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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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. ..WD .-L ?obruarr 16. lVS9
e thsraaftet,
-Collsotoraof Taxov of muoh
1 be ontltlsdto roarirethe
e earnadby theiroffloerin
th ths prorl~lonmof the Maxi-
mum Ice Billiprorldmd,hater, that In
moh oountlerthe marl8tmanountof ieer
rhlohmay ba retalnd br much otfioer,ln-
8lUbiU~all lsoe*sraw, &all ti four
ThourandDollarm(#C,OOO),prorldrdmoh
offlowlarn8 raifloientiaer to pay this
amolmt.
'seotlon8. Saoh Assesror-Colleotor
0f taer eating ram in 0xoem3 or Four Thouland
un.
Dollarm y300)&all B&o alrporttlozl
%
o f r uo hl .~)
ln
a loordmoo rith thr
prorlslonr of the Mnlmm PO* Bill. All
Aaaormorm-Oolleotorr in oountlw honby
lfro0t.dIhallk lntit1 to .adrput1.r
a nd l~rlstant~In the nnnu luth o r lr d
In the Hukrn Too Bill."
Art.1010
SVOl-1 supra,
by Itr tona rmldem
that In all rount1.rha& population of not P.a# than
lS,SSO uldno t8o r thul
a M & 4 0l
,o o o r dIng
to th erort
no o ntlrdlablr Podoralowwm ana woh arallablo?o&
mal oomua thondtu, the ammomoor-oollootor of tuna
in moh oountlorml robin . rxlmum of #4,000.00If
the off100larm wfflolontioos to paP that amount.
The populationof Loo Oounty1s lS,bVO,thus falling
rithlatho tuma of thlr artlola. Lao Countylr the
mly.otity In the 8tdo rhloh,aooorblngto the la&
~cI;,'~Ima . population rithlnthe lImlt#~oolflab In
.
8ootIonW, Art1010S'of the IRateOonrtitutlon
provide, in put, w iollornr
wl. kgIrlaturo&all not, exooptls
OthorriW pIW%dOd in thI# OOn~tIttItlOn,
paw any looalor #poolallawa,luthorlrlag
....ragti&Ingthr affalrrot oouatlea,oltlem,
towus,wardaor rohooldla$.rIot8;....and la
all otherO~IOIwhew a ganorallaw oan be
made lpplloablo,no load or #peolnllaw rhall
be maotod; prorldad, that aothlngherel~
oontalnd #hallba oomtruod to prohlbltthe
kglrlaturofrompawing I aold lam for the
prownation or 8~. aa.3filh or this Stat0
In oortalnloo~lItIor.w
r/
In the oaao,Orar vn. Taylor 887 U. 8. 61, the
Suprue Courtof the WaltadSt&o6 de&d a looal1~ as:
Vho phraro Qooal law'mema prImwily,
at lead, a law 'Infaot If not in forp,Is
bIr*otodonly to a .p*oifio#pot.*
The ran, ,fXty of Fort Worth~a. Bobbltt,56
SW (2nd)470, holamamongotherthings,that:
*An aot lpplloabloto ootitleaharlng
non. 1. F. Klopa,Fobmary 16. 19SV.hilo S
l population of irom 85,190to 28,wx)ww
lr wlw and 8poola1,*Itlagifixaon 78.
Ru8011,54 Ohio 8tata490. Own OonntfOom-
ml~8108or~v*. @u&r, iS9 td. 575. and
that an sot lathorlslng bondsby lltIo#har-
lng ktwwa 106,000ad llO,OOOInhabltutm
by 1980 leumnmking l pplloablooal# to one
llt7 ho14 looallaw within oonmtltutloaal
proo+is1oa.= Oonatltutlor,ArttoleS, 8&tIon
89.
SW ww, kur Qo u nty VI.T y nn, lt ll,91
‘U (&IA) 867, hold@in lr fwt, that:
Wourtr In dotumlnlngwhothu lmw 18
pnbllo,@noral, lpoolalor looalwill look
to Itm mbrtuteo aad preotlod opentlom
ratherthan to lt8 title form,phnwo&ogr
dnoo othqrwl#oprohibition ad fun4mitd
laf agalnmt*poolalloglelatlon rouldk
mgatory. The ~1slaturo Day olas8lfy
oouutls~on baalaof popul~tlollfor pImpoH
or'tlxlngoomponmtlonor countyanb preolnot
ofiloerrbut olaanlfloatlonmat k kaod
on real dl8tlnotlonand met not be arbltrar-
Ily dorlmd to glrewhat in, in mbstmos, l
loealor spoolallaw the form of gonenl law.
Aota reducingnalarlaaor orfloum ln ooun-
ties of L90.000ud lama than 310,000populatlm
held Pnbeasonableand ubltruy in lta olurl-
flo~tloaand void as l rmolal law..
We ballevathat whetherthe mot in quotiloaI#
to k regardedas lpeolaland whetherlta operationla
unliormthroughoutthe Btatabpendr upon whetherpopula-
tlon &ford8 l fair ba#lafor the llaamlfloatlon of noun-
tlem with reforenosto uttua to whloh It rolatr8and
whatherthe resultit looapllmhoala In h o t l real
ll8r8lfloatlon upon that bamlmand not a domlgnatlonof
l minglooount$to whlohalone It shallapplyundu the
&so oi luoh.ilas~lfloatloa. Tha law ln quwtlon we
w drawnt&t lt lm generallx ion but only lppllodat
tlu tlm it wept intoll'fbot to-Em Oountyand probably
ooul4nuu applyto enothoroouat;l.k thinkthat a
IIon. 1. F. flepr, Pobruuy 16, 1959, Page 4
oouatylan ba AaslgnateAby Aworlptlon ju st l &for-
tlrelyls It oan b. Mud a&d that the appllcatlonof
thlm act I# 10 lmflaxlbly
fixedas to prbtentit lvu
: be& lppllombleto other eouxtls8.
d
Artlclm SBBS prorldem ln pmaral, that lotm-
tlos loutalnlng85,000 or 108a kabltanta that the few
to ba mtnlned by the tax l~s~s~or-oollootor,tax lsmomm-
or or tax lollwtor lhall k &3,400.00lxooptlm other-
wlw proridod in thl8 aot.
Iu ilew of the foregolugauthorltlos,you ub
rospootfallyldr lwdthnt lt Ia the oplelon of thlm Do-
putrent that Artlola SVOl-1 lo . qoo1.1 la a114,thwe-
for., la 8noomtltutlom1 and told and that the ls~o~mr-
rolleotorof tnxw for Lee ty mmld not be olltltl~b
to ntaln . mnxlmw Oc .a hi‘ fe.8 of otiloo
for the y&r of 1958 but that the uount of few to be
rotslnedby muoh oiffwr wouldbe gwernod by the gonon
fee law~ofthlr Stats.
Tru*tlngthnt the fomgolng luawerm your ln-
qulry.wm romaln
KrmRmT ORRKRN.OI TKxA8
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Mel1 Wllllma
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