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OFFICE OF TNE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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neuorablo Homer Oarrieon, Jr.
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Austin, Texas
Dear sir: Attention: Hon
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Your requeet for reoeired and @arc-
tpuy oonoldered by this do ote rmm your re-
f. Qobbti p&3r011owI3r
mush grow? ohsok-
If In your opln-
ng unlawi'ully aolleeted
oarerully oonsldered the encaloeed re-
am6 herein as,the eiame ilp lengthy. We
servatlone upon said reports
arrest Is excessive. The
ee Arttale 1065, Vernon’s
Annotated Texae Code of Orlminal Prodeduro.)
We enclose herewith oopiea of Opiniona! NOS.
O-693 and k963 whiah deal with arrest raea, oommltmnt fees
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and rsleaeb feeis, whloh will guide you in deternining whe-
ther or not such fee@ were Improperly aesessed and oolleeot-
ed in auoh oaees,~ The faota in eaoh partloular oa.88, or
gourse, determine the legality or lllegallty of suoh reea.
3. The twenty oases for reoklem or oaraleea
driving were Inpro er beoauee Article 7'30, Vernrm*s Anno-
tated Penal Code, Pthe reoklesrr or oarslees driving stat-
ute) has been held umonstitutional as a penal atatute.
(See Ladd V. State, 27 8. W, (26) 1098). Officers should
not eniorae or attempt to enforse orimlnal statuteo whloh
hare been held unoonetltutlonal by the courts.
4. Artlole 827e, Vernonlo Annotated Texas Penal
oode, prolrldeIr a penalty for paoeing rea ll$bt trafiio
~#lgnala on State hlgbwayr outoide then lfgtta of incorporated
oities and tome.. You do not State,whether or not Bufialo
ir an inoorporated olty or towni fi the tom or city ‘was
not fnoorporated then mob oanes would be proper; if in-
eorporated, the oity or town ors$inancres, if any, would
oontrol, and the oorpomtion court ‘and not the juatloe
oourt ,vMd have jurisdlotlon 0r the 0,rr~se.
We do not baoe euffieient information to eom-
rent upon other mattere&ated in the report.
Ti-usting that thla eatisfaotorily amwere your
inquiry ', we are
Vergtrulg yours
+WNWEYGYBJmAL OFTEXAS
Wm. J. Faming
Assistant
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APPRCWECMAR 1, 1941
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ATTORNEY GEERAL Or'TEXAS
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion