Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. ... _..:.- ,- -_ . .; ....J _.-. 105 : .. - . f Hon. Aubrey Robison - Page 2 * %?rovided, hOWQVlW, .tncounties having less tbfm.elght thouaarid.and one (8,001) schulastics,where tlietot& expense for 0ff%m aeslatlmt5doas not excead . TuonCy folir Eun4red Dolll3rs (~2WO.)~ per IIIIIMQ~ tho salary‘of the County Super- . Lntendentnsy.ha tu3tRt a aim not to .excoedThirty Six fiund~edDollem l iiz;i ;;;;my b y ec flo n of the:Co mty Provided, however, that. in no Lraetenceah& the salarlco a8 are I. herein provided bs mre than Six Eundre4 Dollam ($600.) fn~roaae OQ8l' the preoent 5aXaric~.for the fm+e sclwldsticpopu- ; - ~, elation bracket.*. ~. "The Coqnty;&ard of~Trustae8of PdarrieCounty. ‘.. vote4 unanimouslyto pay the Sugietinten4eqt 1 BunAre !RIphirty-"Lx ~Dollam anRua3ly t&ifng thLs actlon under.EouseBill Xo. 292. The total oxpanss for office assf.&~ent,a 18 Bightesn Iidn4rw~- Dollarra($Moo.) .'. . _' ,. ._ : . “I tiouid&ppreciate a @II&+ 09 the coq- " .' structionto be plimxb-an Sactioti1, of Bouae~i3lU :.. !?o.292, lbrty-nba$h Le&islature, en4 especl~ly .,.' that parf;~readIngr. ‘~Provi4e4,..howober,that l.nn& instance . ahail 'theaalosies as.he~eln'pmVided be . more thsn six riuadre4Dolla??a($500.) Increase over the precent aalariea~foor ... the .oaneacholcrst~cpoptiatfonbracket,' S.naoSar~aait,concerns~the legaltty of the Couuty Superintendentof Harris County receiving au ~snuual salary of'Thfrty-sLxRur$re4 Dollar~~($XQO.).a Eouae Bill 150.292, t(gthLegislature of Texas; reads In part as f'all.o??sr .- I Don. Aubrey Robison - Pee 3 Bill,Do. 328, Aota, Forty-eighthLeglnlsture, . Regular Session; 3943; Zs &men&34 to hereafter rat14a~ followe: a~Sectlon~l. Sul.aryof the County Supcr- intohdtent.The elective.Co*antySuperintendents of public Inatruotfon shall roceive~tram the Avallablo School Puud of thels?rcspsotivocounties 3nnu3l ealar~es baaed OA the ocholasticpopulation OS such oountiea 83 follows: "Population ArouRt .~" ‘. i i . . . . . . . . . ! - '3,qol:p-f 4,ood ?;.500.00 . : .. .‘.. .: / . . .~. •‘~ . . . . . : . '*Provldod,however# in'oouutfeshaving ~loas~+tn eight thou&, anQ~or10 (8,001) schola3~~ tioa, where tluj tcptsl expenea for of@x tt8slet3xkts doe3 not exooed Twenty-four Eun4re4 Dollera' ($2400) .peranmum, the salary of the county Super- .dntendentmay to set at S szn~not to ercet+Thirty- SIX Hundrad Dollnrs ($3,600) per'annum by aotion of the County Board of Trustees. ProVlded, ,a however, that.ln no,In3tBtlceshell the salarlas as are .herelnproviQedbe more th3n Six Run4rod Dollsrs ($600) inaroase~over the present ~~3.3.8rb38, for the sem scboZa3tic populati~'brachut.YV ...~ The Qovernor.M~e4,Rouse Bill 292, without.kls ap- proval, in the Offfce of the.Secretaryof State on June 25 and as have &at obtalhed a copy-of same; ThLa-bZ11 was passed by the llauseby the Polloving vote: Yoaa 120, : '; Keys 2, and the House conkrred in Senate amendments.by the fOll.GWin@: VOtC: YCU% l@i,;uRYti0. It WRS pa,s~ecJ by the Senate by the PollovLrkgsotor Yeas S-3,3nya 0. It In, therefore,f.nfnzncdlate&feet, but tbare will beno funde vith FihLchto pti,y tha increascd salarl~atl uz~ti~. sfter SePtedxe 1, i945. .Ya quote the follovirap: from Section 1 Of'the hct; . . . - . .. .- . . . . .- _ _. %m. Aubmy Robisou - Page 4 officeof the cotity aupofinteudentaitdthe s%mo &all be dotemined .by t-he.resident scholastic populationof the comty.. lt sh%Zl be the duty of the Couuty Board of WUstees l;ofile the budcat for county adnin~alqatianexpense with the Stnte Department of Rduoation ou OF before September Slrat,of each sc.ho~%aticye%r, the budget to be app?l'OV%d ad CePtifiEd t0 by the .PEB%dGilt Of.th% County Board OS Elucation %nd attested to by .the COUnty SUp~i4llte~iellt.'phecox@%rmitfouheroin provided for sh%ll be paid n~onthlyupon the order of the.County School P-rust&es;provided tb%t the Salary tor tbo month of September shall hot be pald until'thenCounty &perl.nteudentpresents a receipt 'fromthe State SUperintendozAshe- that" -.heh%a wde %ll reports required of h5x1." Thfs In&et ‘la for the Wiool year begfnul$~Saptem- bar.1, i945. The preac~1tbudget for the'Suporfntendentof fbrrl8 COUnty v8.sba8ed on his3 UabWJr Of $2,000.00 ~&?P~6ixUim' 'and, therefore,no more th%u $165.65 per month siaybs paid to hlq~uutll the now budget fop %945-.46 la ln effect. You tie, ttirefore,.%dvl%id that,uo chenge is made by .thiki laarIn the ,' uut,llsfter September li _’ .:: aelary of the County sUperJ.ntendent 1945. ‘It is our ii&her opinioq that after sucli tlnie: : .’ ,. (Sept.:1; 1945, and sSter ths 19&5-&6 bud&et is in effect):. the molln~un%slary whhio,hho%n be allowed to th% County ~uporlnteuduzt of’ Jbrris County ull.kl~bo tbs sum OS $266.65 per no&h. .~ This , aawunt is b%sed upon,the nk&aum %nnu& mlarg allowable tider H. B. 292 yhlch we hold to be the.stm OS $3,200.00 per %imuzn. He c&a,vfnh to czS%rlg point out th%t s%iaw Sk- CXW~BQB for public oSSloi%Ls %PB .cXoarlyRrospeotiveend ape not rotmact,ive. TNn has been the ~unffom holdtag OS the courts end of thi8 depa&xienC* Thorefom e8 polqted out %bCve, When the sslazy &creams becomes effective; thenCouuty .