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
.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion