Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

“I ._ I OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Hondrablo I. ?ndooki COUld~ Auditor O~lvortonCount~ 0~1108toa, 90x88 D8rr Slrl Opinion MO. o-6992 VlOO8 88 8 w l 0 mntlonod 88 8 #mbOr Of did not noolvo aompoturtion provided for him. h8 rat p888.d br the 49th bgi8htUX’+ 8E18Kidiw Arti 5139, &WOV18iOU V88 ndo fOF 008QOM8tiOKi of not 1.88 thn $600.00 par 8nnum 8Kd not PLQM thrll$1,200.00 p8r 8MU& VhiOh a180 i8 t0 b0 paid t0 th0 COU8tJ jU&O -*8 V.11 l 8 th0 DirtriOt JUdge8, intVOlYV lq U81 iM t81 1 - 8OHnt8. Honomblo I. Predookl, ?8g* 2 'As th@ COW&y Judge l'WOiv.8 8 88l8l-yof $4,750.00 irOE th. 0ffiOOr8'S8bFy ?und in IllOathl~ iWJt8trhOnt8,JOUP CQiniOll 18 l'IB8~Ot- ?UllJ nquO8ted lf I 1138UthOriS.d t0 rpp%'ove l o&im 8ld 8lgn 8 nrrent payable to the Cwnty Judgr 88 provldod for in the 8PslldwDt to Artlole 5139." Artlole 5139, V. A. C. S ., 88 8Wnd.d by Hous. Bill 331, 49th b~i8htUl'O, prOvlde8r "In 8ll7aounty hevlng 8 popuL8tioa or more than 8Wenty thoursud (70,000) inh8biknt8 8nd le88 th8n one hundred thourand (100,000) lahabl- tent8, 8OOOl-31~ to the 188t pnoedlng Feder81 Ckl8uI, tb0 judg.8 Of th0 88Y8l-31dl8trlot8Ud O~ibBiMidi8tFlOt OOIAFt8Of 8UOh OOUntj, togothor with the oount~ Judge OS 8uOh Oounty, 8P. henby oonstltuted 8 JuVen118 Bard iOr luoh oounty. The U#Omb8r8oompo8lng 8uOh Ju~~~lle Bcerdln swh oounty rh8ll eaoh b8 rllcwed 8ddltloml aom n88- tlon of not lesr thsn 31x Hundred Dollars (3"600) r 8nnua8nd notmoro than'hrelva Hundred DolZerr r$1200) per annum, vhlah 8hall b8 paid in tvelve equal iMblhW&8 Out cf the @m.x'al fund of 8uCh Oount~, ruoh 8UW818dltiOMl OOEpOn88tiOn to be fixed by the Comml88iomc8 Court of suoh c ounty. "In 81~yaounty herl 8 population of one hundrsd thOU88nd (lCC,OOC 7 01'Over, 8OOOrding to the prwedlng PederalCenrru8, the judge8 of IeveN dlrtrlot 8Od OrtiiMl dI8trlOt OOllPt8of 8Wh aourity,togother vith th8 OOunty fudg. of l8ah oounty, 8re hereby oanrtituted a Juvenile Borrd of 8Wh OOwty. The rnnual ralary of eaah OS the judge8 Of th. aiv1l 8nd OrimiMl di8trlot oourtr of rwb oounty a8 mmbbr8. Of 8ald board rhall be Plfteen Hundnd Dollar8 ($3,500 in ad- dition to th&t paid the othm dl8trIOt 3udges of the Stste, 88id 8dditloml 88ir17 to k prrld monthlf outOfth0 g.Mlr). fund8 Ot luchoouxity, upon the order of the Coml88lOn0F8 Court." Honorable I, ?nd8akl, ?ago 3 a tth elundmont -8 The 8010 a ndlxpre88 p ur p 08. for the lxlrtonoo of 8 County Juvoollobo8rd in to p r o vldo oorkln oountlo8vtmn 1100,pr8vlo~8lylx i8ted, tarit, ooun- tie8 hwlrrg a pOpUl8tlOnOr aor8 then 70,000 lnh8bltantrand 1888 tlmn 100,000 lnhablkntr, looordlngto the la8t pmood- lag Fedora1 Consur, and to provldoaddltlorrrl lnnU81 oompm- 8rtiQil t0 th8 w&Or8 Of th. MVly 0OMtitUt.d Board. m la8t pzleoedlng Fedora1 COMW M 1940 pl80@8 the COurMO8 oi Camsron 8nd Uuooes, along vlth Oalve8ton, vlthin the popula- tion braokt o? thl8 Aot. The foregoing law 8peolfIoa11y provider that l8oh member of the Juvenile Board sh811 bo rlloved lddltlon8l ccmpmmatlon of not 1088 then Six Hundred ( 600) Dollar8 per 8nnum and not mor8 then Tvelve Hundred t$1200) Dollar8 per annum, vhiah Beard Inoludes the County Judge of Oslve8ton County a8 a member. Bolng 8118IMZ'UdBOut oi the O+giM1 IOt, vhlah h88 been ao~trued by our Court8 vlth refermum to the 88lary of Dirtriot Judgor, th8 langu8ge of themmndlng por- tion I8 8uffIaIent to aarry vith It the aon8truotlon plraod upon tha orIgIna rzmndod portion of the rat. JOM8 V. Alexander, 59 8. W. (26) 1080; Bollsrd et 81 v. H8rrI8 County, 102 3. Y. (26) 1961 39Tex. Jur., p. 175. It 18 therefore our opinion thatthe County Auditor of Qalnrton County 18 authorized to epprove 8 warrent proper- ly lrrued to the County Judge in aaoordanae vith the provI8lon8 of Art1018 5139, Y. A. C. 3. YOUr8 vary truly .- ,./ - . / r.5. __ \E Q”.,.“..