Therequirementsinthe rulesofcivilprocedunthatfeesforsaviceofprocessbyash~or wnstable be taxed as costs and that such costs be collected by execution only after judgment do not constitute a lending of credit or a grant of a thing of value in violation of the Texas Constitution. We disapprove of Attorney General Opinions No. 2996, MW-461, JM-533, JM-749, and JM-1229, and any other prior opinions of this offiwinsofar(Istheystateorimplythatamrecnditsaleofgoods or services by the State or one of its political subdivisions violates the credit clauses of the constitution.
DAN MORALES Attorney General of Texas
JORGE VEGA Fii Assistant Attorney General
SARAH J. SHIRLEY Chair, Opiion Committee
Prepared by James B. Pinson Assistant Attorney General
p. 2099