OFFICE OF T;(E AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS.‘--“‘- -*‘+‘- “--{

._ AUSTIN

Honorable R. c. Wilson 

### Countyauaitor GrayCounty 

### minpa,%ms **Dear Sir2** 

Your letter of

noblle or any other r,otorvckiclo upon sny ?ublio road or hip$wuy in this btcte, or upon uny street or alloy within the limits of an incorporated city, tom or villazo, while nuah garson is fnZoxicatod or under the influmoo of intoxicating, liquor, shall bs Guilty of 0.nisdoacmor, ciod upon convlotlon, chall bo punished by oonflnomont 10 the County Jail 

### fornot lsoo 

### thanton (10)days

?Honorable R. C. **i?ilson, Pago**  **2**

i nor more than two (2)years, or **bp ’** **a** fine of

not loso thanITifty Dollars ($50)

### nor more than ylve HuundradDollars (c500); or by both such fine and~ixprisonment.W * hrticlo 049, Vernon's Annotated Code of Criminal prooodure,r6aas as r0il0w3:

Tloney colloctod by an offlcor upon reco&zances, ball bonds and othar oblicatlons recovered upon in the name of the State undar any provision Of this Code, and all fines, rorfoitures, judCiaont3and jury fees, colleoted under any provisioi:of this CoCo, shall rorthv;ithbe paid over by the officers collotting the same to the county treasurer or the prhpor County, after first deducting thorefrom the la&al reos and oo:~issions for collectin& the same." -.

Article 6700, 7ernonqs 

### hn:iotntedCivil Statutes, readsas follows:

~Finas colloctod for violation3 0r any hiSWay law as set forth In Chapter11 of Title **13** 0r the **Ponal** c0a0, shall be used by the municipality 

### or the counties in which the sane &ro assessed and to v:hichtha sams are payable, in the construction and maintenance of roads, bridCes and culverts thoreis, and for tho onrorccnont or the traffic **14~3s** regulating the use of the public hiShr;aysby motor vehicles and motoroyclos, and to help defray the expense or countytrorric orricers.** Article 1626, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, provides: WClaln3 a::ainstthe county shall be r&stored in three olansos, as fol1ov.s: "1. nil jury scrip and scrlp.issued 

### for foeding jurors.

**“ 2.**  All sorip issued under the provisions of the road law or ror work done on roads and br/dSoo.Eonorable B. C. ii'ileon, page 3



### "3. All the General Indebtedness of the county, including roeding and guardin prisoners, and pcupers' ~laim3.~ - Article 1628, Fornon's .4nnotateaCivil Statutee, provides in part:



### "Tix~ fundc received by the 

### county troaw- ;rrcrshall bo cla3sod us rollox, and shell be oppro>riated, respoctivaly, to the payment of all claims rerglsteredin the first, second and third classes:. "

. . I 

### "2. All money received under any of the 

### provisionsof the road and bridge 1~1x7,includi;lcthe ~enaltles recovered from railroads rOr fcilin~ t0 repah OrO3sixS, and all riEoW ana forreitxzes.

, Section 2 ofArticla l&B @x03 all aoney icontiorad therein in olass tvloof Article 

### lC2C. Thoreforo, youare respoctrully advised thnt it is the opinion of this department that I3oneyobtained for fines in cases 

### underArticle 802, Vernon's Annotated zenal Coda, should be paid to the county traonurcr and placed in the road and bridge fund.



### Our opinionNo.O-3032 supports theconoluelon reached in this opinion, and v<eenclose E copy of the same foryour information.

It is stated in our opinion Co. O-681, amon& other thirqg:
n

. . . tha fine whould be deposited in the General Fund of the county to be expanded for the purposes ~s:anumerated in Article 6700, T. C. S." The ebove quoted provision of opinion X0. 0-6S1, SW=, should read as follo*:~is:

'"The fine ohould be deposited in the road nnd bridge fund of the county to be exper~ed for the purposon as enumerated in Article 6700, T. c. E."'=hoza?orc,opl~lon 30. c-501 is aiuonCodto thla

axtont. ‘.;‘a OnClOGe a Copy Of SEiCi OsiniOn.