Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN EoaorableX. E. Yamy couaty Auditar Tarrant cou!a~ 7ort Woeth, Texan DearSir: Your raguestfor 0 hre heroinrt6ted h6s beear Tour letterread* "Our DlrtrlOtCl@ situatfoa: Torrantcountyul8trlot 0 6ad dO8k8truohrust truutorred to TarnurtCouaty withoutrequlr~ hdequ6te 8eourlt~for oosta at the tlgb it is ill04 rith bin.” Hon. W. E. Yanoy, Page 2 "Art. ZO6a. me plalntirrmay be ruled to give uourlty for coat8 at any tlu berore flaal juaguat, upon motion oi the aof8nbantOT ang offloer of the oourt interested In the costsno- oruiag la ruch ruit and ii uuah rule be an- tored agala& tke pialatkf and he ran to oom- ply thereulth on or beforethe flr6tday or the nut termof the oourt,thr spitshallbo dia. lal8Ud." S~OtfOtI 19 Of krtl010 39120,VOrnon*6CivilSfatute6, readsin parta8 followr "Frod~lonn of this motion shallapplyto and ooatrolin rash oountyin fbe State at Texas havinga population in oxoou of oxto hundredand ninety(190,000) thousandlnhabltants, aooordlfq to the lastpreoed&g Federaloensua. 0 l .... "(p) It shallbo tie ofiilolal dutyof enoh olerkot the dlatriotand oounty oourteend of all JustLees OS the 800 to require at the oom- menoamentof any olrr 1 malt adequate6eourity for ooats;provided a pauperfa oathstaybe illedand ooatuted as prtidod b law. Ho dlstrlot county or preolnotorfloershazl underthe perialths now pron-o~6e$b law waiveany few or oostrbut it tie duty of all offiosreto (LSI)OB~and oollleot all teer and oom.Urlom whlohthey am permitted or dimeted by law to asses6and Oo$ot for seniee8 perronaod by them. hbre a oer reoelveaa salarypayablefromthe B3 cry &I oreatedfor 8uoh 0frioer all feel, aodn6lon6, and otheroompematlonreceived by him l.nhi6 of- tlolalcapacityahallbe by him depSlte& and paid monthly,or oftenet,intothe salaryfund oreated for 8uchorrloer,and auohraulttmce shallbe ao- omp.ahied by hlr oiiiolalreport thereof, aa pro- Tldod ror in thl8Seotlon.m Eon. w. f. YarrOY, rw@ 3 It le our oplnlonthat8ubeeotlon (p) of ~HAcle SQlZo,8upn muetbe 0o~truad In harmnr with Artlolea 8067 and d, VernonrrCivilStatutee,so thatthe alark mat filead dooketthe8uft, butattbs lar# tlaemuet malothe plahtm for ooat8. The above quoted provlelone of nrtloloS9lZodoornot et&e thatthe olorkrhallrqulre leur lty for ooete beroro the oomumoem3nt of the eult -but at fhe ooamenobrmnt or the ltit. Ihe malt is oonmenoebby the iillsq aad dooketl.ug of the petition. Truatla5taatthe r0mg0* rllllyanawersyour In- quiry,we remain ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS