Opinion No.

Honorable Tom Hanna Criminal District Attorney Jefferson County Beaumont, Texas 77704

Re: Compensation of Grand Jury Bailiffs.

Dear Mr. Hanna:

You have asked how the salary of grand jury bailiffs in Jefferson County is determined.

Article 3912k, V.T.C.S., provides that the commissioners court of a county shall fix the amount of compensation, expenses and allowances for `county and precinct officials and employees who are paid wholly from county funds' and specifies in section 8 thereof:

To the extent that any local, special, or general law . . . prescribes the compensation . . . expense, or any…