313.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
iiororableCompton ‘ulhlte
county ruditor
Preestone county
Fairfield, Texea
Dear Sir: Opinion No. O-6666
Your request
reads aa Sollow8:
uder the old salary
;;enike X.11 YS. 122, N!ilC!i Ha.9 p3seed “j t:ie
l.ecrLi scss$.d’~; oi’ tit it~islrtimc acd wxicii ,;overl;s t,,;t:
iLcrarsi&~“of .t!:e salaries If tse officers, ~depities,
assist&-its and clems therek.za;zed, provides ic *art LS
followaL‘
“Section 1. That Article 38’91, Aevised civil
Statutes of Texas, 1925, as aseoded, be ar;d tte
sane is hereby anended by addin& trereto the
rollo-*lng:
Lonorable Comgton Jhl te ,
“(a) The Conmlerlonorr
COlWlli~8iOnOr8
Court 18 hereby
ruthorlzod, when
In their jud&mnt the flnanaial
oountr and the need8
oondltion of the OountY need8 of the
ofrloer~ $+ify the lhorease,
.. to enter _an order
lnona8lng tne oompenratlonor tne preomot,
oounty and dlatrlot offlorrr In an additional
amount not to erooed twenty-fire(25jb) per oant
of the 8u1p allowed under the law for the fl8Oal
year of 194, provided the total oompenaatlon
authorlz8d under the law for the fI8Oal year of
did not exoeed the 8Ul of Thirty-air Hundred
~~ljifoo.00)
DOltir8.l
“Sea. 2, That Art1018 3902, Reerlaed Cllll
Statute8 of Texas, 1925, a8 amndod, be and the
aame 18 hereby amended by adding thereto the fol-
lOwIng:
“‘9. The .COlW&l88iOner8
Court 18 hereby
authorized, when In their jud@wnt the flnanolal
oondltion of the aounty and the aood8 of th8
deputler, a8818tant8 and Ohrk8 Of any dirtriot,
oounty or preolnot orrloer jU8tify the lnorea88,
to enter an order lnoreaalng the aoapenratlon of
deputy, a88latant or alerk In an additional
:.~8uoh
amount not to exaeed twenty-fire, (235) per oeat
of the 8up?allowed under tho~lar for the fl8oal
year of 1944, prorldod the total oomp8matIon
authorized under tho'law for the flroal year or
W~a~~~,not eroeed Thirty-•lx~iiundred (+3600.00)
"sea. 3. That Section 13 of Article 3912e,
devised Civil Statutea of Texas, 1925, aa anended,
be and the saue I.8 hereby a;nended. by adding thereto
the f ollowlhg:
“‘(e) The Comlssionero Court is ;lereby
authorized, wiles ir their judgsmnt the fihancial
conditior of the oouaty ard the needs of the
officers justify the increase, to erter ah order
Increasing the coragenaation of the precinct,
county and dlatrlot officers in an additional
amount not to exoeed twenty-fire (25;) per cent
of the sum allowed under the law for the fisoal
year of 1964, provided the total oompez.satlon
authorized under the law for the flacsl year of
1544 did ;ist exceed tAf su: of :;lrt;--six ..ii:dred
(JStG.GGj 3ollr:rs.’
;ionorable Compton White, x-we 3
“SOO. I. Thlt Seotion 15 of Artlole 34120,
Aevi8ed Civil Statute8 of Texas, 1925, a8 amended,
be and the 8600 L8 hereby ameadod by adding
thweto the following:
"'(b) The CoJuai88iOnOr6 CO-t 18 hereby
authorized,whea in their Judgment the finanoial
oonditloa of the county and the need8 of th
offlocrr jU8tify the iJlCIM80, to enter an order
lnoreasla~ tho oompeaaatlon of the preolnot,
oounty and dlltrlot offloerr ln Ia 8ddltioaal
amount not to rxoord twentpfitr (2S$) ger oent
of the 8ua allowed under the law for th8 ii8081
year of 1944, provided the total comnratlon
authorized under the law for the flroal year of
19 did not lx o o o the
d rum Of Thirty-eix Bundrvd
(&I%~~ DO~8r8.'m
Whlle~.theahove law authorizbr the COmui8aionera*
Court to gmat.inonaeed in 8elmLa to the various otfloer8,
depUtiO8 arsistaate and alerk8 therein wmed 8ooording to
th8 p~0d8lOn8'th8r8Of, it i8 our OQinlOa that it l8 Within
the di8OlWtiOa of the Codrsionerr~ Court a8 to whether any
or all of such officers, dejxtioa, a88iatantS and olericrshall
be granted tuoh lnaroaaerr in their 8SlSrlSS, Thi8~dOe8 Got
apply, however, to the salarlea of County Coml88iocerc. It
h8a been held by thlr &apartment in GpikilonrX08. 0-6575 and
O-6588, ,oople8OS which are er,olosedhurewith for your in-
formation, that the salarlea of County Commlrrlonerr are
fixed and oontrolled by different rtatutee.
