Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

gFFICE:OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN -- .’ liable for -3. other lee8 eresgt said ep~lluatioa fee an4 thtf’umuel liaenas $80 mguirod uf r&a by thir set.*” ke wte that under the gmvieicna af.Article 667-01, j.~.o.C., the county alark ts Cesifjllated ae the oollooting agent $or the oountp cut6 that 130fee la prercribetl tb tke olerk tar hts r``lc88 in oolleetin~ ‘end Cepoeltizg the five ($5.00) dollare ~iacn8e tee. Yen are thereioN, ~Btioed thet such Pee is not ths ~&$otr~Z’Of fOS .thrt i# to be d~CQesite6 in the 0ffiQeX'U Sdl&~ . The language t&the ebovo artfale pwlitas bnly 2'0~ the 4egosft 05 ~46fd fees ln the County Treseury , 8na the statute neither lwl~wites the pextfuular eon&y tnnd~ into ahioh the fee shall bQ -:lrpositod agr spcoflisa the purpose gor whbh the countp my erpend the aacwwleto4 Yunll when O.QlleQt@d and deposited. It secmfi, how- etef, that the &egZalotnPe intended.theare fess j by Uagoaft iate the mnty Txw?+ux~, to be erailabl``ror oxp~e&tXtarc by the eoudy Yor' !ts general benefit. Thus, in the abse5o4 CY! aay'~epwiila ststu- t4ry4lreation es to the gatilonlar paxpbse for uhtoh sue& fees are te be ex~en&d ,Ud the ~ltrtioo~aE f~u?id FQ V&iGh depOc%it&, it is ok opi13k1nthat 8aiw shbulu be deposited in the ~tmeral zunb or the oounty~.