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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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Xionomble Yolur Cuem
Cz4slaal Mstrlot Attorney
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bar sir;
Your re~ueat for
rully considorod by this 60
quest RI rollowr : been don8 bore,
otloe, I Iua@ nnt- plra er guilty, la o~inal QWI end oh*g- ing 15% or the be foow6ing 1st or tk trial ree. Is this a log tlrnate charge, and if ho 18 I entltled to a oomission on fines oolleotod, what would bo hio ooniroioll, and whet wapld be hia trial re0 ln a plea 0r <y, orlm- ha1 aaser?
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Qo you think tho mrriago ress oollootod by. the Juetloo or tho Peaoo would be the ream or the 0rrim xould they have to be eooounted for am other teoa’la
This departctent has r)poaWlly held that Commiaalon- l r8’ Courta are mlthout authority to allow eOtmty and dla- 4ttorne 8 to employ lhnogrnphsra~ wo hare llkswiss trlot od that Co~Ioalonor8~ CbUrts arm authorized repeatedly l-u! to allow oouuty and dlatrlot ettoraoym to 8ppolnt olerka btlolo 3902, V. A. a. 8. see opin- under the prorl~l~ns lonm Nos. O-1874, 04930 4ua o-2026 this de~rtment oopiea of whloh are snolowd hbrmlth for year laforma~lan. Crlmlml di8trlot attorneya~ are oounty offloera 8x16 wa undor- rrtand rr0m your letter thab you are on the salary system and that you are paid from ths Of’floOre’ Salary Pund of your 00unty.
Seotion 4 of Article V. A. C. 8. applloable to all oountlea in this Stat0 oontalnlng a po t ion lea8 than one hundred and hlnoty thousand (190,000 inhabitanta p”z aooordfng to the last prooeding yadoral Ceneur tho oraation oi en ROffioor81 Salary Fund* of :gdmr;%:i;: Thls reotlan further prOrid 8UOh fund ii to be held that and dA8bur8& for the purpo8e of paylog the alarlea or Orri- cora 8nd tho #dirlsr of deputloa, .4S8:8t4lltS CUX& OrriOe8 who are arawlng salary, iron said rm4 an WPpg the authorized aspenoo8 or erri of aooh orfloers. Arti- ale 3902, V. A. C. S,, authorlsoa tho Conmlsslonars~ Court to allow suoh orflosrs to appoint dsputleis, WtSiStant8
and 8ota out method of authorization cad appolnt- %P
In tumwr your rlrrt que8tJ.on it la our opinion that the CJommlsrionen,~ of Parker County has authority llaw you to appoint [4] ahrk under pawvi8fon8 or Artiole 3902 0. C. S., pay mid olerk out or the Orrioeref Sai4z-y Fund or your aouDty, regmilss8 amount or reea aollooted by you. Howover, Oommlsal~er8~ Court is without authority to alla* you to appofaf a steno- mwhor.
The population of Parlcor %unty, TOI48, aaoording to the last preeedlng Fsdaxal Ca~soll of 1940, is 20,482 ln- habitants.
ISonorablo Bolaa Queaa~ Pa80 3
Atii0ie f8xn0o~r Aahotated T0x88 uodo of Orlmlnal Proooduro; Fowl8 a6 follow
*Three Dollam shall Da paid by the county to the County Juclgo, or Yuagb of:;: at Law, and mo Dollars am rirw oats 8Jml.l bo paid br tho oounty to the Ju8- at the Peaoo, ror e44h ariminal aotlon tioa tried and finally dlspaed of barore him.
