Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
I).
as to whather
In the name of
of this Coda,
judgments and
my provision
of WI Cod., ahall forthwlth bo paid over
by the oirIOer8 oolleotlag the ama to tha
couatq treamrmr of the pmpr oounty, after
first deduotlng thanfrom thr legal fees
and oommIaaIons for oolleotlng the mme.‘*
8on. Willie o*rWal, Ray 26, 1939, Page 2
“Art. MO.- Commissions on Colleo-
tionr. The dI8trIot or countFattorney
m be entitled to ten per oent o? all
riner, forioiture8 or m0neys oolleote4
?or the state or oounty, upon judgments re-
ootersd by him; and the olerk oi the court
in whioh uld judgmnto are rendered shall
be entitled to rive per cent of the mount
o? 8aid judgments, to be paid out or the
mount when oollected."
Itonep ocrlleated bl fin08 In public roaoy
aad belong to the St&o. The net proceeds oolleat-
ad by ?lnas must be pald over k, the oounty treasur-
or, uul.oeo the fina were imposed by a oorperatloa
aourt or on appml ?rom a ju@ment rendered In 8uoh
aourt, in rbioh oa8e the smnef oolleoted must be
paid into the munloipal treasury. However, kton
payin& over the anwunt o? the fines, which have been
ooll8oted in the name or ior the u8e o? the State or
oounty, the oiiIcer8 who are responsible ?or the c01-
leotIon8 are entitled to deduct as commission rliteen
per cent of this amount, ten per cent ior the district
or oounty attorney, and live per cent for the clerk
of the court. The clerk o? a court ahall be entitled
to rive per oent on all fines.
Iiart v. State, 70 S?i 948;
A:oLennan County Y. Xqgess, 139 1:'1054;
Tex. Jur., Vol. 19. F. 654;
Tex. Jur., Vol. 9.. p. 251.
"Art. 951.- CommIssIons to other or-
rioera. The sherlr? or otherT?G,