Opinion No. (1984)

Dear Mr. Osborne:

This letter is in response to your request for an opinion of this office asking whether the juvenile officer of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit (Audrain, Montgomery and Warren Counties) is entitled to receive a salary as juvenile officer pursuant to Sections 211.381.1 (2) and 211.393.2, RSMo Supp. 1983,1 of $18,690.00 per year and an additional salary pursuant to Sections 211.331.3 and 311.341, RSMo 1978, as superintendent of the juvenile detention facility.

Section 211.381.1(2) provides for the compensation of $18,690.00 for one juvenile officer of the judicial circuit. Section…