ORDER N0. 14244
ORDER SETTING COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICIALS ON SALARY
BASIS
On this the 12th day of January 1981, at a Regular Term of
the Commissioners' Court, with a quorum being present,
there came on for consideration the matter of compensation
of various County and Precinct Officials of Kerr County,
Texas, for the year 1981, as provided for in Article 3912e,
Section 6, R. C. S. of Texas.
And it appearing to the Court that Kerr County has a popula-
tion of less than 20,000 inhabitants, according to the last
Federal Census and that the interests of the County would be
best served if the County Officials and Precinct Officials
of Kerr County be paid on a salary basis as provided by law,
for the year 1981.
Upon motion duly made by Commissioner Holland seconded
by Commissioner Guthrie and unanimously approved by
the Court, it is ordered that the County Officials and Precinct
Officials of Kerr County be paid on a salary basis as provided
by law, for the year 1981.
It is further ordered by the Court that the Clerk of the Court
prepare a certified copy of this order and send same to the
Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin, Texas.
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BOB BUL(.OCK
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December 31, 1980
T0: COUNTY CLERKS OF TEXAS
Uear County Clerk:
This is a reminder for you to forward to this department a certified copy of the
order to be passed by your Commissioner's Court in January, 1981, placing the
officers of your county either on a fee or salary basis for the calendar year
7937. ale wi71 appreciate your sending this order as soon as possible after
your Commissioner's Court meets at its first regular meeting. This is needed
to determine the bases for the payment of money to your county officers and
until it is received, this department cannot pay either your county or your
county officers any money.
The above request is provided for in TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN., Art. 3912e, §2,
which states the Commissioner's Court of each county in the State of Texas, at
its first regular meeting in January of each year, shall determine if their
~rec~nct officers (excluding public weighers and registrars of vital statistics)
shall be paid on a salary or fee basis. In counties having a population of less
than twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants according to the last federal census,
the Commissioner's Court, by its order, determines whether its county officers
(excluding county surveyors, registrars of vital statistics and notaries public)
shall be compensated on a salary basis or on the basis of fees earned by them in
the performance of their official duties. A certified copy of the said order
should be mailed to the Comptroller of Public Accounts before January 31, 1981.
v1e appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Si n~fcerely,~~~~,~
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J. P. Schroeder
Supervisor, Judiciary Section
Claims Division
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