RNEY GENERAL
.?i?E,XAS,
PRICE DANIEL
ATTORNEYGENERAL
Ap~ii 28, 1948
Eon, Doman Nickels Opfn%cm Ho0 Q-558
County Attorney
Wharton County Rss The maximim compensa-
Wharton, Texe.2 tfon of u radio tech-
nlciam employed by
th8 sheriff O
Yam mqueclt fep an opinion on the above eub-
ject matter is as follows~
“OWhat la tha i~ximum &alaPy which
may be paid to a radio techulclan and en-
gineer employed bj the Sheriff of Mhapton
CountJa~”
Subdivision (b$ of Article 3899, Q. Co 5.9 Ppo-
The Colpfsaioneps Court of
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0 0 Q
the county ef the aherfffns residence may,
upon the written and SWOP~ application of
the shapfff stating the neaesaitg them-
fop, puPchase equipment fop a Bmeau of
Cpltinal Identification, .guch aa cameras,
fingepppint cmds, inks, -chemicals, RI-
cpo8copes9 radio and j&&o~_ato~ 8q,uu~-~
_rent, filing carda), fflfng cabheta9 teap
gas and other equipment, in keeping with
the system in use with the Department of
PubliC Safety of this State, OP the Uhited
States Department of Justice an&fop, ,Bmeaa
of C~lliual Identfflcation,” (Emphasis OIIPS)
It wa8 held in Attome b)enbPaPns Opinion no,
O-6918 that although a photoatatie ~~.bifnor could be PUP-
chased fop the county clerkDs offfce, the Codeafone~a~
CeuPt did not have anthoPftJ to employ an OpaPatoP fop
such machine but that'lt would be the duty of the cowtj
clerk, his deputy, assistant OP clerk to operate the
same.
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xon. Dormaa Bickels, page 2 (v-558)
We heve orrefull~ exiimlmoil the vaM.eus stata*
tory provisions’~of this 5trte with refe~raos te the em-
,l*jrantlr persolulsl of the sherlff's'orsioe ubd ial1
to find a- statute dsali~~# exprrsslj~wlth thr emplby-
meat of paQl.0techa~cilns: Th8P8?6PO~ th8 principleof
law rnnouncedIn Opinion No. U-6918 is appllaallete
your in UIPJ. Whdn the Legislature pPOvided in sub&vi-
slon (b B of Article 3899 for the purchase of Padlo equip- ’
meat, it int%?iQed it@ the sheriff, hia deputy, clerk, or
assistant to assume the duties of Padlo technician and/op
operator. Therefore, the compensation of thedeputy,
assistant OP clerk assignedthe duties of padlo techni-
cian is covered by the provisions gevrrnlng the oompen*
sation of otheP deputies; assistants ud clerks of tke
county officers of &a&on Countg.z
&ace Wharton County has a populatioa of 36,-
158 inhabitante according to the 1946 Fe&era1 COPIW,
aad an rseessa4 valuation 61 $56,326,3% aocording to’
the irst rp~qved tu rcbllr, the ceqeneatltin of the de-
utlea, rsristaata and olepks of the county ofilcers of
L rten County is geverned by the followi~ statutory
provisionsr
Article 3902, Section 2 Iwads aa followsa
"'RIOCommlssltmers Court is hemby
ruthwised, whoa ia their judgreatthe
SSumi'al oosd%tienlf the ommty U the
Ree4.rOS tho 4oputsos,~urlstaRt% aRQ
a&arksOS ray U&riot, ciunty OP ppecinct
effloer ju.rtSSy the laarease, to enter an’
ec4er increasingthe cempensation of such
deputy, lesistart.or clerk in an addition-
al ahunt not to exceed twenty-five (26)
of the snr rllovodandsr the law f’e~ the
fiscal year of 1944, provide4the total
Hon, Do~man IQakePa, page 3 QV-5581
compenaatlon authorized under the law for
the fiaral year of 44 did not exceed
Thfpty-afx Hundred 36oO;OO) Dollarcr,"
Thmefom, If the ohfef deput,y is assigned the
duties of radio teohniolan his maxlmum aompenaatlon is
$2500.130 !$2,000 plus $5OOj, If some otI$~od;$O& :.lrk
op assistant is assigned t.he abltba 0
his maxc%mum compensatron is $212500 $$1700 plus @l&5)-
SUM!4i@Y
Bare a county has pWch@eed radio
eqtipment for the shapfff’s office under
the p~ovfs%ong of subdivision (b) of Arti-
de 3899, v. 0. s., the sheriff, his ae-
puty, OPeEk, or assistant must assume the
duties of radio technician and/or opsra-
t.#OP,
ATTOFS’EY
GENERAL0.F TEXAS
APPROVRD:.