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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HonoraI3Xq.&tyneBatterfle$d, Commlesloner
,.'Y:
.: Flremn's pm8ion Commls8loa
P. 0. BOX wfjg
Awtla, TeioS
Dear Slrt
,
uesting an opin-
ion,from this de
ortages in the
aondltlona.,aam
to work overtime
ment are -not requlr-
ertlme lb paid on
flremn vho work
oa'the basis oi~thelv
r should they pay into it ou the
erg plus the overtime?"
retoiore advised by this department in
3 aa follovrr
"Miter a aonslderatlon of the bill 88 a
vhole, the purposes OS the Aat and the manner
of carrying out the provis.lonathereof, ve are
of the oplnlon that it vaa the intention OS the
I,eglslatureto repulre the payments to be made
on the basis of the aompewlatioa aotutilg re-
ceived by the fireman/"
Hohorable Bay& gatterilbld, page 2
fMOi&C a8 the iaate vhlch invoked O~lnloa O-4323
were lom6vhat different from those aontrlnud in your later
request vu have again uxamined the provlelane o? Howe
Bill 24, Paty-fifth Legl8lature, 1937, aommonly kuovn ae
the Mate Plrercmfe Wellsf 6ad Retlreurat Law.
We find nothing therela oomtalnud vhleh would
ohango our
oplnlou ae preoiouely state+ tleatlon 10 of
thl6 A6t ir g-ted ln our earlla oplnlon and porldue that
the'dedwtlclrs are to be made iron thu member’s ealar_lor
thy overtIn pay reoelred by e fireron, G
1583 of thu Pea&l Cade, must be uoaelder-
ed a part of his ralary or uampu~8atlon aocordlng to the
well reoognlxed de~lnltlolrsof those words 6e set out Zn I
our eaPlier oplnl.oa.
Pour attentloo is also d%reoted to .thledepart-
ment's oplnioa Ro. O-4787, vhereln we held:
“Fireman B, who reoeivee a salary of $lOO.OO
per month a6 a paid fireman, and In addition la
pemlttedto live ln th6 Sire station with hle~
folpilywithout payment of rent, rhould aontolbute
to the~ftmhupon the b6ele OS hle iull,oaapenea-
tion - 88bPy, @US runt --land th6 lo&al Board
. ehould d6turmlM the 6Mou&t.a66ord%ng to the fair :
and recuon6ble runtal va&ieof th6 querture sup- '
&&tud t0 thU~~firUmak¶.This 18 a faot inquiry by/
the Board to be dstulml.wd upon pert,inunt uvi-
&MS to be hard 6nd UOWldured by it.'
Tru8tlng this fully ans~ere your inquiry, vu are
v6Fy truly yallre
BY /J. 3. 68-L 6b-0-k-a
H. T. Bob Don6hue
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion