OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF RxAs
Crosier
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:jonorl;ble
R. L. Crooior, PaFe 2 .
The contmot dot33 not bear the approv61 of either
the Cozptrolloror the Attorney General. You aloo nuviseii
iir. Zcyd is not cn attornsy p.tlaw. In subdmms,
ti.:.t-
ym requs6t our opinion RG to VJhstheror not 6nid ccntrnot
ic c velld ons.
St k3 noterl thet unSor the contract a cons,iber-
c3i.ep6rt of i:r.Zoy&(6 autloo 6re connected wltiithe
collectionof delinquent texee. Us ls rocguiredto col-
lect ad.6 en3 fieurca ana facts pertnlnln~ to or rmes-
62&y for tke collection or Usllnqusnt tsses ana to gro-
aridQleUdhIg6 in lnetanco6 wY~crsIt 16 reasi-
pzre pt-psrf3
bls to 'k-in%suLts for t:?eoolleotlcn of doliriqasnttcxe6,
! in Artlcls 7335c, Vernon's Civil Gtatutee, it lo provided
thr.t*no contract 6?1cllbe mde or entered into by the
acn~ls61cns~a8court in ccnnectlon Mth the collcctlon
of ,iisllnquent
taxes %:herathe ooclpcnsstlcn unilereuch oon-
tmct 1s mora thsn.flrteenper cent of the znount colleoted:
.* %lFl cmtmct nuet be .zpgrovad by both the Comptroller anB
tfisAttorney Gsnsm.1 0r the.Stato of Texas both i3.6 to sub-
ctmce me form. . . . my-: contract fide in vlolatlon of
Ii;716
Act shall be voib." Follculnq.thcprovlfilonsof 5pAu
(,1, 6rt:ale 73356 it ha been Etginltely e6tsbll6hcd that oon-
Ii& trmtt..ettcq%ed to be made by'counise~onors~oourts in
qmnectlon with collection of c¶ellnqienttzxee ore abaolute-
ly mid unless approved by'the St&e Comptrbller end Attor-
ney C*neral.. E-U.tev. &Gill, 114 3. E. (2a).MO, by the
ZupreizeCourt; Za6terdcod v. HcnSer6cn County, 62 8, Y. (2a)~
66, by the Comloaion of &meals;.Sylvan Sanders CoGpony v.
scurry County, 77 S. W. (26) $09, by ths CouPt of Civil #.Q;
peals. It is tmncoe66ary for us to inquire further into
the contraot In que6tlon since it falls squarely within
the above cited cuaea. The icct that ths contmot dcee not
bear the approval of the Ccrqtrcller an9 Attorney Censral.
r6naer6 the eme void rc~mIlc66 of anything else. For
your lniornstion,Iyeenclose copy or 3ur opinlcn Xc. 0-2959.
Yours very truly
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