OFFICE OF THE **ATTORNEY** GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN



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### adV~OP~UI 

### taxIionorabloOeo. 8. Shoppalrd, page t

the county ot Cacioma, which te the 8-e 

### bmnoh offi.oeeontloned 

### and rdorrra ta in our oplnloa o-034.

Artiolo 7266,Vernon~o hnnotatod Stat&m, as amend

### ed, in part, reabo: /'

"* * * Prom oooh parooa frot whoa oafd DOputy okay00110ot 

### taxes and 

### lreoo a rsootpt t&w*- for, oald Deputy is authorized to rrcoivr 8 roe 

### of not l xoeedln~ twenty-fire (2E#) oento 

### whoa reoelpt loouod oovero proNrty taxes, and ho shall reoeiro no other oompensation ror hi8 sonlooo; aab furtaor prorldod lte Mall aot ntaia koro than Ono ThOUsaod Two Rundrod ($l,~OO.Oo)Dollars for any one oalea&at year, and tha balanca, 

### ii any, 8hall be 

### dopmltod to the 

### oredltof the uonoral

Fund or tha coWt#~. * l *î

' Art1010 667Sa-oaotion 11, Yornon*r Rorioed Civil Statutes of Texas, ~rovi600:

“As 6om~enoatlon for his oonioro under the prorisiono of this and other law relatli%& to the rs6iotratlon of rchlalrs and chauffeur& and the transfer oi tehiclos, 

### eachCounty

### Tar Collootor shall roosltr 

### a ualfonn

### roe 0r fifty oonto for saoh or the 

### first ona thousand rooaipto loauad by hln each 

### yearpursuant to 

### aaidlam; he shell reoslro a unlione foe of forty ooata for each of the aezt ufn6 thousand rocrlpto so 16ow~d~
a 

### tdr0rc:se0 or thirty omit.8 

### tor each of the next fifteen thousand reoelpto so loourd and a uniform tee of twenty oeate for eaOh 

### or the balanoe of said receipts so issued during th4 year. .?aid aoapeasstion shall be dsduotedweekly by saoh Coun%y Tax Colleotor fro~the 

### grossoollsctlono nade pwournt to this dot 

### (Arts.6676a-1 to 66?6a14; '1.c. Art. 

### 807a)and other laws relating to the resistration of rshiclea aad chauifaurs and the 

### trwerer or vehicles. cut 

### 0r the aowmu3ation ao allowed Couuty ?ax Colloatoro, lt la heroby 

### rxpnsaly provided and mquSreQ that they shall py the bntlre exponoo OS 

### irrating all licanoe feoeipta 

### and nuaber plates and ohauifeuro badeoe issued purauvnt theroto, lno~udlng thb OOot ot labot ~rformod in loouing said reoelpto, number plates and bobgor and tho oost of Foot860 wed in 5alling 8amo to applioaato.wRonarablo Ciao. Ii. Sheppard, Page S

Artlole 59128 of Vornon*n Anaotatad Civil sytutra, provides t

=sMtlon 1. 

### Xodlatrlot ottloarshallcm paid by the Stata of Tmxaa any free or eoada

### alon forany 8arWw parformd by hiasnor shell tho State 

### or qny 

### OOt~&ty ~4r to any 

### OOtuit~



### offleer in any county eontnlning 4 popalntlon

### or twenty thonaand 

### (20,000)lnhabltaata

### or more aooordl~ to 

### the last preoadlng 

### FaderalCanaua 

### my reo or 

### aoamlreion for an)- aarvIoe bf hia porrorimd as auoh oirloor; provlded,~ 

### howwor, thntt& laaeaaor urd oolhotor or taxor ahell eontinu0 t0 oolieot 004 nt0b1 ror the 

### bn0rit
or tba Ortlorra*

### snlnrf Fuador funds hamlnarter prorldod for all 

### r8aaand e0aml8aloa0 whloh he ia.author~ead

### under lew 

### to eolloot; and it shell be 

### El8dutyto l

### oount for aad 

### to o~all auoh monies 

### raoeltodby hlm into the 

### run6 or 

### fundsoreatod and provided 

### for under the provlalonn Or thl8 AOt; prorlded further, that the prorlal~na ot this SaOtiOn shell not 

### nifeet the 

### payment of ooata in air11 onma by thr Mete, but all l aoh aoatr so paid shall be aooounted for by the offloor oollaotle,g the aaze, es they ar8 required u&Or the protialone
or thie 

### hot to aoootmt ror r000. eofmi3a,iona nnd ooatn oolleoted **rroa** 

### prlratapartlre.a

As theTax Aeoaasor-colleotor or your oouetr 10. ooapanaatad on an armml l elary bn818 out of the O?flOara* salary Band, the fees provldod for in seotlon 11, Artiole 66736, aupra,w:loh he would othemlee be allowed to retain were ha oonpmeetad oa e fro bnala, are to be paid into th0 orfiow0* salary bund. 

### Thus the Orfltwra~ Salary Fund 

### la nugmnted to the extent of OIlOhieee with the lOO$
or the net eollaotlene euthorleed to be rotnlned by the oountf out 

### or the oolleotloncr anda.

In oplaloa

### no. O-834,approvedAaguet 12, 1939, roadwed to Ronorable Jaok aleoh, County Attorney o? Camron Con&y, TOX~O,8 oopy or whioh 

### opinionia 

### 8ttn8h.4 heroto, and whioh sate 

### forth Art10180 160% and 7256, 80 emended Artlrle 7256, aupra, being quoted in full, lt la pointed out that the lirat portion or the 18tter ertlela OOatr010 over thn other prorl&ona of l ald statute and is applloeble to ptar oouaty. It 

### larueher 

### polntodout that thoaa artlolea, belnd apeolal l tatutaa oorarlad the aub)eot o? branoh- 

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Boaorablr Gao. H. Sheppard, Page 4

ofrloea, tho 

### provialona theroof 

### l aperoeda and oontrol over thn general lnua pertaining 

### to redulrr daputlrr 

### aad their ooapon8ntlona under Art1010 3908, Rorlaed Cl~ll Statuloa o? Texna, no amoaded.

It will bo noted that Art1010 7256 provides 

### that ln 811 oountloa ooutalnln@ 8 elty 

### or town, other than the 

### oounty sent,whloh ha8 

### 881 oxowe of aovoa 

### thouaand(7,000) lnhnbltantr

### l

ooordlnd to tho lnat Fordor 

### Conaaa thnt 8 doputf 88aeaaor and 

### oollootorof taxes la 8uthoriwd to bo rppolntad by the laaoaaor l ndoollootor oi tnxo8with tho oonaont l

ad npprornl of 

### the Cos&aaiomr8* Court. 

### It ruthor povlder 

### tho method Oi oomponaatlng l uoh dopat aEd flxoa the oorpmnantloapay8blo to him **by** 1Mtlaq the fee8 

### ror uah rooalgt 

### laaood hot l xo oedlng

twenty-ilto ooata (tsg)on prop arty tnxoa l



### ad tknt or sash fool, kmmay ratala not mm0 than holto Huzidrod Dollan (41,tOO.OO) iar nay oa8 culeadar 

### year. Such doputy’a 

### oomponnntionla mot only llalted no to amount, but 

### the ntntut* 

### rurthrrpmrldea “ho 

### 8h11 rooeiva no othor oo4i~aantlon

### rot hla l 

### arfloea.*

It 18 l

pparant therbtore th8t Artlalo 7266

### no eat forth in 

### opinionO-834, balng a 8~0181 lnwwith the l xolualro nnd llmltrd *thou 

### rlxl% oou@aaaatlon 

### ror the bnnah orrloe deputy’,thnt 

### said uoa~aaatloa thorala 

### provide8 la oxolwlro OS 811 othaf oorpensatlon

### for foa$ to the 88meoxtantthnt rsgulnr deputlea

### whoa8 anlnrleaare fixed 

### by tb Coaalaalonorar Court ondor tha prorlalona of Artlole 3902, aoprn, are ilk+ also l xoludod from any nddltlonal oompenaatlcnby mason of aonlora glrformad in the Tax Aaaoa8or-Collrator~aoff100 in laaulag

### motorrehlolo llaanae reoolpts, nuaber platoaand ohnufroura

### bnaea.

It la, therorore, 

### the opllrlon 

### 0r tkla Departnmnt that the Comml~8lomra* &tart la 

### not nuthorlzied to pay any 

### nmowt in lxoosa of Tvelvo Hundred Dollnra Ol,tOO.OO) 

### for l ny snloadnryen? 

### as l nlnry to 8 

### drputy of 

### a tax naaoaaor rnd oollootor oo~paaaatod fror tho Orfloara* Snlury Fund whom ha la l

othorlaed and apgolntod ln bnaoh offloea mlntnlned in 4 olty, othor thnn tho oounty aant, whloh ha0 In l 

### xoeaa of 8ovoa thouaand (7,000) lobblt8nta under the prorlaloaa of Art1010 OtSd,Rotlo& Clrll statutes, 1925, 

### as aniaadod, SOT lsauladmotor vohiole lleenao 

### rooolpta.The Commlasl~aora* Court la aothorlwd to pay nnaoaablo offler rent nooeaanry 

### ttithennlatonnaoo of aaoh l athorised braaoh 

### 0rri00.I?,‘,

Hoaorabla Gwo. Ii.Sheppard, Fago 5

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### abovo answers your raqueat,we are

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ATTORNXT GEZEqAL OFTEXAS

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### ATTORNEY

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OFTEXAS