Provldod, howavor, that in all oouutilor h&r- lng 8 popolatlon of 20 000 or 1088, tho Jur- tioo Pea00 8h4li noolvo a trial to0 of Threo DOllar8. Suoh Judgo Justloo
&all prenent to tho Wdaaione~” OotW of hi8 county at a reguku torm thereof, a wrlt- ten aooount 8 oolfying eaoh orlmlnal aotlon in whsooh he 0 aim muoh rO0, 00ttirm w ! bs oarnot 4nd filed mob Sub&o 0r’Juatlm with the County clerk. The Wamiesiouersl aaurt shall approve eueh aoaoant ror suoh amunt aa they find to be aorreot, and ardor draft to be issued upon the Sounty Trsa8- umr in favor or suoh Judge or Justioe iOr the aniouut so approved. Provided the Com- y 4ny aooofnit mi88:0ner8' a0ut 8hu m trial So08 in any 08n r tr l d and in whlsh au aequitbal ir ha6 nnloar tho St&to of Ton8 -8 repreaontod trial or mid oatme bl) aounty Attorney, or biir aarietant, Orlm- inal Di8trlot Attorne or hlr a8aiatsnt, the oortitioate Of i8 4ht4Ob4d 60 84id 4OO#Mt OOTtiffinc: t0 t 0 faOt that uid mmo’ vaa trl8d, tho State of Terkr ms reprooentetl, that in his jud
then ~48 eufrloiont in ml rnc 04~80 srldonao d@aMd a trial or mm.’ Ton8 uoda oi
Art1010 951, Voraoa*8 Amkotet4d criminal Proaodum, reads 4m io11owrr~
“The 8her&ft, or oth+rdor+04f, a Jtmtloo the pe*o* or his olere,
leot8 money for the &ate or oouuty,
Jury rems, under any provblon ol thle Code, &ml1 be entitled to retain riv8 per oent tberoor when oolleoted.”
Eouonbls Holan Queeu, Pad8 4
This department ha8 repeatedly rulsd that a Jurtloe of the Peaoe ir not mtltled to ntaln fire per oont emuaIr- 8IoB oil tine8 oolleotod. o oplnloat No. 0-1162 of thi8 do- pnrtmogd oopy 6f' whloh a euolosed heruelth for your 5"
lnformatlon.
&I an8wer to your raoond question It I8 the opinion of this dspartmentr
1. rfUStiO08 Of the PetlOO Of :;ouT OOUllt are by law to oharge a trial fee of #3.00 3 II orimlnal urthorirrd $2.50 18~ the trial fee provided by ArtIDle 1052, aa888. Y. C. C. P., ror JustlOo Pea00 of Parker Gounty, a oouaty hatin< a population of ~;ore than 20,.000 InhabItanta aeeording to the last preoedi~ Federal &nsus or 1940.
2. The Justloe.. of the Pctaoe I8 not entitled to shy oo3~I3slona oh fj.nee or trial fees colleoted.
Fs quote frosi*rtiole 3891, Yerncuto Amoteted Texas (LB fO11ow8; GiVu 8tIAtUte8,
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"The oonpeneation, lirmitatioll8 and MuIIu~~~ herein fixed &ill l8o apply to all less and :oonpeneatIons what8o8rer 00118oted by raid ofPi-
oers in their offloial .oapaoI$p, w!.ather aooount- ahle as fees of offloe undo? the premht law, end any law, gsnsral or speoIal to the oontrcry lo hereby expressly repealed. *he only %Iud and oharaoter ol' ompensatloa from the provi- exempt Oi this f&t Shall be zSrald8 l"3OSiVed w 8iOM zherirro for a~prehensfoa or orIminal8 or fugI- tIves rrom ju3tIce for tho recovery of stolen property, and rxmeys rooelved by Countr JtaQea and Justioos or the Peaoe for psrformtnq rarrhige oer9mnles, \:Cich s'um ehall not be uooouutable for and not required to bo re-;ortad RS foea or oi‘fioel"
In EUISWOT to qour thI.rd pucstilou It Ia our opInioo at mrritqa f~os colleoted by the Justice of the i'uaoe nay k rete.ia& by him idltbut aooountily: for mne cc fec3 Of OffiOe+
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