Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Mr. f. L. Maasi* QountyAuditor Yalllon,Toxaa DearSW on the above thlrr otiloe. rollar’r ottioe ln lx o o a a o f r io er sth e no i o n.4 in y o urlettn, do er p p r emlunleon nmty b o nds re Artfuls 024 9prorides axablevaluation of Thlrt;y lam or aore ahall pay a rea- ation B of Artlol~SE?99reada, in part, aa iollowst l(b) &oh ottloer pame&in thtaAct, where he reosfml a salary 88 eoqensation ror hla rorvlooe, 8hall bei ungc$wod dl per- mittohto purchaseandhave0 rged to hits oounty all reasonable expense8 neoeasary in YLr.T. L. Ya8~lm, Tebwrp 15, 1959, Page g the roper~8 legal00nduot OS his 0rri00, Or-Ju08 on orrf6iaa~ bondr, promfur oa -Sire, burglary, th.?t,robborylzwraaoe proteotlng pub110 funds an4 lnoluhing the root of auroty bondr for his Deputler, auoh lx p a !l8es to b e r 88d o li; p r e4 0~r mln.d a nda llwedinc nd a nda mo unta a 6 ,nea r ly aa posmibls, by the Comlsrloners' Oourt onao oaoh month for the uwuf.ng month trponthe a&laatlon by eaoh ofiloor, atacing the , probably amount of l p endltur an13otha neoeaa ty iOr the mxlmuse~ Of hi8 Oftlo@ ior maoh on6ulng Panth whioh applloatlon ahall, before4 present&ion to 8ald oourt, ilrat bo oxdoreod by the County Auditor, if my, ,othenriaethe County Troaburer, only aa to whether l'undsare available ror paymnt of nuoh apansso. The Uormnlssloner~~ cotartor the oounty of tho SherlfSta resl- den0 53y, 0 up othen wr itten a nd a wo rlpnp ll- aatlon OS the Sherlti etatAng the neaoeelty thworor purobasa equipment for a bumau or &mlnal ldsntlflaatlon, ruoh as oamraa, finger print eardr, inks, ahaioala, aloro- loopes, radio and laboratory lqulpment, ill- lng oard6, riling oablneta tear &as tid other lqulpmant in keeplug with iha'ryrtem in use by the Department oi pub110 Arty oi thlr %uoh purohaees ahall k made by maoh orfloer, rhen allowed, only by requisition in manner rorided by the Oounty Aualfor, ii any, ot iiend6e by the Comniasionerot court. Eaoh officer shall, at the olose of eadh month of hlr toaura of otfloe araka an ltcqnlaodan& wornreport of-ad qprovmd srpenas~ inourred by him an4 obargsd to hllr oounty, aooompanylng suoh report with ln- volos~ soverlne ruoh purahaees ana requlrl- tione lseued by him in aupport of 8uoh M- port. If ruoh lxpenssr be lnourred tn eon- neotlon with any partloular 0888, 8uoh rapti Mr. F, L. Massle, Zkbruary 15, 1939, XW6e S shallnamssuahsase, 8uoh rsport, lnmloe~ ma nqul8ltlon8 shall be subject to the lu4 lt Ofth eCountyAudito rit ,m y ,Oth a r uf8eb y the Osnmlsslsners~ Oourt,and if it appears thatanyitammsnotino.umd bymoh otil- ler or that suoh item was not a aooo~nry isgal expense0s suoh 0rfi0e or 0hU.b &en roper nqulrltlnn suahliun alhe by s&l aoknty Auditor ir umrt rejeotoa in whlohoaae the payment of mwhltemneq k ~&u4t4pted in any onurt 0s oosptent jurls- All suoh approrsd olalms and lesounts shall bz pala from the Offlosrs~ salary Fun& unlers otherwfw prwlded herela.a Artlole SSQQ applies to all sounty otiiolals named in Artlole 3883. The tar aswssor-oolleotor 18 fnolubed in this artlole. xn view 0s the rorefoizf authorities, napeotnllly advised that it a t 0 6pInlollor t partment thst the premiums on orfiolal~bonas or the tax lsnssor-aolleotor ahall be paid by the o.ount out of the Offloers* salary Ybncland that the State 9 B not lla- ble for the aymsnt of the pramfuns on any bon&s whatso- ever or ooune y oftiolals. Trusting that the rolrg0ing uuwws your in- wry, wa r.maiJJ Assistant