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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repealing all 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 passago of thi! 

Aat, the salary of the county ruperlntuuloat 

OS Publla Instruatlon of 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 

federal Census shell be Thirty-sir Bundnd 

Dollars ($36001 per annum, to be paid in equal 

monthly payments out of the cOUUty?8 available 

per capita ap?ortiorment oomln6 to such aounties, upon the order of the County Sohool 

?ruste!.s. 

'Sootion 2. a(uce '. .

"That tha saLary of the County SUQ~dlltMdWt 

at publio Instruction oi eaah ootmty ti T-8 

haTill& a ~OpdAtfOn Oi not 14368 than fOrtrone thousand and tittf (41,030) and not 

sore than rortptuo thousand, one hundred (42,100) 

aaaording to the lent prooading Federal CsnSW, shsll Worn aad after the w88@@ Of thi8 

Act be not 1888 than the 81111 Of hr0 %'hOWMd, 

.I 'ightmu&edDollars ($2,8OO)peranaummd 

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,s ma& wwtiO8 8hau M WfTO 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 expenses had 

been lnaurred is the dlsoharge of hls duties 

as awh 8uperintsnduxt. 

Section 2-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's available 

and State per aaplta l ~portlon8ent oomlng to 

suah counties; providing that the mnth o? September shall not be paid until the County Superintendent of Publfa ImtrWtion 8haU hate 

prssanted a receipt or a certiilaate from tha 

State Superintendent, of Eubllo Instruotlon she& 

IngttLat he has n!sds all or the reports requfrcd by him. 

z~eotioa 3. samc. 

*That the salaries of the County Superintendent of Puhllo Instruatlon of each.aounty 

In Texa8 baring a population of not lesi than 

twenty-two thousand, 8fx humIraQ (22,800) anQ 

not RON than twenty-two thousand, eight huadred (ZZ WO), aooordine to 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,~fira hundredand tfftf.~ 

(14,550) md not zwre than lowteen tho%tmqQ, 

eight himdrsd (14,tWO], l coordln&to the h8t 

grwudiry Sederal fhWM, Shu ir O!S M d l ft8Z 

the pass&&e of thS8 Aot be not 1088 than the ,' 

aw of Tlmntptwo HwQrpQ Bollar8 ($B2all ud 

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, ?agr 4 

lnc: to We last 2etdsral %nsuo, &all ironi 

and after the pa&wage of thl8 Aot be not laso 

than Twenty-one Hrmdred Dollars (@loo) pez 

amma, nor niore than Runty-foPr Eundred Dollars ($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 monthly upon 

the order of the County Board of School WUEtam; provided that.the math of Soptuber 

shall not be paid until the Superintendent of 

public Instruction shall have presented a rocelpt or a oertiiicate from the State Suparlntendent of Pub110 Instruction ehoulng that ha 

baa mede ail reports required by Mx. 

Section b. Eepeal. 

"All law or part6 of law8 in conllitrt 

rith the prorlslonm or thi8 Act are hereby 

expressly npaled 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 ooontie0 Uxd 

the fast that ruoh auprintondentr em grOa84 

underpaid, sreate an emargenoy and awinperatlre 

pub110 ncoesslty that the Oolutltutlolul Rule 

raquirlng bills to be read on three 8everal W 

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+ 
23. 

,Hou. Frank Xrlght, Pago 5 

The population of Upahur County, i'exas, according to the la8t preaedlng Federal c8nsum, 18 twenty-two 

thousand, two hundred and ninety-sstsn (ZEJ99) iahabitent8, 

and it 1s the only county in rexa8 oopling within the poplatlon brackets 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 

population brackets set out in Ssotlon 2 of the Bill. 

the 

The popp la tlo or n Gr im8 County, Tex a e, l coording to tbs hu3t greceding Federal 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-two thousand, 81X hundred (22 600) 

and not more than tssnty-two thousand, eight hamdred lez,soo) 

listed In the'flrst portion of Saotton 3 of the Bill. 

The population 0r .lcontgomery county, Taxas, aa00rdhg t0 the h8t preosdlng fedOr Cen8U8, 18 fOLI.+mn 

thousand, iire hundred and alghty-eight, (14.W) and it 

18 the oniy aouuty in I'sxas oomlng within 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 

seotlon 4 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 ragulatlmg the affair8 of ootmties ins 

tiohtlm or ktlolo S, Seotiw 66 fi? -a CuaatitaCloa of 

Tm. 
8~. Fr&nk NrlBht, ikge 6 

The case 0r altgslt 18. Cnzalt, ccl si 400, 

boids that bxar county Rood Low, providing ror an 

aznucl 8alery for cazsi88?oner8 0r aounl:c8 ror cotlng 

In all oapaolti~a, YM unoonstlt~~tlonal, a8 an attempted 

..regslatlon or oounty urair* by local and 8Qaoiti la*. 

Th8 ca8e Of Srlth 18. %tat9, 49 tjll &id 759, 

hcldr that tho conatltotlonal prohibitloo agalnat 8puial 

lan8, oannot bo l tMhd by making law appllaoble to l pretended o&are aad th8t a 8tatuto Ob388fflin(t,EUItiei&ditf~8 

by populatllan Ia *apaoIal~ ii popalatlon doe8 not afford 

a fair ba8ia.for ola.salflcatlon but the atctutc merely 

dO8i@atO8 l 8illi31. ziunfoipal~ty under tha ~180 Of Olasaitying bl pepulatlon. ifa quote rrom said ua84 a8 folloa8: 

.A eon8ldcraticn of tho clasalricctlon 

oreatod by thm aot lnvolvod in tho prosent 

oo8a ln the light of ktlclo S, Saotlon 56 of 

tho Coaatltutlon, priaarlly call8 for.tho epplioation of the rule that tho ieglalaturc cannot 

evade the prohibition or the Constitution by 

making a law applloabls to 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 dliicrca8 from 

another e&88. . . Tkore m8t-exi8t 

l mumab2.a jmmtlficatloa for tkr 

olacaitlwQiw tbrt 1~~ ,tha baa18 

of MC dw8it f oation X~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 sufflaisnt to say here th-t Omen we . 

1-k to the praatiaal oprntion 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 populati43 of ?mt 1.86 

thanfart~-a~tt~~nd,ninehandred (48 800) aad: 

not sore than forty-niaelhoassnd (49&X+) a& the latter 

applyfa to aonntle8 with 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'POf M-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# 2a4479q 
Bon. Rank Wrig&, Pa&e 8 

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

the stata Constftutioa. 

Tbi8 department hold la its oplaloa Ho. O-662 

on lluoh 21, 1939, that Boas. Bill 632, 46th Legiolaturo, 

uhioh prorldes tor the attaohnnnt of adjaoent territory 

for utaing parpoaes to tmna of not less.than rour tbusaml 

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

three haadrea 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 opinion Ho. O-675 

on Hsy 5, 1959, that the Legi*laturs was without aathorlty 

to ohango the boundaries or 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'rhioh bill 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 OW3W ef mr 

mare than.tAirty-6ae thmrmd (Sl,OOO) inhabitants assorb 

lag to the laatmpreead@g Federal 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 departmust held ln it8 op%aian lo. O-7&3 
. 

5. Rank Wright, Page 9 

?!tAa department held in it.6 opinion No. O-MS 

on Way 29, 1939, that House BIU Ho. 1076, authorizing 

counties havln; 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 preaedlng Federal Census, to borrow 

money by theissufbn4s of r*l6ass bonds, 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 a4wmissi4ners lm eaaw 

ties having a population of not less #an twenty-two 

thousand ona 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 resgeatfully advised that it 

is tie opinion or this department that House ?ill ISo. 4747 

dftheM$laLe&slatureoiTexae is unuonstitutionaland 

void in Ita entirety. 

Truuting tlat thh answers your IJlquily, we am 

vuy truly youm