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OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eon. I.. I.. Eoberts 

cowty Auditor 

Eutchineon County 

Stinnett, Texas 

Dear Sir: 

as 

aa followe: 

ovidas in eubelinquent foes 

that for ona year afoffloe, he may oolat6 your queetiona aa r0iims: 

uld the retiring 0fri4h crolleot the 

rovided for In Art,, 30$8, or should his 

08 eollsct'saiae and pay over to him the 

i--said delinquent rees, or the part sf such delinquent feesand exaess fees as till aomplete the autrtium 

prwlded by law? 

2. Will the oificial bond of the retiring offloer be In force a8 to the aolleation and repotiing of these 

deblnqusnt fees for the one yaar after he awsma to hold 
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roll&: 

&Mole WU?, Revised Civil &tatute6, mada aa 

*Any officer meatloned in thl8 ChtptOr 

who does not oolhmt the madam IIpu)\lpt of 

his Shea for any siaoal yw and who reports 

del.inquent Scum for that yoat shall be entltled to rutaln, wbea oolbo~ed, ouah pm-t 

of euah delInqueat Soerr aa 18 SuSfIoleat to 

ocmplete the zmximm ocnlpeMatlon authorlte4l 

by Artloles 9883 sBB5-4 and 3tB6 S0r the 

year ln whioh deilnqubnt Se68 ‘were ,obargsd, and 

also retain the unmount OS exeea6 fees authorized by law, and the ramrlader of the delinquen$ 

teas for that fitoal yew shall be paid au lurain provided for wbea oolleated; provided 

provlslons of this Artiole &all not app 

any osfloer after one year Srosr the date 

ooa8oa to hold the oftioe to whioh imy dal%nquent Sea is due, and in the eveat the o?f%.est 

earaiklg the rees that are delinquent ham wt 

oollesoted the aapce witbin tmlve montl’m aft.0 

be 006~88 to hold the office, the amount of 

Seea oolleoted ab&ll be paid into the Wunt~ 

trrssurg. sk0dd0a, however, that IlOt i 

In this Aot preoludes the paymmt & 8x-o 9s 1010 

sees in aooordanoe with Tit&-&l of the Raviwd 

Citll Btatuka of Tone s;izdas art OS the 

m0xlmum oOmpematiorl. fi tit 

ohaage made In this ArtIole by &s ‘iii%- 

not apply to fess heretoion 0arnsiL~ 

et40iO 3897, ~Reriaea civ.oil 0tatuter, ntdr a6 

?011Ou~! 

Vaoh dietriot, oouaty and prO6inOf Otiioer, at the aloes, of eaoh flsclol year(DeceiabeF 

3ist) shll m&e to the amri0t OOurt Of the 

oounty ia whlah he resides a sworn ~tataamat In 

triplloate (on Soma deolgned and apprwed by 

the %ate Audltor) a oopp OS whloh statsareti 

ahall be forwarded to the state Auditor by the 

clerk of the dietriot oourt of eaid 00uaty wittill 
thirty (300) days aiterthe w14eh45 been 

filed in his oSSloe and one oopy.to be 

filed with the aoun~y audltm, if any; 

oihenda said copy f&all be ftled ulth the 

r~ll3alQntlra' oourt. said repart sh4l.l 

8holoths womt OS all rem, oCs+Blsswui 

and ompenaationfi whatever gune& w said 

offfcer during the tl6oel $#ier; @ad eeoondly, 

ahall show the ercount of fer.,e, ocmioe$one 

6nU oC.mpenootlcnseclleotedbyhlrndurfag 

tht Siaoal year; .thirdly, wid rcpar$ 8hall . 

aontalxl811 itmlwa etatamntorall few, 

oc8ttlusi~sui 0nd ocaummtatiow earned dorm 

tho rZa+bal year r'hloh were naC collected., 

tu4pth6r ultb the n0w a? ?ihe party cwkyr 

said Sew, .ocmrsiwion8 and 6wpen~8im. 

Bald ra,gart rballbo iiledaotl&orthqs 

February let tollm3.n~ tti 0108e OQ the rimal 

yetmenU foreaahdeyafter W&date that 

oclid~e~roaainanotfUed,#rlddia~ 

ebell he liabLstoa -tyoS I#zityfl?e 

(88f.00) %llaw,wbloh 

thtbaauntylnamait 

aad .in addition add 

to~remval freer offloe.* 

Articls 3691 TaMmId civil aututw relwrr%~ 

to the diaposltlon OS &em FXWidW tbatt 

a 

. . . . 

*All curnlat foe5 4t0ma and oollscrted 

by offioerr nwe& in Artiole 5883 &urW any 

Slwal year in exoew of the xtudmm and 4~ 

6~s allwed by thti Aot, end SC@ their e8rrl448 4nd for t&6 servl4ea of thslr de~utio6 

and assiatan88 and authorlead expwwub, ,%a- 

@her wtth 411 delltn eat, Saws oolleoted 

0ndwtuwu45proviealni~ele7B98 r or 

UStid 80 Fy ti4r%W OS de~-utiW Wt!i 445!4- 

tante uhen ourrent f 068 we lwufSlo~t , 

oha= be paid fA80 tha eot.Q&ti$ 'i=mtlSUry .%zlb the 

ootinty whwe thew uxoesoas a6aruer 

"Alltees duo rod no8 oolSeated ae ehwa 

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be oollsotUd by the offioer to whose office 

the feea aoorued and shall be disppsed of 

by eald offloor in accordance with the provisions or this Aot...." 

Ry virtue or the foregolug etatutes you are 

reapeotrully advised that it is the opinion of this de0 

partmmt that the ofiloer whose tew of offioe ha8 terminated la not authorized to oolleot delinquent fees 

earned by him while in offloe, but that his suooeseor 

in office shall oollect.suah delinquent feee and pay 

them to his predeoetmor, the retiring oriiosr, provided 

suoh delinquent feea are oolleoted within one year after 

the retiring ofYiaer hae gone out or ortloe and auoh 

retiring offioer shall be entitled to retain, when oolleoted, suoh part of suoh delinquent fees as is suitioiont to ooaplete the maxl~~um ocmpeusatlon authorized 

by Artiolee X333, 3883-a and 5884 for the year in which 

dellnqueut fees were charged, aud the remainder of the 

delinquent fees for that rieoal year shall be paid into 

the oounty treasury in the oouuty where oolleoted. 

Auswering your rirat question a8 we have, it 

ie not neoeeaary to anmver your seoond question. 

Trwting that the roregolng rtiiy anmers your 

Inquiry, we rsrealn 

Youra very truly 

ATTORNEY GERRRAL OF TEXAS 

w &tw-e&aub 

Ardell ~llllams 

Assietaut 

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