Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. HMar8bl8TQ c. luag Not8 AMIte Awla, PU88 DoerST?.z.lagt Opialon ITo.O-lb3 80; Log8Utyof Coamlaeloa uploy444 reaeidng twa far aaofflclaf aota. Your raqaoct for M o)bnion 44 to wbsthor it la lawful iOr 8S 8R@?y88 Of th8 hHiO8iOlWsZ Of IaPPrMOO OF Oth- indiVid= Ml to oollo8t 8r r8amlv8 mn8y rnd 8pproprl8to it to hi8 own MO fit w llnt8 OS -at8 Q fmd8hlag eopieo of d-8 or rourd8 or t&a SportaLoat au8 8arrle.8 8r4 pcrroxE8d 8rt.r 0frio8 h0027f bp * 8~ 0th4rth8, ha ban ~0d~4d 8t this of- ii88. Unda thm deolslona, Iif* re.1 iElpalledto 485' thet t!le quut.ion 0r tha aaploysora riet to rat8sn the re0 4harp3d de we&da upon the question a8 to wh4tkx the a-i00 peiformd i8 8LL oiriOi01 OZ Uktairioi81 ~4. Ir tim act la orfldol, ho ala80 ddi7U th8 f.8 OhSW@d t0 t&8 f%t8, OthOl'Wii38then i8 Ii0 l.OW t0 pr8V8llt hia ntO%&l6 it. In thm mso of Croobl County Cattle Co. t, hmtrnott, 3gl c, w. 293, Amarillo court or ClVil Appeals, thm Cmttb CLmpuxy ~8d8 8 a~ntr~i? tith n tax OOllOOtOr t&3l!kUrdSh eertiilQate8 that 811 taxee on eertoln lanrlsAed beon paid for oewtfblnp4Q8 lmlb ywu. Yho t&x co.Xlsotor 4ued tho Cattle Carip8n.y$or tha amount s@aod apon and the dctuiuo w84 that the t8x oolleota? woa not entitled to suoh psymxit Eiaoa hl4 oonpens&tion u88 ?TO- rldod by law. Tko orfloa krea ollnw4d l?w3OTtu2JT, th4 oourt ikOlcii~ that the oart%flaat.a,er4r4 af a kind ha umld mt have to -Iso, and (I charge far tiloh was not ?rotldud, under tha statute and that hin furniahtncz th4 s-4 u8 not 4a 0rr10501 sot. ~'Awb3.b cdflo~r la not ontitled to receln, far the p&OIWW4nOO Or hiS OiriOiil dUtl48, 4#1g 4~prIWOth3R 0th~ than such as la prorldsd and paxmltted by lew, red oennot r44ov4r ror the perforloaao of oats wIthin th0 sa0p4 or his 0rficri8~ fiutiea. 3t OII 0rri04r MY eara a reward, it he 1s under no obllgatlcm boomam of his offia:al Ohar8oW to &O the ~rtioulcr aot ior rhlah the nword 18 prom&sod. Th4 goaoral prlnolplrl prohibiti* pablio offlaars from reoelriag rewtrda ial't& pBCIBfllM0 Of tbir OiriOiSl dutlos do.8 not pmant tham rr0i8 4ntiuiqg Into cgr441mnt4 with prl- rat0 lndi.riduab to rendar unofZiol81 nsrvioea Ia 008Sida8tioa of biroot oamomm~on Id- -id +- 8mh aUY%Q48.* 22 R, C. L p8r. 235, pt 540.‘ hPfPr4iV8 &I 13 tb 0888 oi x’8YFirr T. -8ull& 15 5.s. * 227, (“up. ct. ) distiia&rhiag botwaea the otiioiel end noa-off14l8~ aots of 8 shdrr 8ndnllouinr: Jhs sh4ritf a r4wnrd for 8a arrm4t whbh ho we8 lagelly not ohlr;Ligod to naka. Rmfuenacis 8b0 I& to 3iEumrP8 Ve %Fdin ~Orrst~, 164n.r.ll5,. “UpraM bUFt ai b7il. FWJO@liZ~ th8 Pi&it Of 8 oluk to nttinaon8g seaad atbouthis offloala anunoftiolj- W8r. Th8 qwtlon now srh~u whsthor the EWiO84 mteatiorrd in roar qrwatlon are4 offlola cirUaOriiCIi8l. . i+atatUt8 yovldes for the 44lTiO8 Of UOk’tpi&l~~ ‘list8 Of Se;Snt& OF fir48 w h3 t0 h4 OOliOQted rQF MY OUch &@XTiti. That im a 68~73104 rhtab thr, IMti81lO4 C4l8miS8~atli3F Oaa not be requlrsd to parforn ~5 a pert or !&s dutloe. This j of OOLWS8, sp91lu* to &la oPrploye*~. %u ore, thanr0r8, adrlsod th6t it Ia -Th8 CclraidSiOaeF Of ~IUMF8IlO8 shall ahBFg8 and r~elre for th4 tsr or the 3iate the r0iiwinc: rosa: Vor every 409~ of any papar riled in hia depsrt- ,~mMt,for trsoh1oowardr . . . . c . . . . .20 “i%~ 8ri~ hi4 ‘airkiti 6481 kd O&dry’- la&‘toth4eu8 . . . l . . . . . . . l . 1.00' Kfltda~2O,itla Qiuit8 9lSinth8tZOrrorPlShing UYtl- 2l.d oop.le8or p8persinhls onlea, th8&4tU8lW4CwriiS8i~aed hi8 rflw448 l&St OOlbOt fOF th0 Tthk 4 oertdn tse aad It ir ba&arlal whethor euah OOpie8 ar0 m8G4 during regular offleehours '00not, Tha Ctata*o rl@zt to ito gzeaoribed r68 oan no8 k dafeatad by @ 014rk'8 y182db43 t0 th. tOl@Atioa oi CM- 8 aorttrlod OOPJ liwr r iV8o'olaok. n8 blibro that AFti 3gm Fo0OgdZe8 t&o UaOeFtifi8d copy,,and that i.f a par804 d44iraa'suoh 8 copy h8 I$ 8t&it&d to g8t it, ad pay for it at the rata ~$20 per hundred words, wlth- out p8y%&ga.00 roz, a omtlf5aato w&loh my not be aeotlmd’by bk.