Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. . /--. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS . AUSTIN , lianopable A.B. XLokerson, Page 2 *u0ol100ted, 8uOhJmrtOf ruahdel.h@mntre8a 48 18 auffloiQnt to oompleta tlaamu&am OQpaae- tion r0r the pear in rhhh delipqusnt fee8 are 'wed, aad alao retain one-fowth of the exoeoa fesr besrqlng to hsm, 4lxl the Pa4s.xl0P OS the do- u.nquont roer r0r tbe fiacrrl year qpl be &d aa hexwIn provldad for Jlrcuroolleoted, Artiole 3892, nwnOll"8 Awkot4btOd aivll'sairtute8, (u emtladed by tam ?oFty-flr8t Le$laleture 1930, Ire wiled a488iaa, pQge yo, Qhapter~20, aelmtul 4, Pnda 48 foll0u8: ! "Aay OfPloer matloaed in thf.8 Qh4 tp& doe6 a0t OOlleot~psiaPr uIouzI1)of lL tar my fi8or'l ~O&P and vho zrsporta d815.aquent fOer ior th8t ~rear,.thll be entitled to mtrin, w&ma oolleeted, auah~#bwt of 8uoh de&%aquuatfee8 olYiio0~ 4lWr oaa * from the d4te b, '0e4888 to hold the offloe to v@%ob my do-t fee $8 due, 4nd in the evaat thenoftLeer m4raQq ?&a fee8 tlaet 42x4dellaqueat bea *t 00lleoteB t&e aate wIthI tvlsvekonthr uifsrhr, ~8 toholdttw aiftie, the aiaount of fee8 oollaoted ahall be &mid lato the t$aunty tiPe4auPy.~ rrovlu, &0wver, that aoth- Ing in thir Act preohd~r the paymat of 6x,x-oftloio fQS8 ia 4ooordula4 vlth Yltlo 61 at th4 lCbvl84d Oivil IlktiM of YOrr8, l;92!3 88 put Of tIm lwxl- mm 0~autlon. VidQd, Ib4t my 8bua&Q rdrr InthlrAPti4l6layt % *hOt~lnot~yto fee8 her0tofow earned.' miole 3891, Vermm'a AnaotatOd Olril Rtetutee, nedr 48 foll~vr, in part: 11 .. .. . . HanorrblO A.B. HlOkev8on, Page 3 by tbi8 &it, 4&d far the&~ RWViMR Md ?QP thy UP- *iOeR Of thOi.3'dOpUti88 U&d ~88iRtUktR aad 8UthOl'kud expenaea, togeth@r wltb &ll del%nqueat fee8 oolloot- MI md not wed a8 protided $31 Atrttole 3892, OP u0ed t0 gSy tiU’i@# Of depubielr U&d U#%#tUt# VhWi Wl’- Pent fee8 me %n8u??lo%eat, 8h8l.l be p&d intO th8 &lUdiy !tPWmrj in w OOlltltYVhUQ tit.80 QX0888~8 11oorue. "All hea due 8nd not 0ollaoted, u 8h0m In the import mqulmdbyArt%olO 3897, &a&lb. oolhat- Od by ths 8ffiOQ~ t0 VhOU 8ffiIItI #t3 f-8 4OOPUd ud lh31 k dimeed Of w uld 0ffiUP in ~000~~ dUk00 tith the pFOYi#ianr Oi tht8 Aot.,.* by the lorty-Hrat ~aduPo, boome efieotive &nuary 1, Zpjl. XII OUP gpinioa S6, 6.1448, we held thMj# - "%be Offhim VhORO km Of Q?f&Oe h48 tewt-, ed 18 not WlthOF~Sed t0 08&b6t dOwat f~8.4?#1- ..sot :dawat @Ft. Ma, n5W?*Wp ihr .-,,*? in ,_,,.“;y t$'m& h$ ~OORROP, the SOt&P&?t% OffkMP, ppo*id- ?ti# 4ra oolleeted utl;bin omrclyew 4fter the oifiaer &8 g0ae out of OffiOS #ad 8u0h Fetlrtng OffiOOr.8h8Ll be eatttlti tO mtala, vhen oolleoted 8uOh $&Hi of RUOh dellaqueat fee8 IL8 18 l uffla leaiu, t 0Oapleta the - 00mpuu&tiOa luthorired.’ we have 0mOfull 0oa*1derml the nae of EOke VR. rbuonton, 46 8.W. 2nd 1 013, mentloaeain ymr fnqu% cult WI@ brOught br agpelloe, a f'omer tax oelhcter of cry Qountp &gain& I.D. Hake, ME auooO88or, who duly qurliflbd a8 RUO~ in 1924, *grin in 1926, and agrIn In 1928, and tb awe- tie8 Upbn eroh Of gOkO'8 OfffOiol bOlld8 ?OF hl8 86W#Pti tiWW of off5oe. Yhe ImrpoSS Of the auit VB8 to mmaver fee8 of P C Honorable A.E. HLekcwaon, Page 4 vh&le hi VtbR In offioe, o??los eamed by Einonton 2.. but ael2eot- ed w Hcke b8 hia 8~ooe88or. ?Or thQ ~i488 O? t&&R O#.B%tXl VO aD#W oht yI3U hAVll l'O?OlWBOetOthO ?~#r~bJib?.~~,b9tnat60UOOO- ed by him cb.xrbqh.i.athre8 tsrmu of off~es, prfor to $8nu4Py 1, 1931. There ie nothlnij 3.n your latter or in the almve men- tioned caw which bdiortO8 that &. Hake held aald offioe 8inCC that tlIW. Artiole 3892, a8 enaeted ial 1907, 4Bd AI'tiOl~ 3900 vere Ill rowbe u&d effoot dtar* the tlaa I&. &ke vu 33% off3.8Q , and he would be eatitkd ?POmkin, Vh8B oalbMxnd a d&la- QUeBt ?WJ# 84PiWd bJr hir, ;:&JhOU@ SUCh i-8 h4VO ~82l OOlhVOt- ed or may be o&W&ad &%a~ bhe effeotive date af A~%lole 3892, am amended, and theTmpe81 of Artlole 3900, &wsVer, if BP. Bake haa be e the effeotive d8te O? &tl&8 r#t '~~~R~&uzwJ, Vith XWtfQrenb ooU8oted 8lnCe Usd Qate, Ardell tpiuiuu A88i8tWt AU:AW