OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Your request for op tion hll8 been r66e e abors stated’ puer-Hon. 7ralc aright, page 2 

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repealingall lairs or parts of law8 in eoutlict herewith; and dealaring an sarsraeno~.
“Be IT EHACTFD BY THE ~GISl;WfS OI 'i'EB STAT? or TXXAS: "sation 1. County Superintendent - Se&a in cortlia Cauatlu.
l Fror aaQ after the passagoof thi! Aat, the salary of the county ruperlntuuloat OS Publla Instruatlonof eaah county in Taxa h&dug 8 JKIFUhtiOa Or aOt le88 t&88 tUMt;l; two thoummQ, one hundred (22,100) and aot mre than twnty-two thousand,fire hundred (22,500).

aaaordlng to the lsst preoeding federalCensus shell be Thirty-sir **Bundnd** Dollars ($36001per annum, to be paid in equal monthly

### paymentsout of the 

### cOUUty?8 available per capita ap?ortiormentoomln6 to such aounties, upon the order of the County Sohool ?ruste!.s. 'Sootion2. '.

a(uce

. "That tha saLary of the County SUQ~dlltMdWt at publio Instructionoi eaah ootmty ti T-8 haTill& a ~OpdAtfOn Oi 

### not 14368 than fOrtrone thousandand tittf (41,030) and not sore than rortptuo thousand,one hundred (42,100) aaaordingto the lent prooading**Federal Csn**  SW, shsll Worn aad after the w88@@ Of thi8 Act be not 1888 than the 81111 Of hr0 %'hOWMd, 'ightmu&edDollars ($2,8OO)peranaummd .I not aors~thn mee T~owM~, 31% Hlmdrsd DolLars ($3,600)per annum, to be fired **b;l** th8 County Board of Pdwatioa oi uoh oou@tyg and ln l

4Qltion thereto, the eouatl 8uporinten- &wt8 0,sma& wwtiO8 8hau MWfTO O?fiU l- QW8.8 fOl' 

### St88@8,t~le~hOM Wit .8tatiOWq act ersuding.Three HwdreQ bollars ()sao)per aalum, u roll a8 PO ammat not in aXQW8 Of *u Hundrd Dollar2 ($300) po? -III to a*- truella& expelrre8 iaourrmd by 8wh 8aqnty @u.Pwlc iatOildUit8,uhloh Hid 8u6 Whfdk ti: cwaty BOUQ or IrMtaw on th8 08rt

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Hca. Fran2 iKrlght, Page J

ruoh mperint8aQent that the expenseshad been lnaurred is the dlsohargeof hls duties 

### as awh 

### 8uperintsnduxt. Section2-a. Sane. "The salary and expenses **provided for**  in Seotlon 8 of thir Aot 8hr11 **bo WI6**  ~thly upoa the order of the County Sohool %mtee8 of suoh OOtIntle8

out of the aounty'savailable and State per aaplta 

### l ~portlon8entoomlng to suah counties;providing that the mnth o? September shall not be paid until the 

### CountySuperintendentof Publfa ImtrWtion 8haU hate prssanteda receipt or a certiilaatefrom tha State Superintendent, of Eubllo Instruotlonshe& IngttLat

he has n!sds

all or the reports requfrcd by him. z~eotioa

3. samc. *That the salaries of the County Superintendentof Puhllo Instruatlonof each.aounty In Texa8 baring a populationof not lesi than twenty-twothousand, 8fx humIraQ (22,800)anQ not RON than twenty-twothousand,eight huadred (ZZ WO), aooordineto ths last preaedlag Pederal&umm,rhal1 frty~aaQ**aftsrths paiuge**  ai thi8 Aot **bs** not 1e88 tb8E ?!NeIlt~-tWo Btmdred Dollars (#ZOO) per annum MQ not more than Twoaty-eight

Eundred Dollar8 ($2800)Per,annum, aad in eountle8 karlng a poplattoa of not la88 thut fourtetsnthewuxQ,~firahundredand tfftf.~ (14,550)

md not zwre than lowteen tho%tmqQ, eighthimdrsd (14,tWO],

### l coordln&to the 

### h8t grwudiry Sederal 

### fhWM, Shu irO!S Mdl ft8Z the pass&&e of thS8 Aot be not 1088 than the ,' aw of Tlmntptwo HwQrpQ Bollar8 ($B2allud aot **more** than hrenty-sight WQN6 -?8 ($2600)**par** anaua, 

## to bo fix.8 by the County bard. Of &tUO~$iW fn OWh 6QWtY.

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I502. lrarlk #rlgbt, ?agr4

lnc: to We last 2etdsral %nsuo, &all ironi and after the pa&wage of thl8 Aot be not laso than Twenty-oneHrmdred Dollars (@loo) pez amma, nor niore

than Runty-foPr EundredDollars ($X00) per annum; said salary to be eet by the County Board of Sohool Trlletcer of each county atiaotcd.
Seotlon 4-a. Payment of Salary.
"The salary shall be paid monthlyupon the order of the County Board of SchoolWUEtam; provided that.themath of Soptuber shall not be paid until the Superintendent of public Instructionshall have presenteda rocelpt or a oertiiicatefrom the State Suparlntendent of Pub110 Instructionehoulng that ha baa mede ail reports requiredby Mx. Section b. Eepeal.
"All law or part6 of law8 in conllitrt rith the prorlslonmor thi8 Act are hereby expresslynpaled to the extmt 0r suah 80mi0t.

Seotion 6. Emsrgonoy, *The raot that the **dutisa** of the ottlca of County Supcrlnt~ndent of Publie Xn8truatkUl hare greatly imraa8ed In oert@ia ooontie0Uxd the fast that ruoh auprintondentr em grOa84 underpaid,sreatean emargenoyand awinperatlre pub110 ncoessltythat the Oolutltutlolul Rule raquirlngbills to be read on three 8everalW **in caoh**  **Howe be**  **%u ended,**  and the 8ama t8 .heraby SUB~CU~O& U& t h.! # A& 8ha.U kk OrfoOt sod b0-in ~WCO rz+and dsw it* pa8a4pi rd tt la 80 ulrote4+

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,Hou.Frank Xrlght, Pago 5

The populationof Upahur County, i'exas,according to the la8t preaedlngFederal c8nsum, 18 twenty-two thousand, two hundred and ninety-sstsn (ZEJ99) iahabitent8, and it 1s the only county in rexa8 oopling within the poplatlonbrackets set out in %otlon 1 of the ~$111.

The popul8tion of Fumln County, 46~~8, aacording to tho la8t **preoading** Federal Cansue 18 forty-one thourand,0x10

hundred and airty-threa (4i,lds)lnbabltanto and it la the only county in ‘iexa8 wmlly within populationbrackets set out in Ssotlon 2 of the Bill. the

The popplatlon

or Grim8 **County,** Texae, lcoording to tbs hu3t grecedingFederal h8U8, 1s twenty-tW0 thousand,six hundred and forty-two (22,642)inhabitants, an4 It i8 the only oounty in leXCi8 coming rlthln the bracketa of not les8 than twenty-twothousand,81X hundred (22 600) and not **more** than tssnty-two thousand,eight hamdred lez,soo) listed In the'flrstportion of Saotton 3 of the Bill.
The population 0r .lcontgomery county,Taxas, aa00rdhg t0 the h8t preosdlngfedOr Cen8U8, 18 fOLI.+mn thousand,iire hundredand alghty-eight,(14.W) and it 18 the oniy aouuty in I'sxas oomlngwithin tha **poQulation** brackets or **not** 1088 than rourtbea'thoueand, flvb hundred and rlfty (14,820)and not core than rourteen thousand, d&t **fiundred (14,800),**  a8 **set** out in the aooond portion 0r se0tm a or the wx., The popdatlon of Cro8by County,Texas, aciording ?to the laat praaedm Federal Coa8u8, 11 eleven thou8and,and twenty-three(ll,OeS)inbabitmt8, and it ia the only aounty in Tsxw ooming rlthln the w&wlatlon brackets set up ln seotlon4 or th6 Bill.
115,*@*qaf$'klt-866 of thla opfaion, w* are aanrr0nted rwh th0 qwiati0n of tb eonstittitiondity 0r Xouae Bill 4T4 or the 46th kgi8&tuxo 0r Texas, above quote& The **qwatlea** *rim8 an to .whethez or aot .thir

wt la a loci1 or 8peeial X4w ragulatlmgthe affair8 of ootmties ins tiohtlm or ktlolo S, Seotiw 66 fi? -a CuaatitaCloaof Tm.8~. Fr&nk NrlBht, ikge 6

The case 0r altgslt 18. Cnzalt, ccl si 400, boids thatbxar county Rood Low, providing ror an aznucl 8alery for cazsi88?oner80r aounl:c8ror cotlng In all oapaolti~a, YM unoonstlt~~tlonal, a8 an attempted ..regslatlon

**or** oountyurair* by local and 8Qaoiti la*. Th8 ca8e Of Srlth 18. %tat9, 49 tjll &id 759, hcldr that tho conatltotlonal prohibitlooagalnat 8puial lan8, oannot bo l tMhd **by** making law appllaobleto l pre**tended** o&are aad th8t a 8tatuto Ob388fflin(t,EUItiei&ditf~8 by populatllan

Ia *apaoIal~

### ii popalatlon doe8 

### not afford a fair ba8ia.forola.salflcatlon but the atctutcmerely dO8i@atO8 l 8illi31. ziunfoipal~ty

under tha ~180 Of Olasaitying bl pepulatlon. ifa quote rrom said ua84 a8 folloa8:
.A eon8ldcraticnof tho clasalricctlon oreatodby thm aot lnvolvod in tho prosent oo8a ln the light of ktlclo S, Saotlon 56 of tho Coaatltutlon,

priaarllycall8 for.thoepplioation of the rule that tho ieglalaturc **cannot evade**  the prohibitionor the Constitution by making a law applloablsto a lmdxmded Qlaaa, which la e8 laanireotod by the act, 15 fact, no Sla88. Clark V8. fhlSJ, 54 SY 34s. auprei. ,%oma of tke bat8 for datolan~niDg rkethcr l grctende&oh88 la **unirm8tod** b,p 8n cat an lnid dam br Eaqufllan on Mmiofpal Corporetfonm, bltm~ 1, pegca 4Q8499. ;wo wotet
suet ;~+&r**y~fp dl8tlnatioa,.uhlch rondcrr ;OM alaa8, la truth, blatlnat or dliicrca8from another e&88.

. . Tkore m8t-exi8t l mumab2.a jmmtlficatloa for tkr olacaitlwQiw tbrt 1~~ ,tha baa18 of MC dw8it f

oationX~vokod mwt kati a dlrw~'rel.a~lon to the me ot thr rare,

w'-,~*y?nr:

. ..z i *r Wo&U Eva.

m8 Imb&ib&W: t,,~Jq mc m,rrr, &-m: a& c- ipuor-

“k’ hRe Idew, m*ledg* *t lp rDhrr-aouaty in Tea has the ~gmlfffaatfon of aroa find

populnt~ion

deauldeu by the statute--- It is sufflaisntto say here th-t Omen we . **1-k** to the praatiaaloprntion of the aat, we are led to the aonalusion **thst** beyond

aot appllaable~

to that csunQ alone. Bemr 0inIat-y vs. Tpaa, 97 a. w. ala 467. me **that** reamm the act Is a looal eat eld one v&&ah it **maueyoad** the power of the bgfslature to

Vun4n's &uIotat0d ~iv3.l a&utas; TexasT~Qattitution, &Wale 5, Seattion 56;

**mis** 

### deptvtatent **held** 

### in its **opinion X4.**  **o-18** on l&r& 6, 1929, tfint Artfales 23720-l and 52226-23 Redsed Cirll Stdutes of Texae, 1925, the romter being egBplloable

t4 counties *hriAg e populati43of ?mt 1.86 thanfart~-a~tt~~nd,ninehandred (48 800) aad: not sore than forty-niaelhoassnd(49&X+) a& the latter applyfa to aonntle8with a ~pulatfon of mat f6itW then -r-&m tlmn~rorty-e~t tc2maMu, all30 llEum& a& 8Cnofpffw thowend, ano husdna .(&I 990) es& ne9~Wro t48,QW) ~aaoun~~ritha~poaulationoiaatl8ut~ ten *eamd,~three~~ant mc*eaty (l@S'POfM-not qre t&an tda -u, three hulared awl ~&3&y, (l9,839)~ aawtf3 ~elastpmtmdlnghtkml~ werewa04mtitutf.eJm1 ad tesa a* 8peufal law u&or hetics w, AlMel 3 of tb6 8tate CoIkstltats.4m, oitfng the 00 of ity of St. Barth v+ Bobbitt,W S# 2a4479qBon. Rank Wrig&, Pa&e 8

