Court Opinion

ID: 4142400
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:21:31.916899+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:40.498371
License: Public Domain

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   OF TEXAS
                  AUBIIN
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Soaorebla      C.      J.     Wilde,      Pege   2

      &aid for the tine.servea in eueces county
      on the basis of.tha re>ortars of both the
      94th and 117th district'courts. 'i'here-
      .?ort%rfor the.l28tk distrlot court haSa
      period of iorty we*ka in Nueoes county.
      -The repxter for                  the   Crb&ial   t¶i3tfiot   coart
      h&s 8 period of                   fifteen vreeksin Mlacss
     ~County.                  '.
            "Is it &r  oL?ini& that the saloriea
     'of t&se court reporters be'@.d on th0
     .baais of $3,0X.00 3er almuuizfor the tfm'
      served ln,~uoces Couqty only. This, of .~
    - COUlYi%,would not affoot the salaries paid
      these r%gorters fro.3the other oountioe in
      whiah they serve.
           Vhe -miaY ~trzkmlly believes 33
      stated above t!xatthe rqorters should bo
     gaid on.t?l%sebasis ot5arxk~s it would b%
     discriximtizg to yay the r%;rortnru  of
     t&se courts, who serve in IJueces Coilnty'
     full ti=leaxi roceivs the salmy of G3,OCO.OO
     end to pay the rej7orters'in,Shose ooarts
     Miich ser~%'S~f;usce%
                         County only aart tise
     on the basis of ..$,?CO.GOfor the time
      served        in       Eueces     CoUKty..”

         titicles~232Sb and L327a, V&sn*s~A&otatea                          civil
Statutes,‘r%spectivaly,resd a3 follow:   . : :
               *A%.&     The 'salaryof the official
                         l    f32Bb .

    .ixhortha&rqortco!   in eaoS~Judiaia1~Iiistziot
     i:?eny coo&q of this Stats which al.oc%..con-~
    ~~atitutes two 'or~cra~Judi~ia1'Xistricts,inky.
     addl.tioato~thn c~pells%tlon ior l';ctulscrfpt
                                                  :.
     fees,+sprovidea br law shall be .$3,COO,OO .~
     por.:anni~~,~t+o
                    $8 paid as the zmlsry of,othsr
     COL~t:repcrtersare pia,    out of t.lls'general
     i'und.~~~
             Ethelcounty."
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           rArt..2327a. In eacb~JudicialDistrict
   J 09 this Jxste.conposed,ol one colmtj-only, arS,
     ir.?:hichcouzty thsro is oniy one District. .
     court, and sfso In 'anvilJudiclEg 3i3triat
     coqogad of two (2) Or Sore coultias, snd.also
     3.neach Judiaial District co=$?%sd of onescouaty,                       ,.
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Dxorc!Ae c. 3. iViilde,
                     ,2?age
                          3

      wdch    cougty c~aqosas ak30.8 prtion of an-
       othar Judicial District~i',thesalary of the
       official Court Sie>ortershall be Wenty-
       seven ii$ndredDollars ($27CO),  c;erannum,
       it additioa to the cosp3nsationfor tram-.
       crigt fees aEd allotsames roz enpilses 50%
      providsd.by.lsw;said saltiy td be gaiU
      nmthly by the Co~&ssit.aersCourt of t!m
       00uct.yor counties, out of the Ceseral ?und
       of the co~uutyo~countins, upo.nthe certi-
       fiqata of the ijistriot~
                              Judge; p.zuvidedth&t
      via acy Jufi.cialEstrfct c~