Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable John C, Narburger
County Attorney
Fayette County
La Orange, Texas -.. ‘I._ opinion No. o-6172 ---,.. ~~ ~‘-,x.
Dear Sir: Rer Should the Asssssor~a fees for assessing taxes tar the ,gemral fund, jury fuW road ~r'an&bridge~fund, be oharged ” proportionately to these respeotlve funds, or should the general fund be required to\beals the entire aost for .H--- ~? asseesing taxes for these ,i”. /.-- _r ‘., x., respective Aurds?
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This departam& has ‘given careful aonslderatlon to your request of reoept date iry%hloh you have asked our ahsver to the capt%Dmd quesB+on‘r,4fl ’ ,; 1;’ z., \ / I;d’egk&lau Ho. .C-24&, this department held that
in aouht3.b on’thWfee bas?S the fees for assessing taxes for various fuods ahoul&he borne by these reapeotlve funds, and that the entire o&@ should not come from the general fund. Ye are &olcMng a.,oogk of this opFnlon vhioh lista the author- ities and’.~giv’b@ &lie peason upon vhich this oonoluslon was based. .
P&ttt~ County, hovever, has a population of over 20,000 and the county officers are being paid on a salary baais. This raises the quaere of whether or not the same aonaluslon reached Fn our Opinion No. O-2499 applies to aountiea that are on salary basis. Ue think it does.
Xonomblo John C. Xarbmyqar, Pagm 2
Arti 39l20, Se&ion 1, uh&b imovidea that if3 a0mi88 Of a papulotirur -37 20,000 -11 0mtf 0m0ar, bo oalpella8tea by aalarlaa, ra8ds La parts * . proviaad, however, tht the aaaba- aor and 00iAt0r of taxes rhrll aontuaw to ooilaot m r6tu for, th0 b8320rtt of the 0mfm-e shia~ Fundor~hRrei~ttarpawlaod?Qr.ollinaana 0aEni881ena vhlob ha la uuthar18~ war law to col- q ot l . .m
Seetlaa 5 of Arti 39328, sups, read8 'a partz %!eo. 5. It aball ba the duty of all of- Horn to chargo and colloot in th8 4MaMr authoriaea by l8v all tua sml omlaalana vhlch are paxsltted by lav to k aa8aand and oolloatad for a11 offlola ser- vlca parfolmad by tbam. As a&i vhen such faea 0r8 col- leoted thy shall k cbpuaitad in the offtaars* Salery Fund, or ituala providau3 '%n thrs hat. . .
Wo fae1t&attheabom quotatwnsdammtrata that methoQ or ooll~otlng and beau-InI? of tin equlm* of co.5 P~8~~888ingt6xe. am the riolervhothm in sountiea antha fm baais or In oountlu 00 the MlrnPy b8ata. the only rlotually, dirtorenu betvtlan the tvo lm3aa ia that in tha fonser, tha of- tlolal keep# the money n0elWd uatll a nquind mt lo ruahedand twna ?Jmbalanoa tot&e aountr, and inthe latkr, thomoae y la plmed Ia6 l peoialftmd, fsawhioh Wm aalariea ara paid.
.;obert 3. Koch .baistant XOK:fo
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