Koueo Bill 110. 84; which waa ala0 pa8asd by the
reoent reseion of the Legislature, tuenda Utlols 2350 of the
iievlaedSlqil ;itatutes of the State of ‘Zkfca, 1925, so thet
8ame now reeds in part as follows:
*je’ctior: 1. ‘Y:st Artiole 2350, Zitle i& of
the .ievised *;ivil Statutes of the State of Texay,
1425, as a;?esded by i\cts of tl:s: %lrty-n;;l:h
Lezislsture, .le:uler ;‘~:scio~, Zha-,tir 1.35, Sect-ioz
1; and as a:zr:ded by Acts Df tie Fortieth Legis-
la:ure, ~e~-e 435, Ohe2ter 240, .%ctior 1; mid as
amended by AActs of the Portieth iecisl&ture, First
Called Sesaioo, Bai:e 138, chapter 46, section 1;
and as amend.ed by Acts of the lortyythird iegis-
lature, 3e~d.w Session, Chcipter 216; and as
.
.imorable ioqton .ihitc, pece 4
mended by Ad8 of the Forty-third i&l818tUN,
Firat Called Saaaion, Chapter 83, gag8 220; and
88 anended by Aota, Fortr-fourth Legialatura,
Regular searion, Chapter 362; be and the same la
heroby emended 80 aa to heraarter read (18followa:
"Artlola 2350. In countlea having the roi-
lowing saaeaaed raluatlona, reapeotlrely,au ahown
by the total la a a a a rraluatlona
& or all propertlaa
oertlrlad by the oountr aaaeaaor~and approrrd by
the Comlaalonara court, ror oountp purpoaea, ror
the prarloua year, iron time to l&e, the Oounty
commlaalonara Or auoh oOUutla8 ahall eaoh raoel~e
urowl aalarlaa not to aroead the amounteheraln
apeoliled, aaid aalarlea to -be paid in a ual
monthly lnatal&mta, at laaat one-half Pl/2), and
not lxooeaing tbrea-rourtha (3/i&), out or tha Road
and Bridge xund, and the remalnder out or tha Oeneral
Bund of the dountg; raid aaaeaaed valuation8 and 8al-
lrlea applloable~,~thereto
~. being aa tollowr
,. ”
,Aaaeiaed Valuationi ': 1~ Salarlea to be smld
~.eaoh Comlaaloner
kiot to erosed ~3,500,000.00, 88 prorlded at end or
this Seotion.
.,
4 ,SOO,OOllandleer than
a ,OOO,OOOnot to rxoead 0 i,500.00
& 6,000,OOl and leaa than
9,000,OOO not to exoeed 4 1,800rOO
+ 9,000,OOl and less than
10,000,000 not to exceed * 2,000~00
,10,000,001arhdlee8 thm
12,000,OOO not to exceed * 2,200.oo
,li,GOO,OOl end less than
20,000,OOOrot to exceed * 2,500.ocJ
320,000,001 and lea8 than
30,000,OOOnot to exceed i 3,000,00
&30,000,001 end lea8 than
79r000,000 not to exceed * 3,600.OO
.
Jonoreble Conpton :,hlte , vm 5
w 75,000,001and lean than
120,000,000not to erosed $ 4,000.00
4120,000,001and lean than
40,000,000 not to exceed .t 1,,300.00
fi40,000,002 and lean than
400,000,OOCnot to exceed $ 5,500.oo
8600,000,001a$ ~Ffxoead
+ 6,000.oo
**Ii oountlea having aaaeaaed valuation or
leas than Three tillion, Fire liundredThouaand
Dollar8 (i3,500,000) eaoh Com.iaaloner shall re-
oalre Five Dollar8 (*5) Dar dag ior eaoh day nerved
aa Coumlaaloner,and a like amount when aotlng an
ox-off1010 road auperlntendent In hla Ooamia-
eloner~a preolnot, providing in no event ahall
hla total mmpenaatlon oxoeed Twelve Hundred
Dollar8 (il200) in any ona y ar* Provided, iur-
ther, however, that In oount1en having National
Foreat Preaervei and with leaa’than Four biilllon,
Five llu~~dred Thoueand Dollar8 (4+,500,000)valua-
tion that the aalarlea of aald Comalaalonera ahall
not exceed ilghteen iiundredDollar8 (&800) per
pareta
Under the above provlalona, aaleriaa of County Com-
0iaalonera may be lnoreased, in the dlroratlon or the com-
miaalonera~ Court, to en amount not to exoeed the maximuma
therein named. For your further lnformtion in oonneotlon
with firing the aolariea of County Commiaaionereunder thin
afieelided law, we harid J-ou aerewith copy of our JpiLloli 1.0,
O-6622, whioh deala with aald matter.
Your attextloil is directed to the furtair fact thet,
iii our opinion, nry of Lie ircreases in aalariee ebove re-
ferred to would be subject to the buQet law, (Art.&ga-g--
664a-11, v. k. z. 2.) and tL6t in order for increases of
8Uc;I salaries, or ecy of them, to be nade ttiereurider, the
COuty budget would have to be asended in accordcnce with
said budget law, aa set rorth in our irpinlons ;:os. O-5184
and 0-5053-A, copies of which are enclosed herewith,
316
aonorable Compton #hi te, Rage 6
We trust thet this aetiafaotorilymawore your
inqulrr.
Your8 very truly,
ATTORWY QiilUBALOF TEXAS