Opinion No.

The Honorable Hector M. Lozano

Frio County Attorney

500 East San Antonio Street

Box 1

Pearsall, Texas 78061-3100

Re: Whether, without the approval of the commissioners court, a county clerk may supplement her deputies' salaries with money from the clerk's records management and preservation fund (RQ-0659-GA)

Dear Mr. Lozano:

You ask several questions about the use of the county clerk's records management and preservation fund and the disposition of a records management and preservation fee collected under the Code of Criminal Procedure.1 Five of your questions pertain to the county clerk's records…