Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable Yalker Carrron
Cogaty Attorney Iiudepeth County
Warra Bluma. +exa*
Dear Sir:
y under iaote Into tho offioa ln 0 hia office fmm tb very little fee6 edng in, r having eolleotea all ooaeirr- raaete before ho went QUO, or salonerrv Courtb, in tier of tie88 e8lreo to allow tho slurliT a 8alarf for ,ex-offioio mr110~8, an4 ha6 reque8ted me to ob- tain 'an opinion rrom four office a8 to the 18gallty.
The feea and ~X~WMI feea ~1 tbie of'fioe bars far IB~WIX~ year8 reaohd the mxlmue au0-a ondex
hrtmaa ~8635 *ad swi, ana ei0e88 r8s8 hare t34308 returned to the county, ot the ecd OS the yeer. * * **
You further atate that by the end ot the yea the amount of raeo oclleeted by the office ~111 probablf sroeed tha mxinum but not untll arts Ootober, that ior the rlrat ati months they haste amunt lees tbran 0~00.00. The Qaaraiaalon- x?
era' Court wm.aBI likr to allow oompem3.&loa Sor ax-4ffieio aerv- ioas not to 6xaeed $1,000.
Under the above etatsb raat8, you r*qu%Lit OW opti- ion aa to whether the CoPmissionera' Court may legelly allew the payment oompeneation r0r sx-ofsio~o a6nlaea the oi- rieu in thin tnatanoe.
ArtioLe SBS3, Vernoa*a Annotated Cir%l Statutea, pr5v1ars aa iollew*r
‘“ifhe ConnrLaaiomra~ Court ia hereby iIebmre4 iwmpensatlon for epofifolo aenl~~a rrolp allowl* se agusty offieirla when the wwf+nafitio~ -a er**aa tees which thry sra ailme k, xatah ~a#ioU n&eh tha asdmum prottad r0r in thi8 ehaptes. In maea where the c+Mqenaatlon aad exeeea feea *B&ah tba officer8 are all0wOd to xetab ohall paoh, the mmlmwa pmvtdea ror in this ohapta, tBr Qcmula- aionera* aotm asall allow bcnapenaatiaa fop 4sx-offtoi6 l smLw8 when, in their JutQsoitt,~ auoh aoxpoaaetfon i8 n8868itaxy, proriaad, auoa 00qnmetIan to* ox offlsln senlaoa all&w4 ah&l& net inWeaae the Ooa- pcmaation or official bomk4 aha mum of ew- psnaation and oxoeoa feea allowed to~be rehalacid by him antler this chapter, Pmvlded, hWeV&, ,thr 6X only after offiale herein authoris ahall ?m allare n qpptmtunlty rcw P pub110 heuarfng eMI sllrjr upen the wite of at hart threm aedera Of th0 8fUxmatite aesnala~i~owra' oourt.* a@ain8t l llewfag aerp*nBclfl,oa fOP %%e pmhlbitiim en-offtol~ rmiae8 to county offi6tpl* soatafned in &we only ~%hoa thr eempeaeefion en4 eI- tatnte boaoma iffedtivcr aeaa feea whloh they axe allowed tar .retaln abd.~ Mach t&e rParimU &WOrided fef in thia ohrsptaT.*
In ems11 oomfle8, where the offioera are oompea- rated en a fee boalo, rash a8 your8, a oouatp offlaer oanmot buteW* Uaoil near the olow the ri8cal year whether hi* fee8 of offioe will be auffloient, after all lawful 8xp8mm8 have beon deducted, to mke the maximum salary allowed tc~ be retained by him. tlowarer, the offfoer, for lnatenoe the sherirr, has been ronderlng to the county x-ofiloi~ servloes trolp t&, wry beginnlns of the year, therefore, it i8 the aomoa and lawful praatloe r0r oonrPf8alooera* owarts, upon applioatloa of oountl offloerr, to fir thrlr reapsotlre ex-offloio eaapon- 8atlon in ;Iamary for the entire current year. But where this Proaedum 18 riot followed or rhea a0 8uoh oompeaaation haa at euoh a tti been fixed for a&~ officer, or haa be- i&x@ xor 80~~ offleaa bat not Sor all, it 1s legal far the awwaiaaio~ra~ OOUlTt at a later Witmont such ooazxmmtlaa is neoesaary, tlati to fti such otxapeu~tf~, u Q& thefr
rar theeoflioera wha hew not ?wm theretcmre allowed aaoh oompenemtion.
Opinion Ao. 84M9, a oopy oi whiah la hemlth e.noloaeU.
It appaara ~fror J~UF letter that no order has here- tofore been mad@ by the ~daalo~ero* aeart of four uouatt with nf brenoe to ex-offiolo eoagenaatlon ‘to tba ohexit? for that orrlasr htaa been paid any the aurrent year, therafore auah ottqpenaatloa for aa part of the ourrent T-P. Vnodrr the?* faota, JOP are adtlaed .t L t aazmdaalon*ra* court, upon a plloation by sheriff, aad upen 00 lianae with Art1ola &es. Y llait nay enter an owlor gmnting th4 um~ w thin the rtatatory tl%otl by Art. %%. You are'rarther alvise that, un4ler fbho Soalia Hated. in the lostant oaee, the eOm8lS8lOner8' 0
Ita~arder retroaatlve SanUary 1, 194S.
lQ6 %x88 564, 16T 8. 1. 810, ,/ OT allowin oompcuu4tlon for thb resrrfaiW aa order la ma&8 retroaotire ~afM&aF~ 1, If tke&er part of this year. tb ~hr~ff fray than bo issued a warrant rer tha month8 ii tha ordor is pros- hwe elapsed since that bat*. Honever., peatite and oaly ror the rmaiaber 02 the Yea*, tb roarinrrrp
b8 paid th e eheriff oannot l xoaed fo r aw one (1 008, beaaaSe &tiale MS54 @pr@fiieaq m- ia the MXISUVA amount that may be d&Owed a ohfliff p* *mw *a eompnaatloa for ex-erilols aenloea- ft 18 allow& fellow* that wh*re ao& ~rpeaaatloa for al tW@ the fuu aompenaatlon for one mar MY @nlY l*a# tw QM pm b0 proporti0n8.u~ auowd.
In view of the facto in the inattint ease, me i,n &dvanoe ex-offi~lo coqensation to g akeriff wiw a~u%vBepanrntly ~aba the nerximm corngenaatlon allowed by law to be retained by him for that yesrr, aralualv~ al the ex-oriloio eompenaation paid hkP bl county, if bso&ar hia duty to return the amount of ex-oitiaio oompenaation ao reoeived to tha ownty, and, upon hia teilure to do ao. the oounty bad a oauaa of aotlon agr.inst h&an&ah$a bondamen-for MS an&u& ao unlorwfully ratal&.
8rrant Co nty. et al. v. tbllia. et al.76 8. W.
(84) 198, ‘amor dia~aaed.
ihi 8re enaloslng 8 oopy of our Opinion Bo. O-4500, \ which wa d2sousaed (I alsll8r qaeatlon reaobed the aame
~~~lualan expraeaad in thla opinion.
Your0 very traly, E. R. 3imwna Asalatant