Opinion No.

Ms. Joyce Tompkins Fort Bend County Auditor P. O. Drawer 549 Richmond, Texas 77469

Re: Transfer of county assets from one department to another and failure to follow procedure for setting salaries

Dear Ms Tompkins:

You first ask about he authority of the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court to transfer to the sheriff an automobile purchased from money in the Road and Bridge Fund, Precinct No. 4.

The `Road and Bridge Fund' is one of the four county funds established `for the four (4) constitutional purposes,' by article VIII, section 9 of the Texas Constitution. (It is to be distinguished from the…