Hon. J. U. WHLB~T Opinion Wo; V-1360 gig: CT, Re : iWx?amr-mmqfk~a13atlon Falfurr%=;-Texas .of~ tfia..;.my.vpfxp.ers and their Uepntlea and Dear Sfrr ~,, clerks-Yx-BrWOkS county. ~''Ptm%stre~ rsqnea~~~,an~,.opf~~,,cDncarnlng the marfntuu~~copymnsation of the catty officials of Brooks 'Catme ,&ndtheir deputies, assistants,and clerks:
Thwmrhrry uf-th&tXmnty @nmiaal~onersIs gov~rnsd~~~~;Articlas~~2~50 3912g, V.C.S. ,ancl Att'y mm; 'op. v-1327 ,(1g51). Article 2350 provides in : *In ~vuatirrs~h~vl~~~~the follvwing~as-~ seased~va~~tl~a~,~~~~espsc~lvely, as ,shwn by-,the,totalasaes~aad~valnatlons of all prop- e~~~oeFtff"lud~~~tha~~ormrrtgasseasorand a~~e~,by,,~~.,Cowal~~~ars-,Canrt, for county~purpwaes;fur~t.fis~-pmmioas 'year,fran time to~t~me~;~~~tfi~~Com~ty~ommlsaivners of such,~countis's~shall .sa~ rec~elveannual sal- aties not,to exceed,,ths-.,anrounts. herein specl- flad, sald~aalar3~~s~~ta be*pald'tn.equal !dlOTIt~~y-~%3l~t~b&lE?Ilt%, (l/2), at''k6WBt.-ECN3+??llf and nataxFaaeizrg~w~frmrtfrs'(3/k), out ,of,-~~...~fi~-,and-'-,~~,..Fund,,, ana. .tfiere- malndwr-outs-vftYse'~fMnwalT-imU~w~the coun- Sy;.,said.assessedva'lna~ona~nd salaries appltcable~~th8~eCv~ being as follws: * . . .
"$10,000,001and less than $12,000,000 Hon. J. W. Wilson, page 2 (V-1360)
not to exceed 2,200.OO. $12;000,001 a@ less than t2O,OOO,OOOnot to exceed $2,500.00." Section 1 of Article 3g12g provides: "The Comlssloners Court In,each county of this Stat& Is hereby authpp lzed, when in their Ju@uent the,Ziman- clal condition of the"eounty and,ths needs or-the officer fnstlfy the %ncreatq, to emtur ~m'order imreasl.ng the aompensa- tion 0x=the ,prsclnct,coupty.and;distrlet o?fiaers; or efther ,of,then;ln~- tional amount~~~not to~exoeed~~~twm
~Sinm~TtrOwimWnmtyhaa a-tax valuation or $lg~,?J4.,&@(~95a,,ta~,,'~O~l~)~,.,~~.,~ximum base cornpensat~~.aPlawd..%fie~~oan~~caxmtis~~onersunder Article-P350 ?LS $2,500.00.~' Sectiu~~l or Article 3912g'~~~orizws'.a~,~~crease.,i~,canpensati,an. %ot to excae&,tve.**five,.,( 25,),-percmt- .'of,+%e, mm al- lowe~~.~~;,tfn~~~av~,~rrr"t~.,~~~a~,~.year~vf 1948.0 Since'.Br~,,,eomr~~.~~a,tax'v&~uat~onin 1948 rolls) ,of$lI.,~2~~,~lg~.OO, (1947 'tax. the maximum allowecPun&er~-tImlaw~to,tha~~county~comutle8loners In 1948,wm $2~;200..00~ Therefore, Article 3g12g authorimmam kncreaa-e.3m nsat%m,.tiotto ex- ceed $550.00 ~(2~~qtw~ent In view of the'iolrs@ng;~.it3~ ~~~opiPivn~~thrrt.the~~mxlnmm salary that~+maybwpald~the county mmmissloxers of Brooks ~count dtming 1951 is $3,050.00 ($2,500.00
- SeAAm House Bill 265, Acts 52na I'.of' I-w.9 R~.S.1951, ch.,Tgl, p. 675 (Art. 3g43e, V.C.S.) provides: *In each county of the State of Texas Hon. J. W. Wlleon, page 3 (V-1360)
bating a apnlatlon of,lessthan twenty timus%& P,2O,OOO)fnhabitantsaccording to the last-~precscllng Federal Census, whwrva-11'thecounty officers are com- pensatsd ma ~$alary~baais;theCvmls- 8imeri~Court shall detsMm.-amually th'e'salary,tv,,be pale the cvunty treasur- er; prwided tfra*t"the- ,annuafsalary to b~pa~d,t~~e,..c~y.~,treaaurer shall not at any stunless than One,Thousand, 16i~ght'HnnUred~ Dollars,($1,8+X-)per~annum." ~~~~~~0~~~hu'~absova~'~~d.~pr~B~orre, the Comw&miwms-' B~t,lnay.,~arat;"Dfrs,,,sa~~grg-, of the Count Tr3atstzmr~at~~any reammable ,amountnot less than P,~OO.QO per annum. Att'y Oen. Op. V-1327 (1951v . "$hrcw-~gr~~.~annty,'baw.a.'gopulatlvnof less than Z9,OOO~inhabltants'andfts county officers were compensatedau a salary,bars18in 1948 and are now ctmpwmate~ on a 3alary%asls, the salary or the resmiting vmun~~tifl~ctala is governed by the provlaivns of Articles 3912e-12 and 3912g, V.C.S. Artlcle~3~912e-12pmwiaes~: "In all c~ountiesof this State hav- ing a,popnlatim of lese'than twenty thous- anB (2O,OQ@),according to the last pre- ceding Federal @msus, and in which coun-' ties 'theCvmdssfonerrU%tart~~~hamdeter- mineb-~~thz&%mccmnty~off%clals &all ,be cnnpensa%sd~m a.~salary,,basls, such Com- miasPom3m Courts are authorized to fix the salaries of cuunty ,oiflclalsIn such ocytmtles,their deputies, clerks and as- sistallts.Said cvmpensatlonshall be paid in~mon~hlg or se?Pinrvnthl$ Installments,as aalci.Court may ,determlne.Provided, hw- ever, that no salary fixed herein by such Caaanisslon~rs Court shall be in an'amovnt to exceed Five Thousand; Four Hundred Dol- MS ($51400) ror,thenCounty Officers and iw,an ,amvun-t of Three,Thousand,Six Hun- &red Dollars,($3,600) for Deputies, Asslst- ants,'anc¶ Clerks;'provided, further that no salary shall be Set at a figure lOWer,,than that paid for the Calendar Year 1946. Ron. J. W. Wilson, page 4 (V-1360)