Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL bF TEXAS AUSTIN Hon. H. Eauard Johnson County Attornby H00a cmntp Oranburp, Texas '?mdor tha oiro\prttuoo~ above related, is th eCo unty Tr uo ur ~lntitloa t0 ha umal Arttale Sou, a. 0. 5. or Tono,~ 19as, rale+urt to th4 o0mdeslons to be paid allow& or the aounty trea- suru. and whioh fixes the maximum rate dllowable 83 com- pensation to the oounty treasurer, reads fn part as follore: "....?or~raoeiring all moneys, other than aohool iands, for the oounty, not exceedin& two and one-half par aout, and not oxouding tro and one-half par oat for paying out the same; provided, that he shall reoelre no coa- missions ror reaeiring money from his preda- oessor nor for paying over soney to hi6 auo- oeesor in orfioe.~ In allowIng oommlseiona to the oounty treasurer within the maximum emount authorized and upon the percentage fixed, it will be noted that the above etatute provides for Hon. H. Mw@.r4 Johneon, April 89, lQS9, Page 3 such oo!missions to be paid 0s *m~nemP reoelvad and ,i,, "m0meye exp0nd.Q. Dndsr the rsoent ordsr of your Cm@& missiomsra~dourt and mush wurants issued, apparently; they are n0t issued r0r pment payment syainet Bawls hsltlin ths Road and Brfdgs Fund, but payable from pro- @as&s et bonds to be sold at a latsr date, and are msr8 rria0n00 or uIdobtoans.ss 0r the 00nnt and not intends& t0 be a oiroulating mequm 88 to any/Toturent funds or ~,' the fmlaty. &oh vsrrsats as runtions& as us11 as those 18suad in 1956 1957 and lWk3 rer ssrtaln road nmohinsry, appear to be 8jlfiar4 @lms8frlsd, as aiaenoe or the oouaty isdobtdnsss or obl~atloas - no funds belOn&iE@ tooh;~souuty being asd e swh fln8nolng~agsno~ msm- . ' Vndm.ths Ueoioioa O? IfsKiamsyvs. Bobinoan, rropat;r $81&p, 64 Tax. UO, rhioh appsars applisabli to the abort raeto, sush uswants as re&l8taridand aes- ortbo& above do aat ooastlt~ts a disburmwnt 'or oouaty rum68 or Waeys* pala cfgt. As said in the ?wclmsy *a-, mpn, “&ad the eoqn$y OxsOuted lts.pomise to gay in any sther iam a speoifled 8m at a futpLq ,j,date, ft oould.not be oontsndsd that upon .ltadelivery by the ~rsasursr he would be entitled to oolnnissionson it as for money8 paid cab." resgeatfully advise that it is the opinion z:le or this Department that a county treasurer is not en- titled to commissions on scrip or warranto merely re- gistered and to be converted later into time warrants and where such time warrants become due and are paid by.funds of finance agenoy other than oounty funds, likswise, no oommis~ion Is payable. Eon. Ii.BW@rd Johnson, April BQ, 19Sft,Pa&s 4 ,?ruetingthe abort anawer~ pur qxvmtion, II*remain Your8 very truly .