Opinion No.

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable Edwin E. Powell, Jr. Coryell County Attorney P.O. Box 796 113 South Seventh Street Gatesville, Texas 76528

Re: When a county "initially" begins collecting fees and costs pursuant to section 51.702 of the Government Code for purposes of the statutory county court judges salary formula of section 25.0005(e) (RQ-0093-JC)

Dear Mr. Powell:

Section 25.0005, subsection (a), of the Government Code sets out a formula for determining the minimum salaries of statutory county court judges in counties that opt to collect fees and costs…