Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Eon. E. H. Thornton,Jr. Chair&+ Approprlatione~Comlttee House of Repreeentatlvee Austin, Texas Dear Sir: opinionNo. o-496 Re: H.B. 259 In regardto the suspensionof all statutes fixing salariesand the enablingoftthe Legislature to set the amountsof such salaries. Your requestfor an Opinion,aa to whether or not H.B. 259 effectively suspendsall statutesfixing salariesand enables~theLegislatureto set all ealarlesat amountewhich It deems proper regardlessof any other~statutory provlsione,hae been receivedby this office. It le the opinionof this Department,after a carefulexamination of a copy of H.B; 259, that the bill operatesto permit the Legislatureto fix the salaryof all State officersand employeesnamed in the bill wlth.due regardto the exceptionsembodiedtherein,and that other statutesfixing sala- ries are'suspendedexceptwhere euch statutesare merely repetitionof conEti- tutlonalprovisions. YOurs~verytruly, BY /8/ Ross Carlton Ross Carlton As+k%nt RC:jm:lm APPROVED: Id Gerald c. Mann AmORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS