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*1 ,299 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Eonoiabl*~ E*Qly 0. a&l*
CountT Attommy
Hay8 County
San Ac6lwda, Tarme Arttela
whemla rou rator 1*%5, tbr 8014 qaortloa for u8 i partiealar ooll*otion A thr jWW'i8iOlh8 Of t&i8 8tatBtO 'Ihim propo~tion,mUronta w $t~te'pPelOrlbm tko caount 0r thi8 to bo ratafno6 by or pa46 “66 the ensation, ma ‘19 60 not ?ind 3.A the naation A&, Artisle 5i?Blb-1 8t ieq., Stattlte8, praririion authorlsiw aomaia8ion8 to be ratalmd p&Fa a a0Untr att@mey fe? ool- leating suah ~~ey8 ISI the atsum of l 6suiAi8terisg 8~3.4 Aat.
Hoar Jhar7 c. -10, page x
%k4n8ter a diatriat or county attorney bat! oollsat4d money for the State or for say aounty, ho ahall wit&In thirty day8 after rmaeiting the mm, pay it Into the treaeuxy OS the Stats or ot the aounty in *iah it b4loAg8, after deducting thonfroa snd retaining the aormaisriom allowed him thenion by law. Such distriat or OoUnty attor- ney ahal.). be sntltled to t4n par a4At oo~mission~ on the first thousand dollar8 mllroted by him $,A my on4 oa84 forth4 Stat4 or county from ury IndlvldUal or oompany, and fire per aant on all mm8 otor one thOUran dollar8, to bm r4taino6 out of the money when oollaated, and ha 8h~l2 alro to retain the 8uU oOm~i8#lo~8 OA all bo entithd aolleotlon8 mado for State for oount7, ThLr 8rtiolo 6hall aleo appll to motel Ndi806 for thA'8tato aukdsr the srohort law.*
A8 IprorioU84 rtatd, ~~1488 the lO$ oommi8rio~ inpuirod about oan b4 retains6 by virtU4 of amI radar the statute qAot4d, wo mu& MBweir your qu48tion fn the nogatito. XA the law-autk- orizing tho 4xlrt4nce and operation of th4 Toxa8 UAanpla)ramt Corp4AaatioA 00AAi~liOA, MtlLol48 5%3lb-1 &8, V*lPILQD'8 Aanotatod Giril 3tatute8, wo find no authorltj for tho @oml8- 8ion to aontraot for 84rvioe8, the OOA8id4ratiOA for which ir paid out of th4 benefit or tmenplofmsnt colgsn8atlaa fund.
Xt till be noted that tb4 for4&oaing 8tatute ooly eov4r8 JWXIO~ aolloated for the Stat4 or any ooimtr. MO coA8tx-m tha word "momy" a8 used to b4 money belonging to the @oUAty or State, and upon it8 aollection, tho 0fri09r i8 r4pulra6 by sXpre88 h&g~agB t0 pay 8am iAt th4 'Treamarr Of the stat0 or ot the oounty in mbiah itb@loAg8* 1480 60mmi~8i0A8 on the aroney allowsd him by law. Xn the raasnt unreportd oaa4 o?
l%-iedmm ~8. knerloan Surety Company of %w York, et aI, OJI R qumtion oertlflsd rroa~ thr Court of Oitz1 App4al8, Tarrant County, Texas, th4 Supmm4 Court h4ld that Ch4 aonoy golleoted for such mid irr not lnoney belon@ng to the Stats, and, it 18 netsr paid into tha Stat4 Trsaaury, but su4h oursoy 18 had144 as a tru& fund with the Stat4 Trea8urer sching a8 trtllltw.
It Is, thereroro, the opinion of this hgartmrnt that a c,ounty atQorn4y is not entitled to b4 paid retain Amy
301 oommia8ion on mmsy8 oolbotod for an6 belonging to tha Taxa umziip10jrm6lt Coaqm8ation Rud.
Your8 rsry truly .