C?FFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eon. w* P. sexton
f%UntyAttOrn6y
otan(;s
collllty
Oran@, Teraa
Deer strr
Tour repuert e above Hated ques-
tionha8 beunrearirsd
Qf
crhf1x.mto the
1466 tbst mdor
on a8 ha tad aalLeated
to the Statsfor S5$
d but OS aolldati&3
ly paidrwh sheriff.
riff alaims he is entitledto
althou&ht& J. P. aolleoted,
aounted for all the mxmy keyCO-
advim me am to whloh28 entitled
*'Please
to the f$ aoxmalssion,
the8herifior,thejustiae
or the peace,"
Proaedurs of Taxes,
mtials 950,Codeof Crlmlnal
reada
;:ad-~~follow8
I
Hcc. I. P. mxton, page 2
‘The dlstriat o r c o unty
lttonmy ahall be
entitledto
-- -l$ ot
-- _. -. iorfeliturea or
8ll fines,
monies coiieatearor tm matie or eouumrty, up-
on judgmentreooveredby and the alerk
of the aourt ln whlah are ran-
dered shell be entitledto or wle amount
of aeld Judgment,to be paid out of the amount
when aolleated.w
Artiale951, Code of CrM Procedure of Texas
as fgnd;cgb the Aatn of the P0hprir8t Legdslature,
Pa , . iO5, *ma. 1, 1929, reads a8 follows~
n%e sheriff6r other oftiaer._araeptta
Justiceof the maoe or his alark,-& oolleats
fur the State or oouhts.rxaevta b.r3r
~IIDDII~Y
r8f3;-umt8~
any proasion of idis ode, 6hd.i
be entitled to retain S$ thereofwhen oollsat-
ad." (Undoraooring ours).
tiae ofth~ dape&nt has rapaatedlpruled that a us-
ae is not entitledto retain !5$oomiss1on
on flaw 001Yeated. Re nspeotfullyrefer you to the fol-
lc oplnlonaof this departmnt with reisrenoeto same;
to-84
9 !
Opl.nion written by Hon. Jams 8. NeiY, Assirrtent
Attormy Caneral addressedto W. E. Yanay, County Auditor,
l&rrantCounty,fbrt Worth, Texas,dated Deatmber1, 1937,
and an 0piniOn WTitten by Hon. JO0J. AlsUp ASSi8tantAt-
torneyCeharal addressedto Mr. R, A. Co&hey County
Awlltor,Lufkli, Texas, ends dated December 18, i933.
OpinionNo. d-626 of this depa&eut hold8 that
the sheriffis entitledto 6% aonmlsslon.onrSne6 in such
inatanaesonly as such fines are collectedby the sheriff.
Therefore you are respectfullyadvisedthat it
fe the opinionof t&s department,thet under the situation
outlinedin your~letterand underthe law, the justiceof
the peaoe would not be entitledto 25$ao!melaslon
oh tines
oolleotedby the justloeoithe pbaee.
. *
,Hon.IL PC dcdon, page 3
You are furtherrsspeaWullyaddsed that it
16 the o inion of this de ant that the sheriffwuld
be antltPad to 5% ooxml1184""
on on f&s8 in rush instanact6
only as such llws were oolleetedby the sheriff.
Trusti= that thL ratisiaotorlly
answerspar
lnqlliry,
,ve an
Tours very truly
AlTURSQXGE?7ERALO?TX&3
WnJFrob
AWROVED JUL ZS, 1939
(Signed)1. t. wmre
TXRSTASSISTMT
ATFG#.lR 0-w.
oplnt::m~ttw
By R. 'II.
2'.Chairevln