Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICEOFTHEA'ITORNEY GENERAL OF'IPCAS AUSTIN liirorstle2;s. 2. Si.-:~pscn, Sr. couty AttcrEeiey CORCbOCouEty Falr&?: I'.oak,'hx6s r;hculdin offlolalin a county haoi~nglees than 20,000 inhabl- tentswhcse IS08 OS offic4 after all t~r;renseeare paid azmunt to $2 OOO.C.0,ar4 e-0 rsoelresin ad&a Ltion to suoh few3 an 6x OfSiCiO861~ry Of $~900.00 p6y anj%nlne; baok lx the oounCy as excess Sew? few rooantlertorro~tieatfag the cpin!.ok 03? this dcqv2rtnent on tha above stetod qwstion &ad8 in pirt aa fol- 10-w Thf3 opinionrequestsdin this letterla eskod for by Er. Leo Liolloy, trvJCountyand Matriot Clsrk of tblo County,and reletedto Sees of officeand ex-o:tltilosa&r.yin counties of loss than 2OJKO ishabitants. The s~clfio gxiatim ugcu rvXoh Xr. Solloy ro=u4etsan opinfonIs es iollowar "Bhoalda!! ofriom ir? aounti*r havlrlg loos than 20,000 iuh&bitintcl whose toss of offi after all aipsnasaore g&d amounttc $ZOOCiOO,~ and whc reoalvw in eddition to such Tco8 an ax- officioealv.ry of $GCC.OO;,-should euoh oftiolal py anythfugbm$ +o the county as 8xoeasrtJ463* Ccno!ioCoumy has a populationof 6,192 iuhabitarits accordLrgto the 104C FsderalCQILISUEI,and the oountyoff'iciels cf onid oounty :ro a>-pensat~d 03 a he bash. Artiolonsf3c33 na6 33G1, vemc>n'aRiu.lotatsd cra1 sttitutos, &%rti25cy a county olwk, or a districtolerk, or a Iionorable Jes . -jointclerk**, S:atUtw, i.n00u~tloS11Wlri 0 ~OpUlatlon Of 1068 then 80,000 lnhabitentcr, to retain m oompaaer~tion and bxueso fees the rLu&mm a.aEl of $3 000.00. Articlaa 3096 and 390&, Vemon*e AnnoWted C:vil &etutes, eq$e*elg authorize the Carla- elmera' Court,whcm, in its jud&cnent, aueh ooqeneation Ia neoe58~~, to allovicomeneatfor,for ex offIoi0servlceeof the oouttty olerk or qjolntalerk", providedauah aaapwsstlon ehell not iccrease the ocepenrationOS the oountg clerk beyond the road amuct of.co:qeEoBtlon end exaeeef$es allov~ed to be retained by ;tlnunder the yeoe&ln~ artiolas. Thorpe ortlcllss, ~4 t?;?nk, aleerlpeuthorlzethe CommIealonere* Court to SllOW the ~l~+rk nf th*a COiiRtp &?urt, OP he 1% tbIe ~#JSO, the *jolotclerk* .i~oountlsshaving e pojmlqtlcn of less 'thml20 ooo ichablta nt 0, ooqmmatlon for 6% Off10106ervicea, provtie 4 ouoh ozqeneatlcn topthor with tha feei ratainea by hFm undar the precedirgertlclee;does not amount to more the .2,000.00per awa. (itbe the caee et Anderson countyv. fio@ne, 107 5. 4:.1010.1 Tne ocuntyclerk, or the "jofztclerk",Irrentltlea to ratalnall the ooqxmeetlot allowedby &Mole 5883,to- gatherwith one-thirdexoeeetesa allowed.byArticleE3Bpl~ uatfl euch am-third tqether tiththe amunt speaiiledin Art10103f363, amwntfi to ~,000.00 per nnnam. If.the acanpaosa- tlon allowedunder Art10103863 and the exeeesfee0 dima underArticle5891 dc not meoh the aoxirmlpl ol ~3,OOO&C-per ennum,the cmi&aalonero~Courlsio authorizeato w the olark an ox ofiloloooapewatlo.n, provltkd suoh cozapeneatlon to- getherrith the fees retainedby him unbr iirtiolea Z&i end 3091, does tiot+mount tamma then CJ,OOO&O, Under the faots statedin your lettsr,the clerk will reoeive a pubstm~ ~E,OOO.OO es few afttw all ospewos are allows x ais @-ovided by len, end ;he Cozwiso:ocere' Court haa all.ormiS en ex offio:o o~nahtioc in the mount of $Q~O&l nal-lni; 0 total of $2,900.00nhlbh the clerk reoeive0. +hio 8snouat .%x&anot emeod the 3ariaura -t allmmd by Artioles3943 end ?BQl and a8 t&e olerk h+W not :eoeivedthe ImuAmuseiw.Xmt allowe by theee ortlcloeand the emnmt~ellowedby the Owsnrisafoaero' Court does zictexoeed tho mer&mm.aUoued by.thearecedti artioles, we answer the above mt4ted fgmstior, in th4 Ii4.gc:tiVer