OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

### TEXAS

Hon.TomA. Crarpn YoLennul CountJAuditor boo, Texas' 

### D6ar art ~plnfon110.0-756

OS your letter 

### or hy 4, 1939 Opinion olarifyr+ Your letter

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their offloss for the oount1' It hem bean

the interprotstionof the D 8triotAttorney M,';f"J"nnnn

County that A.rtioleSIolCe, Seo-

, provided Sor the diBoontlnuano6 

### or the paymant o? all 

### muohfeeu 

### l xoept thoseBon. Toi A. Craven, &Y 87, lSS9, Pam 8



### l utho rlred

**amder law**  **to be**  paid or allow**ed** thm offloa of **A8nnor** & Dollmotor of Zus8.-Already thl8 offloe ha8 beon ap

### proaohedon a plyingtha rule 8otout in youraplnlon80

### -259to iear 

### otherthaa 

### the one8 owered in that 

### oplnlon. Xhder thr 

### in 8y8ton

I l ffaot prior to Jsnuary 1, 1956, mnnerons fee8 wore paid various oounty orfl

### ofal by 

### the oounty for 8errloe8 rendered the county by thome 

### l ounty Offlolal8. A8 lndloatad abwo, rinoe January 1, 1996, th18 

### l ountyha8 operated umder the theory that ;hgei 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 olarlfylngth18 8ltuatlon 

### to u8 wlU be greatly 

### l ppreolated.w Opinion lo. 0459 of thir departamntparnd won the tollowlng two proporltlons:

*In a oounty operating on a salary 

### ha18 Is the 

### oountJ alarkantitled 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 oPark entitled 

### to fee8 f&W noordlng oount ln8tru8ent8, 8ooh foe8 to be remltted to 8

### ffloer'r8alary Fund of the oounty?" Opinion lo. 0439 held that lunaoy prooeodlagswem of a oltll and not **of** 

## 8 orfmlnal aetum; that a lunaoy prooeedlngwa8 

### 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 ac

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-waydeed6 for the county beoauee therewar no l athorltywhloh authorized the oounty olerk to oharge the county for

l uoh l enloe8.

of thlo 50 l

a0l08e herewith a copy Of oplnlonRO. O-807 de we think w l

rtment. rhloh wao renderedHay 19, lOJO,whloh lp p" 11 as uppon~all of the queetfonsraised ln your latter. hi8 opinion 8ppolfloallypa8000 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 

### orproolnot offIoar8 oompensated on a oalary basis must be 

### deposited **In** the Offleer8* Salary rund et the oounty. “The tax asooooer-eollootorshall 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 aoalo oIon8 or eooto for any or all et the duties per

### formed **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

RJT1AU EBcLoBc8E APPROYEor (signed) Oerald 0. Mann mTORR8Y 08R8RAL OF TIIXAU APPROVED: Opinion 0dttee By RUF, Chairman