?e&sral Census, was void under Artlole S, 3eution 36 of the 

### stata Constftutioa.

Tbi8 departmenthold la its oplaloa Ho. O-662 on lluoh 21, 1939, that Boas. Bill 632, 46th Legiolaturo, uhioh prorldestor the attaohnnntof adjaoent territory for utaing parpoaes to tmna of not less.thanrour 

### tbusaml (4,000) lnhoDikate withfn ooiuatlrr of ah less thrn 

### threehaadrea thousaad (SO0 000) aaB sot mxw thsn three hundred and 

### SiSty thoumnd ~350,000) inhabitants aaoordiag to ths last precedlag Pedenl Ceasus,wa8 aascmstltutioaal in that it attempted to enact a loaal law sad fell ufthia the pohlbltioa of Artlole S, Goticm 36 of ths Cwmtitutiom or Tua8. This deputmeni~held fa its opinionHo. O-675 on Hsy 5, 1959, that the Legi*laturs was without aathorlty to ohango the boundariesor a oommoa school diatrist by speoial or loeal law. Citing Artiole S, Seatlon 56, a& Art1010 **7, Seotlon**  **5 of**  **the** Texas **Coastitutim; Ritter**  **VS.** aost, 65 SW’2nd 414; 3mwmfield vs. Tongate, 109 Yi; 2ad 352. This 6epartmat lmld ia its opinion Ho. O-TS6, on Sky 5, 1959, thet &us Bill go. 1048 of the 46th L&slature'rhiohbill would give the oorasissloaers~ oourt autbarltf to **rix** ths sa.hrios of aertaia county and Ustriototilaer8lraLl8ountfa8 barlag* po mtle88 thsa thirty thousaa~,niae hlaeor-on ef OW3W mr mare than.tAirty-6ae thmrmd (Sl,OOO) inhabitants assorb lag to the laatmpreead@gFederal Ceas ua uno4Mtltutto4sl * 8dvei4 as a rpeeialorloea~ law. Ci,*SestL6a66, of utile& Sr Coaimtltatlon ot Tena; Ott7 or **?srt** Bbrtb va, Bobbitt, SlL

SW tad 4’19;

Buar County ~sr F;lnm, 97 SW UrQ 867, This departmustheld ln it8 op%aian lo. O-7&3.

**5. Rank**  Wright, Page 9

?!tAa departmentheld in it.6 opinion No. O-MS on Way 29, 1939, that House BIU Ho. 1076, authorizing countieshavln; a popubticm of not 168s than three htired and twenty thousadn (320,000)and not CM'O than three hundrad and forty thousand (340,000)bhabltanta, aaaordlng to the last preaedlngFederal Census, to borrow money by theissufbn4sof r*l6assbonds,was uncon~stitutlcmal in that it attmqted th eaaat a spesial or 14eal law in **riolntion** of Article 3, Seation 56 and 57 of the Texas Con8tltuiioa.

This dapartaant held ln its opinion NO. 0499 cm &n--l, 1959, that E.&as BFU HQ. 860 nhi4h prodded roar travelhag expen~fm of aamty a4wmissi4nerslm eaaw ties having a population of not less #an twenty-two thousandona hundred (22,300)acaordlng to the last preccodin&

fedoral Census,applied only to 

### Upsbar County, Texas, and was ummnstltutinnal In that same vma in rioleticn of Seotlon 56 of Artl4lb 3 of the Texas Oonstitution. Ciclng numerous autlmritias.

Therefore,you are resgeatfullyadvised that it is tie opinion or this departmentthat House ?ill ISo. 4747 dftheM$laLe&slatureoiTexae is unuonstitutionaland void in Ita entirety.

Truuting tlat thh answers your IJlquily, we am vuy truly youm