Opinion No.

Honorable Britt Plunk Hardin County Attorney P. O. Box 516 Kountze, Texas 77625

Re: Whether district judge may raise salaries of county auditor's deputies at any time during the year and whether district judge may appoint court coordinator and set salary in absence of statutory authority

Dear Mr. Plunk:

You have asked whether the district judge of Hardin County may direct the commissioners court to raise the salaries paid to assistants in the county auditor's office at any time during the course of the county's budget year. [We presume that the county auditor has made proper application for any…