OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable George H. Sheppard
Comptroller or Publio Aocounts
Austin, Texas
mar Sir;
TWX letter of t
tiona ior deolrlan br’ this
EonorabXe Qeorge &I.Sheppard, we 2
aeal0~ exmbuiw8 working outride the State OS'
Texast~
abuse BLll 291, Aats Regular SB~IIIOII,
47th Leglrla-
ture, provhles:
*seotion 1. !Phesalaries of all State
officer8 and all
State employ&aft,except those
Conrtitutfonal State orflaera whose ralaries
are rpeolf1aal.l~flxed by the Constitution and
other ooapensation of DIrtriot Judges #hall be,
for the period be- September 1, l#l., and
ending August 31, 1943, in luoh coma or amounta
aa may be provided for the LeqlZslatuxein the
general approprtrtlon b 2 la. It in speolfloally
deolared to be one OS the inten hereof that
the Legislature &all al80 ffx % t:e mount of
ruppl&mental ealarieo hereafter,,out of dourt
feea and reaeipta, to be paia to the olerkx and
other euplope8 or the Wet of ?.Wtl Appeala,
the Supxeae Oourt, and the ~Courto? Grrdlnnl
Appsa3.a. *
irhg papent of atQq.flenlen~wlaP~er frtroa
court receipt8 and feem.to qlerka and other
esaployeesof the oouxtm~..oil
QWS% A&?p&s, the
$upreme Court, and th$ Ootwt of. c*.iainsJI,
Ap-
peal8 are repealed in’so.:tar,u; they ,ye ,in
aonfuot tith thir Ltirt.,
%eatlon 3. The ..ta& that mladsn or
aany Sta$e o$Ylaerlhid ~aiiip~c+~r
vets f%xbd
by statutea.at a tlraeMm+the state ma in a
honorable George H. Sheppard, page 3
:Etmoo e8perou8acndltlonthan it is at pre-
tL t there 8tatu%ea hamper the appro-
priatio~~aomlttees of'both Xouae8 of the Lee;-
lalature In adjuntlng the ralarie8 of raid
offfoerm and 0mployeu8 in their uiort8 to
balanoe the State's budget oreate an emergenay
aridan Imperative public neoe8rlty that the
Conrtlt\itlon8lRulerewidng bill8 to be read
011t&es several day8 in eaoh Hou8e be suspend-
ed, and the rame 18 hereby rrumpended, and thZe
Aat shall take erfeot and be in foroe fram and
af%er it8 pasrage, aud it 3.880 emtoted."
Senate Rill Ho. 397, A&m Regular Sesrion, 46th
LegL8lature, prodder in part am Mllov8a
'In oame of 8n examination of the oom-
~h~t8$;ani.sedundfm the lawn of Puma,
exmmlnatrcnkmadebgthel!exam
euthoritPa8 .alnne,or jolixt~~with the Znrw-
a~8 8up?vi8oPyautho~~t$e8 ef,,um~ state
or mta*eti,'the-expense80r rttcgma 4ama&i&lcn
due to '4erar,partio%patiarr~theretn,~~,ah8ll
be'
bornebye the acupny 'mder 8xaaln8t- By-
mod8 of 8Ueh sl?jat;i
shall al8.R8de 'by tlm oom-
itizzz
oi the mx8mlnerQ Rflmuneratrcra
:+Ld eqmnmS8,
4tUdthe 0-Z' 84Wl8@8 ai’th0 .@9p+PtlWIktOf Ill-
man, and all money .3cl$ieted.by aaleruoant on
forelgxaoompauler $035'.the
.aopt.~6t.&taa&u+tLm
rhall be depomlted ip’t?w.~8tat~.‘%wutrppby
the aha%mmn to the ara&lk’c@ the xnirpmse
Examlnatlon Fund oat oS~wbleh’&k3Jm be W
vamfiutof the State maptrd,ler of Fabps”ida Au-
eountr on veuoherof..fAaenbrLFIilrnOf the Board
of In8uranos conmlla81~8; the emr'm re-
muneratlan and mpe&e@ .ip the ~~muit~&t~mUacid
by the method bspeLiiatl;ei~.p~ida~,~~~ v’asS.fied
bythe$r aftidavitma:agprsved~~~the &iaSmum;
rprapriated $0x?that
and 8aZd miane~la .bexypbr
$2 .any,to ptbmab~in the
purpoee, the hafurnti-
Eonorable George B. Sheppard, page 4
IumuranaeRxandnation Fund In the State Tream-
ury *ubbj00tto b4 erpanded for the p!W&40848am
are other funds pLao8d therein. Rxamlner~m re-
muneration and 8xpenme8 ahall be the *am4 am that
whloh would be paid by the home state of a oom-
pany under examination to person8 oonduotlng
ths examlnatlanof a !%ua8 oompany admitted to
do bu8in888 In that state, IS there be no reoog-
r&red oharge for 8uoh lervioe, the ohalman ahall
Six a remuneration and expen8e allowanae of the
8xaminer8at nuch~reamonable SlguFe a8 he my
determine."
