-. 218 OFFKE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN QDULO 0.MINN .-001uu Xoaomblr A. t. Brrag, fr. CriminalMrtriat Attorney BllUboro, Teur Dam siri or Dtate npn- tte* ia orrtaia add attor thr eiieo- oouatiw .forf4 iaolud* TlotorialRopwon%8tiro, .iathe &e&l* laturo,#hall hare hlB.or her name &or& on mob primaq ballot in leh oeuntias, J 088 ad aatn as .. hs OT rho has pal6 to thr Countylkxaoutiv.Oom- mittee of the politioalpart+ whose n~i~tiOD ho of sho seeks, thr SUEIof tifty DolhrS ($50). Tt being the purpose oi this h06tto require c iF&: ant of Tlity Dollars($50) as a pnrsquislte CL tha name a? tha oandidats plaood on tha oitloialballot in any primaryslostlonin saoh and all oouatieshsralnabovssat out.# , Ssotioabb of ArticleS oi the Uonstltutionot Texas, reads, in part, as follows: shall not',axespia8 othar- *The I.8gislaturs rlss providedla this OOnstit~t~on,pass anr looal or spaoiallaw,euthorlaingr *And in all other eases when a gsnoral law aan br'mda appliaablo no looal or spsoiallaw shall bs snaotsdIprovided, that nothinghsrsin oontained shall br oonstrusd to prohibitthe Lsglslaturr?rom passingspaolallaws for ths reservationof the game and fish of thi8 Stats 4a osrtalnlooalities.~ The followingrulss are pertinentto tEe problemat hand t RUlassl~ioetionof oities aad oounties by population,and legislationagplloablato suah olassifioation,has gasrally bran sust@lned w&err a substaati~l,r~asonappearsfor suoh olassi?ioatlon. *Xi the olassifloatlon a? oltissor oountlss is based oa populatian,wEetheran sot is to bs ngardrd a8 spoolal,and whother its operation Is uniformthroughoutthe State, drpsnds upon whether population affordsa fairbasis for ths olassiflaa- tion with rsfsnnos to the mattapsto whioh it n- laths,and whether ths result it looempllshssis in taot a real o&ssifloatlon upon that basis, and not a designation of a singleoity or oounty to uhloh alone It shell apply, underthe gulsa OS ~.. 1’ * . waomblo A* 7, 1#?7aa, ifr.,740 3 .. Rrkor-Wa8hi4toa lueh llassifIoatlon, 00. tsr Xumar QIt7, 98 ma. t88 88 t. 981.9 blth vv *State,l80 Tea. ur.481*4* A.r. (U) ma. : *TherlasrUlsatloa 840 toa must net is real or rubstantial dietins PLou, uhloh mn4otr 011, olsss I8 truth, distlwt or dU?uaat fro8 aao*hw &or * l Tharmmust exist areamaablr l w$UloatIaa ror the olassifioatioa; thst is, ihl bUI8 of the llasstileatlea lnro&odRust hua a ,dnet ml&is8 to the tupow oz,ths &m * l. t l I MoQulUoa on mmt l*l Oa*ratlom, pp* 44, 4% Zt Is olearthatArtfolo 8lM0, br It8 tom@, a)pllor oril7to oountlw *hati a 70 ulatleaof not lers themfort - three t&wand aa& not more t& rort7-thr.0thounnd oao htan- clnd an@%8 all lountleria thL# 8tatehavl4 a popdatloa ot not ilss~thurslxt7thoasanl&A& not row thanslrtfthousand, oao hwdrdead la all oountles of this 8tato h&tin@not less taut ninotpaI&ht thousaM anl sot man then alast~l~o~thow- an&,rsoordt4to the lastpreorlhg 7obem.fOeasus when such oouatlssooastituta a W nsoatetito l%mtrIot.*fs UtiOlO 8~lbO'XS@#hMt t0 kc)tiW ib of &tlolo a of tJ30 ooa- stitutioa of Tens? Its thlr an attempt 00 thomrt of tho Legls&tura to oneeta leoal or 8 *la1 lawbra 8~ rnmllaw lUI ba aa1 has boon mdo l pplisabret Wo hold thatf[ t ie. k aPe wonsd that Bill Oaunty,Tans, he4 a pulatloa08 iopt -thrso thouanti aad thirt7-dlq c tholB8Otider J Osasw~ kmrro Oouat7, Teus, a l o o o ~f.A $1~ of sixt7 th o w~,fIve h w& ed~4 so v`` looorlr4 to- suah OO~SW, ana %oLonw oOunt7, T&x&sa populatlorr d nlnotp llghtthowan4 sir hundred and sirrrtphro lahabltaats. koh oi thosooountk oonstltuto a ropnrontatire bistriotunder A?tiol* lOcl,RetIs& oitia m4tuter Mu). BLWOaTo uio on4 oouatlas moroovor undor tho 1tOO kern1 Gonsur,to whirh Artlolo$1.u* wilAppl7. Ala lopntlosothrrthamthosoemmuatod IB ml.10 81180 ud Art1010 8ll.a of Torma*l)AaEetato4 Qivll Dtatutos, an ro~I4od for In ths pnoral rtatuto ArtId 8114. An- lorlr4 to this Mtlolo, *no orndi4ato lo* nomlnatlon for - . 