kot provided, 6hau.file with the.SeOretarJTre66urer 0r the soara of ylre61en'6 xtbuer ana Rbtlnment ma Trustee tr that cfty or town a atateaent in 

writing under oath that he ae6lru to partialpate In 

the bsnbrita rroa rUOh'Y'u& glting ths x&J66 aa relation6hip or hi6 then aotU6l dependent6 and ehall therein 

authorize 6atd pity or town or the gwarnlag body thereof 

to deaut3t not 1666 than 0118 per asntpm nor mom th4n three 

(3) .per eentum, the er6ot Blount thereof te be determined 

by the vote d the fire de@ertmeut of whleh 6uah penon i6 

am.embe.r,frQlhl6 sal.6ryorocuapen6ucrtloslf l wholljbld 

or p6rt paid flreman.riho6e 66tiry or OoiQ~n6atloiI i6 mom 

than Fifty Dollar6 (#Cl) per month, but if a part pald 

firmum nhore 6alary la 1066 than Firtf Dollara ($50) per 

month, or tif a vohnteer fil~nan the 6t6tOMUIt 6bau 

inOh a JUti Ma Ul obll&on t0 Pay t0 add mud 

of Tru6tee6 not lees than Three Dollar6 (*J) nor more then 

Fire L80116r6 ($S) per wmum to be paid ,6aml-6~uill.~, the 

mot a6muOt tbsreor to be llk6wi6e 4etennlaed by rote 

0r tat3 rire a0Wrtsent of. which 6u0h pe~on ia a~maaber. 

Suoh money 80 abauoted mm 661arle6'or oa6pen6atlon or 

agreed to bepeldtoboeO6m and form apart of theFund 

herein da6ignated e6d uteblf6hdl 68 Firemen16 Reuer 6&d 

Retlrexzent Funa or that oltf or town. Fallure or z+efu66l 

to XW&O md file the statement herein pravlaed, or fall.ure 

or rem661 to allow deduotion from salary or tc pay the 

66munt herein 6psalfle(l a6 herein provided on the part 0r 

my moabsr shall forfett bi6 right to QOrtioipdb in UrJ 

of the bsnetitr rroa; aala YiretPen’s Reiibi MU RefIXWent 

Fund. lf any 6UOb member 6han eieat POt to partioipate 

in 6uoh Iti&, he ah621 not be llable,igr 6ny Sti6m de&IOtina nor to p6y a6 herein pmviutta.* 

. 
Honorable H. Beym s6tterfiela, CammIr6ionsr, Pam 3 

The Le$lelature hae not 6een fit to define whet it 

meant bg the tew *ealary or owpea6etioa.n Tketera 8828z-y 

i6 dsiined ln W6b6ter*6 InternatIonal DlotIonary a8 beirigr 

The reoompen68 or ao6ipeneetloa pala; or 6tlgtrkte& 

to be pda, to a per6m 6t re&ar lnterr616 Sor 8enI08, 

86peoially to holder6 of official, exe6utlte or elerIo8l 

po6ltIon6; rix0a aompe58etlon regularly paid, 86'by the 

year, quarter, month or week.w 

The we,authorlty deilner th6 tann 8cWW86tiOa a8 

belalet .~~ 

?That which oon6titute8, or i6 re@rded 08,.&h epdralent or reuompen88~ that whlah mk68 6ood th6 laok of v8rI8- tion or 6oinething 8188~ t&t which bompenrator for lotis or 

prl*utloa; emeuls; ~entlon; r60~a8e.R 

A reading al the mtlrq bill 6160lo886 tht the word8 

W8elery or aolap6n8etIoa* 6re ~lof'orod axeapt In Sutloa 10. fh 

other pauta of the bill the word W618W *loti 16 wed. 

A0 stated in your quwtim Bar .l, th6 8ilax-y of the 

ilreaui ~88 $lSO.OO per month but the fIra aetuallf re6elved 

Onlf $1~0.00 dU6 t0 d8dU6tiOM for b66’ Of tiPI). 

ATtar a 6on8lderetIan of th6 bill a8 a *ba&k; thr 

purp0666 of the AOt end th6 a6aner Of 68rXy'ine; Out the ptoti8iOM 

thereof, we 6re of thb opinion that it was the latentioa at the 

Legl6littire to repulre the meat8 to be made oa th8 bad.6 of 

the aompea6r&loa aatu6lU rrobiyed br t&e f%reman. 

. 

You ore, thererore, edvl8ed that your quritioa X0; 1 

IO eamred to the effeot thet the deduotlon will b8 8648 oa 

the b8818 or @OO.OO per mnth. 

The wmwer to iour eoooad wmotioa 

eoa6truatlon or Seation 7 or Eoure Bill, OS& 

a6 r0ilorr8: 

depeadr oa the 

6kQT6, whloh I‘ 

Wh6nev6r a perooa nrylid 68 an 6.otivo finrurduJ$ 

86roUsd in any regularly aatlye iire deprtmat in m 

elty ore tom in the State, sow wlthla or that m6 

efter oane wlthh the prorislonr of,&8 A6t, 

here8h aL beeoae 
Bonorab1e.H. Bayne sattortiold, Oaemi8rloner,~~&e 4 

phJ8ioally or mentally disable4 uhlb In and/or in' 

oon8epuence of, the pdx?onanor of his duty, aaid Board 

of TIpsfee Eey, upon his mqUbl)t, or without suoh 

request if It 8hall doem proper an6 for the $006 of 

the awartm-t, rstlrs 8Wh p8r8& fr0m 8~mt1 88rViOe 

either upon total or partisl dlrablllty a8 the Oa8e 

may warrant &nd rhall or&or thet hs b8 paid from 8uOh 

Fun&, (a) it ror totddiaability, aa ammt equal 

to one-half the average mmthly ralary of ouoh fireran, 

not to exceed the 8um of Ona Iiuudrsd Dollar8 ($100) p8r 

month; provided that if 8uoh anrago smthly satiry be 

Fifty Dollar8 ($60) or lam per month, or he be a roluatser firelQan with no salary, th8 amount a0 ordered paid 

8hall not be la815 than TWmty-five Dollan ($a) p8r 

month; such average monthly salary to be bal.6 QII th8 

monthly avorap of hle ralary tar the firs (5) year 

period, or 80 muah tharsof a8 he lolay have fmrved, pre08tIing the date or sgah retlruasnt; or, (b) elf the 

dl88bilitJ be loE8 than t&81, t&ll SUoh 8ulL1M ia oh!, 

juagniart or the Poard or %kU8t808 may bo propa- nnd 

OOIWHX8U~t6 With t&r! drip88 Or dl8&bfiit;l; ~~Wid8d 

iurther, that if and when 8u@h di8ablUty Bhan 88888, 

8uoh retlnlssnt or aisabiuty 8lkwano~ mhallbo'dl8- 

oontlnued and auoh wr8on 8hall be re8tor.d to WSivO 

88niae 8% not b8S than the 8am0 8daarp he MOStVred 

at ,tho time of hi8 retirelrnt for dl8abillty.” 

For the rea8on stat& In 8lWU8T to yoOrr QUO8~hI 

Boo. 1, w8 are of the opinion that tho tlrsm8nWamhhly 

bensflt8 mhould be ba88d uppon the fiv8-yWW merag Of th8 

aaountrr of money aotually rees~vet3 by ruoh firema. 

Trusting that the forrgolng fully aqswore your 

Inquiry, se are 

Tours ~0x7 truly 

APrnrnD onmolJ 

, By B.W.B. 

RICHARD El. COCK5 

A88i8taBlt 

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