Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-681 Page: 2 of 3
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Mr. Quincy Hawkins, Page 2 (0-681)
nor more than ninety (90) days and fined not
less than Fifty Dollars ($50 nor more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500).
Article 949, Code of Criminal Procedure, reads
as follows:
"Money collected by at officer upon
recognizances, bail bonds and other obliga-
tions recovered upon in the name of the
State under any provision of this code, and
all fines, forfeitures, judgments and jury
fees, c611cted under any provision of
this Code, shall forthwith be paid over by
the officers collecting the same to the county
treasurer of the proper county, after first
deducting therefrom the legal fees and com-
missions for collecting the same."
Section 3 of Article 3912e, R. C. S., reads as
fol ow s:
"In all Cases where the commissioweris
court shall have determined that county offi-
cers or precinct officers in such county shall
be compensated for their services by the pay-
meat of an annual salary, neither the State
of Texas nor any county shall be charged with
or pay to any of the officers so compensated,
any fee or -commission for the performance of any
or all of the duties of their offices but such
officers shall receive said salary in lieu of
all other fees, commissions or compensation
which they would otherwise be authorized to re-
taine; provided, however, that the assessor and
collector of taxes shall continue to collect and
retain for the benefit of the Officers' Salary
Fund or funds hereinafter provided for all fees
and commissions which he is authorized under
law to collect; and it shall be his duty to
account for and topay all such monies received
by him into the fund created and provided for
under the provisions of this Act; provided
further, that the provisions of this Section
shall not affect the payment of costs in civil
cases by the State but all pauch costs so paid
shall be accounted for by the officers collect-
nlag the same, as they are required under the pro-
visions of this Act to account for fees,commissious
and costs collected from private parties."
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-681, text, July 12, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth257863/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.