OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Hon. Tom A. Crarpn 

YoLennul CountJ Auditor 

boo, Texas' 

D6ar art 

~plnfon 110.0-756 

OS your letter 

or hy 4, 1939 Opinion olarifyr+ Your letter 

b 

their offloss for the oount 

1' 

It hem bean 

the interprotstion of the D 8triot Attorney 

M,';f"J"nnnn County that A.rtiole SIolCe, Seo- 

, provided Sor the diBoontlnuano6 or 

the paymant o? all muoh feeu l xoept those 
Bon. Toi A. Craven, &Y 87, lSS9, Pam 8 

l uth o r lramder ed law to be paid or allowed thm offloa of A8nnor & Dollmotor of 

Zus8. 

-Already thl8 offloe ha8 beon approaohed on a plying tha rule 8ot out in 

your aplnlon 80 -259 to iear other thaa the 

one8 owered in that oplnlon. Xhder thr 

in 8y8toIn l ffaot prior to Jsnuary 1, 1956, 

mnnerons fee8 wore paid various oounty orflofal by the oounty for 8errloe8 rendered 

the county by thome l ounty Offlolal8. A8 

lndloatad abwo, rinoe January 1, 1996, th18 

l ounty ha8 operated umder the theory that 

;hg 

ei 

rwlrlon8 of Art. 6918e, &otlon S, renthe Art18108 or tha law autharlzlng 

tha peyneat or 8UOh roe8 by the oounty to 

muoh l ounty offloes void, with the l xoeptlon 

noted ln Artlolo 39188, Seotlon 5. 

-our eplnlon olarlfylng th18 8ltuatlon 

to u8 wlU be greatly l ppreolated.w 

Opinion lo. 0459 of thir departamnt parnd 

won the tollowlng two proporltlons: 

*In a oounty operating on a salary 

ha18 Is the oountJ alark antitled to fee8 

00. lunaoy easea, ruoh fee to be remitted 

to Offleer' Salary’?uad oi the aounty? 

9~ oounty 0 eratlng on a 8mlary 

basis 18 oounty o P ark entitled to fee8 f&W 

noordlng oount ln8tru8ent8, 8ooh foe8 to 

be remltted to 8 ffloer'r 8alary Fund of the 

oounty?" 

Opinion lo. 0439 held that lunaoy prooeodlags wem of a oltll and not of 8 orfmlnal aetum; that 

a lunaoy prooeedlng wa8 a olrll proeeedlng. The oplnlon 

further hold that If the defendant In lunaoy ha8 no e8- 

tab then the aounty olerk 8hould ah&rge the aounty a 
c 

Ron. To. A. Oroven, Roy 59, 1959, Pi&b 5 

fee for nrvleeo under Artlolo bUB1, Petloed Civil Statutes 

Of Tox.88, a8 the 88m fa a olrll oaoe, and that 

he 8hould be pold b7 the l ounty for 8uoh senloes out 

of thq geae8al fund of the county, and that when ouoh 

olerk reaolreo l uoh payment out of the mneral fund It 

lo the duty of the olerk to place ouoh payment he reeelreo from the general fund Into the OffIoer'8 Salary 

Fund of the oounty. In snowor to the oeoond quootlon, 

Opinion lo. O-559 hold )het the oounty olerk wa6 not 

ontltled to charge the county noording fees for raoordlng rlcht-of-way deed6 for the county beoauee there war 

no l athorlty whloh authorized the oounty olerk to oharge 

the county for l uoh l enloe8. 

of thlo 

50 l a0l08e herewith a copy Of oplnlon RO. O-807 

de 

we think w 

l rtment. rhloh wao rendered Hay 19, lOJO, whloh 

lp p" 

11 as uppon~all of the queetfons raised ln 

your latter. hi8 opinion 8ppolfloally pa8000 upon a 

great number or Seen of oounty offlolalo. Thlo opinion 

by8 down the fOl..lWing rule, whloh 1). think 01UiffeS 

your l ltuatlon, to-wit: 

cllou are re8peOtftiiy adrleed that It 

18 the opinion of this department that all 

oounty ond preolnot OffiOU8 who are oompen8ated on a Salary bar18 are required to eolleot all oo#to In olrll oaee6 by the l tate 

nnd oll fees, oommloolono and oootr fBom 

private parties who ark roqulred by law to 

pay suoh 1800, o~o8iono and o0oto. 

The oooto in 01~11 Oa8eS by the #tata 

and all feeo, oo8rmioolons and ooota oolleoted from private partleo rho are required by 

law to pay ouoh fees, oomai8oiono and boot0 . ' 

when oolleoted by oounty or proolnot offIoar8 

oompensated on a oalary basis must be deposited In the Offleer8* Salary rund et the oounty. 

“The tax asooooer-eollootor shall oolleot 

all fee8 required by low to be oollooted by 

the tax aaseestir-oolleotor and he &all depooit 

ouoh fee8 in the Offlcer8' Salary ?und O? hi8 

. 
wuntyr 

We sorrnty or nelnot orfloor uho lo 

oonpenoated on a 80 ! my bOOi8~8hdi eoll~ot 

trm tha state or oounty any fea8, l a o a lo o Io n8 

or eooto for any or all et the duties performed by him l xoept the oooto Or olrll oases 

by the 8bt0.m 

TnMt.ing that tht8 Mower8 ~0~2 inquiry, n 

ore 

Very truly yours 

AlTOR88Y olz- OF T8xAs 

BY (signed) 

Wm. J. ?annlng 

Aoelstant b 

RJT 1AU 

EBcLoBc8E 

APPROYEor 

(signed) Oerald 0. Mann 

mTORR8Y 08R8RAL OF TIIXAU 

APPROVED: 

Opinion 0dttee 

By RUF, Chairman