Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF
THE ArrTomiiY GENERAL
AUSTIN,TEXAS
Ron. DOIID. Parker
county Audltm
Esrtlraa coaaty
Eartlalrd,Torrr
Doer f%r: cplnml x0. O-1955
Ret Doco tba OOmahsl``rS 00tlPt OS
itaatlaml Count hare the suthtx-$.ty
under muso Bi!1 236 of the 46th
LoglGlrturc or Taacm to allow laoh
aomlasloner tha madnum ai $35.00
p ermo nth io r lx p o a a wlth
a 6 wtth o
f& l.ll. o fa ne x p a a raa oo o a l
aaoh
t
Tourro~uo~lt for oplnloa upon the above question
hes bean reoeivad, nad oonddorcsd by this dapertment.
Art101e 235ooa,Rorirad Clvll atetutoa 0r Texas,
*rtaieLng to oountios ab 3 000 to 34 200 lnbebltsats
and Eouso fill 236 cU the 4 ab Leglduro of Texas roads
la r o llo wll:
a.& EO. 236
“Aa rot sathorld~ the owud85lonan oourt
in la a h
oouty la thlr, 3tate havlly 8 tioa
of not loss than thirty-rour thoumad p"E"L"
3 ,000)
aar )II@Q thaa thlrtpfour thoumud, two hud?od
(34 200), aooordlng to tha lart rooadlag ?oder-
al Lf4us, to a llo w lsoh County g drdomr mr-
tan 0~ense8 rcn. trovellng 8nd la oooasotion
with the Plaoof hi8 eutomoblle OSIoffloial burl-
a888 only oml/or ln oversee* tba aoostruotloa
hion WI repelr or suoh mhlale MO ueea by hlai
without any further oxpen5a bitoeoter to the
aouuty; and daolariag sa aaarean8ye
HO& Doa 0. Prrkar, Pwa 2
tbr oamlrslomrr Oourt 18 hrtoby luthorlzOd
to 811~ c8ah Cadsalo~r not to lxoo4d tho
4m of Th5rtpfIto Dollw4 ($35) pu math fo
bo rid out of the Road rad 3rIdeo Fund of
sect 8uah Coudr8lomr~8 Fmolnot tar txsrol-
lm lx p 6nssaan4 4qu~oIrtlon on the rutaab
bm ubI10 woa on ofiloIa1 bu8laars 0x14 and/
or ln wu46olnC: thhe4on4tnlotIon84AfdrMB-
MOOI of the DUbliO road8 of said OotUItiaE.
aoh suoh Cmfalssloncr shsll p4 all lxpem~r
in the oparetloa of suoh autaaoL le snd k00p sama in
-pair bt hu OWLLOXPOM~, it00 or t4 0th~
chug0 rrbrtsaatrr to the oouaty .
~'Soctlon2. The hot that in the oountlas
srfrctod by tJ& Aot thue Is grart n8adthnt
the OOUntiaS p8rtlOipeta 16 eafr8yinC
fh8 at
ponsr ab suoh CumIsvlonerr koclumo the grast
mmmt OS road work now &d.ag on laoroam the
moOsoIt~ of suoh Coanis8ionere .tr8relIn&frar
pl808 to ~1800 mer400lnc the eoaetrootlon ati
~ea;nanco of suoh roods urakr sa rmsrgaasy
atlro pub110 aoOOsslt tbr?tths
T onal8ule roqdrl.og blJ 8 te bo .read
Constltut
00.t&W SOVU81 day4 in OSCh ~OtlB~ bC BUS~Ord-
44 8513the 8eae 14 hormby suspendetl,and thI8
Aal ahell take effeot and bo In tar40 iron sad
sftu 1tr p8444g4, 446 it se 4 0lMote4.
'Tlle4 without 6ommco'r 4I~nOt~n April
20, 1939.
~frootl+o April to, 1939."
lhkrt&ad C@aty,Toxso,raocpaiag to tho 184%
prooedlng YebrU Cansus of 1930 hrr tblrty-tour Ohm-
80ab OQ, hundrad rnd fifty-six 13w61 lnbsbitants~
Edaad County, Teas 14 the oaU oonatf in ha8
eonlng wlthln tho popuLtloa borackotr8et oat la Bow0
ml 236 or the 46th LIixislatwo ac Tam, 8b0~ qmted.
At the vary outeot 0r this opinion, we an
ooafrontedwith t&o qUOstlon of the ootmtltutlanallty of
#a above quota& aot. ~The question lrlsos 88 to wbothu
or not thb rat 14 4 laoal or 8podU law rogul8tl.w tho
8ffaIrs at aouatles 1.nvlolatlon ob Art1010 3, SootIon
56 of ttirConrtitutlon of Tom4.
A reedlag of the sot uillcU8810sO #et it 14
not 4 .8poolrlroad law of the aouat Thr purpwo of
the act i4 to 4utharism th4 aommi881 oaera’court ko alla
aot to emed 835.00 per month toorah aoeairdonattor
trsro~ uponro8 sad daprooletlon QILeutcraablk Hill.
ore4 an 0ff10141 bu4lll.E~oa3J d/o illowr'cmoing tho
. ’
oonst~otiion Sd QbeintOMttOO Of tb. publiorob&E Of said
OOUttt~OS.
The oaso or Altgoltts* Quttolt, 201 S.W. 400
h01d4 thrt war county mt0d x0w, pro~iditt~r0r aututd
88hr iu OOJd8~MOr8 Of OOMty tOr SOt`` h eu
o8paoi tlos, wa8 uacoastltutlanal 44 an Otk~gt0e rogu-
latlon a? oountf afialrs by load and spoololti.
no 0980 o? sgith 04. atsto, 49 68 (2nb 739,
bold8 that the oontstltotiond prohlbltlon 8&8inot SpOOi@i
lawaoamot b o l~rdodby nakl~sI lnw lp lIoabloto a pn-
tendad 018GO ‘Ad that 8 Statttt,018‘Qierrp
ar 4laniolp4lItIo4
by popStlon 14 n8pbolalw It p ulatlon doer not afford
8 felr b4414 for olr44lflO4tlon$1 t tho SteWtO mar01
d,S~&MtOS si&o munioIpalIt~Idor glllsoof ~olsaalfIostlon
by DOJd4tiOtt.
tho ebow 08808 end tmdtrthe following
tlndor
8UtbmitiOSl
Woo4-a XL-faIndependent
SohoolDlstrlot,
12)
mf WI 429;
BronatlolQ YS~ Ton&o, 109 SW (2nd352
City or Fort worth to. BobbItt 36 371( Ld 1 470r
Frlttor18. Wont, 65 3~ (2nd) &4r
AustIaBrothers vs. Patton,288 3W 1821
on4 tmdu tho luUmltlos oltod In opt&m4 Bo4. C-16,
O-364, O-462 mtd O-899 of thb dopartwat it la tha
aplalon of thla doprtuwtt that Houeo BillHo* 236 ab
fhr,46th 2&814tur0 of Tuss, quoted sbmo, I8 o&arU
anoonititutiaul 4143tlolatm Goation 56 of Artlolo 3
ab.thO CoMtitUtiOn cb %X4‘.
so ul01op~ hermdth 8 oopy oi 0Q1alon Ho. o-
Of th18 dopartmant Whbh hoMe l ddler Sot UMO~-
You are, thoreforo, ro4poctfully euvltmd thst
it is the oplrdoa OS.this d~artmunt thrtEou4O Bill
236 or tho i,6tbfa~siaturo or %rsa is unoonstltutional.
%tt S?O fUrthOr Sdli``d that it IS th0 O&i013 Oi this
doputmnt t&it ooort wouldnot hato
tho oamniI48lont.rr~
outhorlty to pay tho eomdsslooers l ‘UN3 Of BOnoJ88
trarellng lxponeesunder this unooastY tut%onal lew,
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