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OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Eon. I..I..Eoberts
cowty Auditor
Eutchineon County
Stinnett, Texas
Dear Sir:
as
aa followe:
ovidas in eub-
elinquent foes
that for ona year af-
offloe, he may ool-
at6 your queetionaaa r0iims:
uld the retiring 0fri4h crolleotthe
rovided for In Art,,30$8, or should his
08 eollsct'saiaeand pay over to him the
i--saiddelinquent rees, or the part sf such delin-
quent feesand exaess fees as till aomplete the autrtium
prwlded by law?
2. Will the oificial bond of the retiring offl-
oer be In force a8 to the aolleation and repotiing of these
deblnqusnt fees for the one yaar after he awsma to hold
T!on. I. I.. ooberta, Page e
th8 O??io8?
&Mole WU?, Revised Civil &tatute6, mada aa
roll&:
*Any officer meatloned in thl8 ChtptOr
who does not oolhmt the madam IIpu)\lpt of
his Shea for any siaoal yw and who reports
del.inquent Scum for that yoat shall be en-
tltled to rutaln, wbea oolbo~ed, ouah pm-t
of euah delInqueat Soerr aa 18 SuSfIoleat to
ocmplete the zmximm ocnlpeMatlonauthorlte4l
by Artloles 9883 sBB5-4 and 3tB6 S0r the
year ln whioh deilnqubntSe68 ‘were ,obargsd, and
also retainthe unmountOS exeea6 fees author-
ized by law, and the ramrlader of the delinquen$
teas for that fitoal yew shall be paid au lura-
in provided for wbea oolleated; provided
provlslons of this Artiole &all not app
any osfloer after one year Srosr the date
ooa8oa to hold the oftioe to whioh imy dal%n-
quent Sea is due, and in the eveat the o?f%.est
earaiklg the rees that are delinquent ham wt
oollesoted the aapce witbin tmlve montl’m aft.0
be 006~88 to hold the office, the amount of
Seea oolleoted ab&ll be paid into the Wunt~
trrssurg. sk0dd0a, however, that IlOt i
In this Aot preoludes the paymmt & 8x-o 9s 1010
sees in aooordanoe with Tit&-&l of the Raviwd
Citll Btatuka of Tone s;izdas art OS the
m0xlmum oOmpematiorl. fi tit
ohaage made In this ArtIole by &s ‘iii%-
not apply to fess heretoion 0arnsiL~
et40iO 3897, ~Reriaea civ.oil 0tatuter, ntdr a6
?011Ou~!
Vaoh dietriot, oouaty and prO6inOf Otii-
oer, at the aloes, of eaoh flsclol year(DeceiabeF
3ist) shll m&e to the amri0t OOurt Of the
oounty ia whlah he resides a sworn ~tataamat In
triplloate (on Soma deolgned and apprwed by
the %ate Audltor) a oopp OS whloh statsareti
ahall be forwarded to the state Auditor by the
clerk of the dietriot oourt of eaid 00uaty wittill
thirty (300)days aiterthe w14eh45 been
filed in his oSSloe and one oopy.to be
filed with the aoun~y audltm, if any;
oihenda said copy f&all be ftled ulth the
r~ll3alQntlra' oourt. said repart sh4l.l
8holoths womt OS all rem, oCs+Blsswui
and ompenaationfi whatever gune& w said
offfcer during the tl6oel $#ier; @ad eeoondly,
ahall show the ercount of fer.,e, ocmioe$one
6nU oC.mpenootlcnseclleotedbyhlrndurfag
tht Siaoal year; .thirdly, wid rcpar$ 8hall .
aontalxl811 itmlwa etatamntorall few,
oc8ttlusi~sui 0nd ocaummtatiow earned dorm
tho rZa+bal year r'hloh were naC collected.,
tu4pth6r ultb the n0w a? ?ihe party cwkyr
said Sew, .ocmrsiwion8 and 6wpen~8im.
Bald ra,gartrballbo iiledaotl&orthqs
February let tollm3.n~ tti 0108e OQ the rimal
yetmenU foreaahdeyafter W&date that
oclid~e~roaainanotfUed,#rlddia~
ebell he liabLstoa -tyoS I#zityfl?e
(88f.00) %llaw,wbloh
thtbaauntylnamait
aad .in addition add
to~remval freeroffloe.*
Articls 3691 TaMmId civil aututw relwrr%~
to the diaposltlon OS &em FXWidW tbatt
a. . . .
*All curnlat
foe5 4t0ma and oollscrted
by offioerr nwe& in Artiole 5883 &urW any
Slwal year in exoew of the xtudmm and 4~
6~s allwed by thti Aot, end SC@their e8r-
rl448 4nd for t&6 servl4eaof thslr de~utio6
and assiatan88 and authorlead expwwub, ,%a-
@her wtth 411 delltn eat, Saws oolleoted
r
0ndwtuwu45proviealni~ele7B98 or
UStid 80 Fy ti4r%W OS de~-utiW Wt!i 445!4-
tante uhen ourrent f 068 we lwufSlo~t ,
oha= be paid fA80 tha eot.Q&ti$'i=mtlSUry .%zlbthe
ootinty whwe thew uxoesoas a6aruer
"Alltees duo rod no8 oolSeated ae ehwa
IntheraporZ !mq~rSa~Artlobh,~
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Ron. L. 7..Roberts,Page 4
be oollsotUdby the offioer to whose office
the feea aoorued and shall be disppsed of
by eald offloor in accordancewith the pro-
visions or this Aot...."
Ry virtue or the foregolug etatutes you are
reapeotrullyadvised that it is the opinion of this de0
partmmt that the ofiloer whose tew of offioe ha8 ter-
minated la not authorizedto oolleot delinquent fees
earned by him while in offloe, but that his suooeseor
in office shall oollect.suahdelinquent feee and pay
them to his predeoetmor,the retiring oriiosr, provided
suoh delinquentfeea are oolleotedwithin one year after
the retiring ofYiaer hae gone out or ortloe and auoh
retiring offioer shall be entitled to retain, when ool-
leoted, suoh part of suoh delinquentfees as is suiti-
oiont to ooaplete the maxl~~umocmpeusatlonauthorized
by Artiolee X333, 3883-a and 5884 for the year in which
dellnqueutfees were charged, aud the remainder of the
delinquentfees for that rieoal year shall be paid into
the oounty treasury in the oouuty where oolleoted.
Auswering your rirat question a8 we have, it
ie not neoeeaaryto anmver your seoond question.
Trwting that the roregolng rtiiy anmers your
Inquiry,we rsrealn
Youra very truly
OF TEXAS
ATTORNEY GERRRAL
w &tw-e&aub
Ardell ~llllams
Assietaut
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