Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

_. - . . 7 OFFICE OF-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS -- ._ *. . lon&~ to the Stat. aad final37adJustand- l0ttaO hi0 a00001Lt 4th th0 aarptron0r OII. orbsforo tbelotaa7ofMa7ol*aoh7eu&d t0 0t~bi0 hi0 t0 d0 00, th0 aoasli00;00006* aourt oholl oomsno on or beforo tho srd IIoh- da7inAprll?or~~3mrpooaosoxaml~8nd aQpmdllg hla alol 8ott1uent papeR.. Art10107Z61, as amended,pa&. So. 6 reads: "Tha~tuoollootusolmllilmll7 ldjtut sad settle his 8ooouat uftb the aomtoofoauo’ aourt for tlto ootmty toxo8 .,i oMotsmeodsathoaannu with Mt. St&e.* . laobtax oolleotor W- Art10105898, as amon4ob,&lot . ._ %%o ff6t~a IO=, dthin th m Of - MIS sot shall begin on Jonuar7lot of oooh you; end oaoh dlotriot,oolmt7 sad prooltlot a tfi0l 0 hr0a ia .xl0 h i0 m te!l6makethenna1 0ettlomoItt roQuirod ia tIr0 sot tlotlotor than 7amla~7 lot of 04oh roar;...." Th8 8bOVO ~E'OTfSiOEO UO MtMbtOl?7 a thS &Mrt OS the tax oollootorend Us oiflooand oro poriorublo nlthout allyaddltioml rllowuloo or OOuQOOoOtlOO onr and the ma w lolu7 ollowodor tluthorf106b7 ltotuto. ub o vo The order oannot h eooMtru@ lh twe o th o nr fs tho a onn mmtthorfoed allonanoeof ooapsnsstion ior Wh duties above set torth. The -80 Of th0 OtOtUtOO DtiSOdb- 1~ the PadDOID@340~Ot0 bOi2yt0O~OirrdO rfOEtb0 (la Itio sfo no r s’ Oo tq t th o .mr to ma k el g r eo tu o llo wsno o ;$g that authox%ed and fixed under tha Offf~er~* 8alar7 . The duty ahawn in the Order being prti117 fOr --- ._. * -J - . whioh the 8darJ Of tha airi i0 paid, ArtioldJO, . 301 and 1ola of Vernoll'o AnnototsdPenal cod0 49ss, -mokosit 0 penal orrons*for the tos oollootd to fail to ~rionr ouoh dutleot Wa do not thb& the Constitution or the otatuteoauthorlu oxtea ~omponoa- tlon or plaoo a pnpioa qa meh dutbo roqulred to be ~io nud a nd a t tho o a mb th e mo lto I$ l p ena lo iio nso io r tell- t0 PO*- 0860. . It lo, taemioro,tlI*opiaionorthia Depart- ment that the ammlosioMro' amlrt lo unomoed to mok.oaalIowsnooof~atlPLtothees-tosoolIoetor ~'~fosB to ohook out and make the fiod roportoof his :