Opinion No. 70-237 (1970) Ag

PART-TIME COURT CLERK HELP — PAYMENT PAYMENT FROM COURT FUND Parttime help in the office of the Court Clerk can be paid from the Court Fund. The Court Fund cannot be raided by splitting full-time helper jobs into parttime helper jobs. An employee in the Court Clerk's office who works 37-1/2 hours of each 37-1/2 hour work-week is not a part-time helper and should not be paid from the Court Fund. The Attorney General has had under consideration your letter of July 9, 1970, wherein you, in effect, ask: 1. Can part-time help in the office of the Court Clerk be paid from the Court Fund? 2. If the…