223. EoaorabloA. 7# Br7aai7rr, pas* 4 .. Stat0 Saaator or ~opnsoatatlvo In the Lo s&two shall bo requiredto pa more thanOn0 IkllW (81.8t1 to 8gIrz;7 aooutlvo oomttoo I or y other person or aa7 sonittoo l# his portion o? suoh oxpoaso for hording suoh 9m*a Oanoodlagthe pwor of tho Lo#lslatur& to okssI?7 laoardI to pepulatlon,Is th ellassI?ioatloa herebased on poao: Y 8 grouad~t 28 then sas dlffonaoo ln tho oouatlos pulatioab?mkots, whloh bean a just and proper nlatloa ci the nrbfootutter of the legIslatloa? Lat u8 oxaminotho praotloalopontlon o? this ststuto. j 0horok.oOOuatf,Tsxaa,aeoor&I~# to tha 1980 Yodoral ula tio a of ~ort74&00 thswaa& on0 hundred T Pl oa.u&l&ator for stateroprrsoati~In In that tount7 4 nqulrod to pa to the Count7 xxocutlvoCam1tt.0 *not pro than On0 Bollar I#l.)t* rot oandI&atos for nprosoata- tire ln Bill Couat7, Tssas, suoh oountrharlq a po ulatlon of on17 fort79fourporeoarloss thaa OhorokooCouat7, 48xas,were nqulred under Art1010bllbo to pa7 ofor to tb Oount Bwoutlro Oormrittoo tlftt404ars. Burol7,hen is a aoro arbl I rar7 and oaprlolourr lslootloaof HI4 Oumnt~,the olassl?1oatIoa harI4 no naeonablo rolatloa8hlp to the subjoot matter of the on- lotmsnt. Insofaras tho seooa& 7opIllatIoh bnokot Is oo``srao&, 8Ixt7 thoueea&to sIxt7 thousand,six hundro&,asoordIag to the 19SO ?o&usl 01asu8,Satarm Oount7, Texas, is the on17 oouatr ofAn& withis ItI 7ot fhlrostoa Oouatrrith a populationof sIxt7-row thousaab ?our hundredaad oao, aad Uraysoa aouat7 with a pepulatioa04 sM7-five thousand,eight huadrodand fortf-throoInhabitants as nomplss, a&-otroatod dIffsrontl7. LIlwwlso,KO~O~BW Want7 with a poprr;latloa e? aIastt-oI&ht thousand,six huadro& and lIghb7-twoinbabItaats Is tho onl7 oount7 aooordlagto tho 1980 ?edsnl Oomus, ?allIa&within tho bnokot aiaotpol&htthauson&to aInot7-alnothouBan&. In oountlorabove tillbda thatpa ulatlonbraokotosn&I&atss are a~oorao&airr0Pm tnatmoat. t ust * mndidatss for llootloa to the Loglslaturoin Bill, lkture and YoLonasa Counties should. bo required to par ?l?t (#SO.OO) dollan to the Want7 hooutlvo 0uamitt.o and oendI dates for the same o?- tloo rosldlngLa ooPntio8 o? @water and loss populationshould pa7 oa17 one (#LaOI &al&r Is lp nt neither ?rtm tho statute nor aa valid mason w 9aa ooaoo!- vo* .- 222 Boaorablo A. 7. ErJOn, fr’r, -60 5 ." i 600 the nosnt oa8sof Ih Parts Iorgusoa ~13t8. 1. (ad) 408, whoroin the Courb of CriminalAppealssaid1 ~onoror, the olassI?IoatIoa soot td be based men17 on the numbers o? poop10 In the various oountIos 6Ot a sto lgor sos, o? physloal IB?IMtIss, or in w other manner whioh would appear to be a just or masonablo basis for olassl?Ioatloa.Uo are not ua- 8Ia&?ul of the power a64 authorit o? the Loglslaturo to olassl?7looordiag to popQst:oa,,but rush ~okssl- ?IoatIoawet bo based oa re&mnablo&ZWI6&8 - mm U??oronoo whioh boars a jwt and proper mntatloa to the lttmpto4 olassISioatloa ‘dl aat a men-•rbltrw solootIoa. Willou&b~ aa the OoastItutioa,- Vol. 8, sea. 458 (1910 tditioa)r This boirq true, wo rail to 890 a roasoaablo basis for the olnrdflsatloa Ia tho lnstaat 0180. Just whf the poop10 tn Lamar Uouaty and tho poop108of other oountlu talliagulthin the presoribe6 populationbraoksts should be aooordsd dlitomnt treatment to the pooploso? nthor oountlos o? this Stat0 Is apparent aolthor tic% the Aet nor frop the moor4 boron us.* Ooasoquontl~ it 1s the opinion of this dopartmnt -4 70~ aro rospo9tfuli7lavisoa that Art1010Wgo, Varaoa’s Annotated ditll gtatutos being Ii.21.lOpb, Aate 1939, 4bth 3.06..r0latia6to pamaonC8$0 the Oouat hooutivo Uarholttoo by oisbldatos for #t&to nprossntatIrr I osrta$a aountlor n Is null and rold,,@kdsame being rbpugaant to S8o. Bibof Art1018S of *ho #nrtItutloa OS Tous. Tom tru17 yours ATTOI1poLT t.SNMtUCl TEXAS I J /