1. (a) A salary fund shall be created in the county to be known as the "officers' salary fund of __________ County, Texas." The following items shall be paid from the fund:

   1. (1) salaries of district, county, and precinct officers;
   2. (2) salaries of the officers' deputies, assistants, and clerks; and
   3. (3) the authorized expenses of the offices of those officers.

2. (b) The salary fund shall be:

   1. (1) deposited in the county depository;
   2. (2) kept separate from other county funds; and
   3. (3) protected to the same extent as other county funds.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.