Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATI‘ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Honomble I. L. Uersn County Attorney LiimestonoCounty Groeebeck, Texas Dear Sir: Oplnlof~m..~-e44o Rsr Ghiirgerequired by county Erecutlve COIQ- gour otter of ray 30, 1940, hib,~de fQ rtment as to the proper ada rdr.the 0rm0 0f st0t0 Rap 5-e emtstlve District, oon- Texas" by the County Exeoutiv6 you oallea our attention to *a Annotated Civil Stetuter, o might be oonetrued PI ap- 2447 this department held that 0tatba civil Statutes, IIouae 8lature, ma null and void, or Artiole III of the Con- We are enoloeing a oopy or thle cle 3116, Vernon'e Annotated Civil Statutea, raeas a8 r0n0w3; "No pereon'8 mane shall be placed on the ballot of a district, oounty or precinct ofiloe who has not paid to the county exeoutive oom- fklttee,the &mount of the estimated exprnae of holding such prlrcaryapportioned to him by the oounty executive oonmittee as hereinbefore pro- vided. Provided, however, that no oandidat$p 184 Honorehls L. L. wren, peg0 8 for nouAnatlon for chle? juetloe or eaeoolute justice o? a oourt o? olvil rppeale or Sor re- presantatlvo In Oongeee 0r ror dletrlct judge or dlntrlct attorneyor any other dletriot of- fice in repr*mmtatlve or juaioiai at8trlots oompoeea of four or core oountlss ehell beg- qulred to pay more then one (81.00) doilslrto. any oounty lx e o utlvo oommitteeor other pereon for any pertloularcounty a18 him port1011 ot eueh expenseior holdi- euoh primaam end ehell not be required to pay any other mm OT mm@ to any other person or oommLttee to have their neme.:pleoea on the tiaket a8 rutihOenalaete. Iloeeodidetee for mm-at-large and al2 those who em aenaldatee for Stats oitlaee to,)) rotoa upon by the quelirlea voter8 a? the whole a3teteshell pey to the aheir- mea of the Stcto Xxeoutlve Ooemittee one hundred ($300.00) dollem, end 4h411 not be required to par any other mm or mmm,to any other personor aommltteoto have their nemw~ 1404d on the tloket aa euoh oanald- ate.* (unaes800rsn8 ours) It in thereron, the opinion o? thle depertment end you are rsspeotrully advised that oenaideter ror the orrloe of Re- pZWentative ?rfXethe 6let Eh#pTe8entetiveDlstrlot Should be a8eeUsea not more than $1.00 by the Oounty Exeoutire Oommitter ee their portion of thenexpense of holding l primery eleot1oa. very truly yourr ATTORNEYCRX%UiL OF TEW Aeelstant