"Where the ohalmauofth4B0ml8hall
deen it advirable he may oomniesionthe aotwry
in the Board; the chief exmlnm, Or any other
examiner or employ44 oSth4Depsrtm4nt, or8xly
oth4rp4rron,to oondu4t OF arsistinthe 8xaml-
natloncSanyoumpauynotorgaa;leedund4rthe
the laws of Texas and allow them mmpen8at~on
am herein provldedi+xoept that the?
otherwi8e oo8@4n8at4ddarlngthet18ii?i~t~
a88%gmd to muah Sor8ia;naopiprny4mmlnat%On.
tjtabrthan am tlgamprovhl.ed,i+.the~ the a&u-
rFyOStheBocrrdCf&81~~~~9~~8l~~ IL0P
zany exidner or armtittmt 8haU oontlnue to 88rve
a8 8Wh&f,XfhllO ho~aa~hporltioP, he 8hrlx
dlreotly or lndtrectly wrapt from ang lnmuranae
O~.any48plop4nt orpag or o4ap4n8atlono~
gratuity on aoo4unt of any merrlae rendered or
to be rendered Or esy ae4ount vhatscreve~."
The term " employ a fixed and pe~icdiaal
~reman,eratiOn for the 84P 488 rendered illthe OQkWSe Of S
~a~- -Woyment 4 54 Coru Jurr, pp. ll2bll22. The pro-
~Isiona of Banate BlU PJo.397 quoted above do not fix a
“*$F&SF~,” but provide a askhod by~uhloh 048@4I+~tiOn fo* (L
(~peoial8emlo4, to tit, the ex8mlnatl0n of SoreZgn inrpr-
anoe ocqpanlea, eh.sllbe rov5ded. Benedlet t. United StateS,
176 U. 8. 357, 44 L, Rd. &3J~'(ext+asem@enm@i~ reaelved g0
Mmtrlot Judge for holdlq qourtout8ld4 of hi8 dlmtr.lrlat held
not part of hL8 oSSlci&l.a@iU$“), lIi&&ted
States ~6. Sh4S
(D.G.B.D.) 55 Fed. (ad) 38rit;:
383. (Oa~en8stion reoeivedby
Court &ler of $5.00 per d&r SqFeaoh dey th4 &HlPt 18 in
8O88iOIlIheldIlot"SBt&rJ" Wkdel'8tat~te poihibiting draWa
*al.ary of two or zuorg!
poeitionu totakingatopsthan $2,~OOcl.O0
yearly.) ~,.,,
2"
Xonorable George H. aheppard, pa4385
PbrrC fi.rStQUOStiCUIi8 *Iut?tw6din th0 MgatfV4,
a r ep ly
r ender ing to le0mdqUO8tiCllUl3lW088SW7,
Your third qUO8tiOSlis anewwed ?q 0~' q~inion Ho.
o-1471, a OopY Of Vhidl 34 8nO~O88d beretith:
YOUWVel'7 truly
ATTCRRXXCfXRRALOFTRXAS
RWFImp
Eno1.r Opldon X0. O-1471
AFFRQVX? am!. 14, 1941
4+rwer BeXlerm
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