Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF-TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER
SELLERS
ATTONNZY
GLNLRAL
Honorable Ytansell Bryan
District Attonw~
KoLennan 00untJ
%aoo, Teza8
D8ar slrr
on the nbora qukrtion
has been reosl~ed
an 8manda8at to 1-t
‘.
or Texa8, proTides,
awful for eny-city
to require or per-
The Bill further proWids that *if required
to work on 8ny day whloh has bebn designated a8
the day OS the week that auoh mambpr of tdd da-
partmeat should nat be required to be on duty, ad-
dltlonal oompenk3atlonat the rate of the an3
one-half uvertlnteoomputedupont he bad8 (d th8lr
Honorab~s~st8n8ell Bryaa, &?a@ 8
monthly salary shall be pal& to them ror rmah atl-
dltlonal tie a8 they ax-8r8qulred to'workg.
Therfbalter the Bill plac88 a p8nd.t.yagain8t any
oity ofilofal or LUI~O~Ola ohargo oftthe firs rta- .~
.&ionwho VfOlat88 any provision8 of thb law.
What 1 rould llkm to know 18 whbther or sot
aall82 LleAat88115 S4 l City of 40,~ inhabltuktr
or mor8 8aa roquiro or penit lt8 flro08n ubl po-
Ummoa to work mrr’tban 12 hour8 in'8ay 001 oal-
oWd8y, ormmotbam 'Ithourrinanyoaa arS8ndrr .
week, or more than 144 hour8 ln'any two oonrooutlta
&8&tWO8k8 ff Mid City wf8 it8 tfmWft Uld
polla8138n tfm8 d om-half ior raid ovortfmo. Th8
‘qUe8tiOA 18 whather or not the present wr and maA-
pow8r 8hOrtage 18 suoh iA emergenoy a8 to auor a
city of Ix),000or mom lnhabltaat~, unarr the Bill,
to workmore than the nqulred hour8. .: 1
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m further quote iropryour wall pr8~ir@d brlsf a8
tOibW81
‘ThO 088@ Oi ,XO@lirO Y8e City Of Ddh8 170
SW (a)
728, by the Goaml88loa of ~ppeala, sy& Ii
and 3, 8t8tO8 iA Q8rt 88 iOlh81
**A eareiul ooA8lderatlah OS the quoted 8800
tlOA8 or the 8tatUte lead8 to the oonolualon that
overtim work by a fireann 18 not in lte8u pro- I
hlblted. Tba probibltlon 1s to the arequlre@aAt
or pnulttlng* oi overtlma work. A tlramnnwho
J8rfOZW8 orertima work either in an OuKTgeAOy ar
OthOr'd80 UAdOrI'OqUir658AtOr OrmfMiOA by a
6tlddpa~t~ 18 entitled t0 addi t%OAti OOmpMM-
tloa at the rate of tlm8 and one-halt overtim
oomputed upon the basis of their Qonthly salary,
whloh in this oase~is the'adnlmua of $WO per
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Honorable stadso.11 Bryan, Togo 3 -
month. To hold otherwise would Aulllfy tha &m-
&IL;O quoted whereby addltlonal tKvrpAs8tlon 18
allowed to flre~en who are require4 or permitted
to -ark more than the hours and days provided in
.the statute. Then language show6 beyond cueatlon
tbst ot8rtime work as suoh is not made Illegal.
A ZWAiOljdity i8 ``11ZOd for tb I'OqUirOWJAt
or pedfttfllg of Overtin work either in 85er1zon-
Oi8i or othGld80. T& nqUlrOabAt Or p0r&3iiOA
or o~orti~ work 18 ma40 8n ofreAm agaui8t tii8
orry orrlolal in oAarg8 or th0 fire dapartaent in
dl QllM8 OfO6pt 1A aA oWrgon0y.~
-0~ ~111 not8 rmi this that the only tams
that a City oaa work ~lt8rlram8n aid polloom~
mOre than the l8, 72, or 144 hourz),as aat out IA
t.haBill, is in ease Of aA emargenoy. I be11OV8
that tbo pro88nt war is M eesreenoy a8 1s con-
te0pltitodin SeAate Bill 54.
lTh8 0888 Of mU8r Y8.’ &IAtyre 8t d, 168
Y$ (2) 1818,3yl 3 an4 4, holds in part as follows:
**It r0qufr88 AO 8tlVtOh of judicial,preroga-
tlr8 to take Aotioa or the oxtr8ma eaergbnoy aa-
?rOAtlAE thl.8OOUAtr& Or tA8 AOOe88lty ZOr prOapt
as ~811 a8 QML8tlO aotfon~by the exooutlvo and
l8gi8latiY9-branOb to estab~sh, moblllae, 8QUip
and train all the armed for008 noomsary fsr both
defonalve an4 oiSsnslve operations agalnet those
toaara now engaged In a highly unlfled aa deter-
mined effort to doatroy our goverruaentand people.*
"1 realize that the Leuor oass 1s an ~Q~UAO-
tlon suit against a looal draft board, but I thlak
that the Court*8 holdbg that there is an extreme
emerganay would settle the queatlon that there 1s
aA enmrgenoy at this ti08. It la, therefore, ay
opinion that a City of 40,OCO or niorelnhabltants
oan mqulre or permit it8 iireamn ar*bpoliOemeA to
work more thsa 18 hours p6r oalen4.m day and 9or8
than 72 hour8 per oalendar week and 00133 then 144
hour8 ln two c-onseoutlveoalsndar week6 4~ to the
faot that there la an am0t;gonoyorletlng and a A8A-
power shortage, but that the City must pay time aA
one-half overtim for all hour8 ln 8x0099 of those
set out in the Bill."
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Eonorablo. %43ASe1l Bryan, E-B644
You are advised that in our oplrlon a8 to whether
an easrgenoy exlets depends oa the fsot situatloa in eaoh par-
tloular city of more than 40 OGOinhabitants. Coeditlons saj-
be such in your City, rasultkg froa the war and the mnpo::;or
shortaje, or from mm3 other oauso as ta constitute an odor-
gsnay, suoh as rouid nuke it lmposalblo to provide protection
to the llreb and property of your oltizona wlthout working
th0 fiTMlt3A 8Ad pOliCO0OA OYICtfE~. 10 th18 8VOAt .tbs City
~offlolalswould have the authority to work the aboatmnntloned
l3~loyo*8 aore than the U, 73 or 144 hourr, a8 aat put in
the statute.
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se onoioae a copy ot Gplnlon ho. G-6050 of this de- 1
gartzcmt, a8 It lrvolves praotioally the sam quo8tlon that .- If
y3~ Cave oonrrontlng you.
very truly your8
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