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Constitutional Law - Texas; Counties and County Commissioners Courts; Budget and Finance; Courts and Judges; Fees; Words and Phrases

GA-0340

Texas Attorney General Opinion

Court-related purposes|Open courts provision requires fees charged to litigants to be used only to support judiciary|Budget-making authority is vested in commissioners court|Expired budget, commissioners court has no authority to amend|Special account in county general fund, authority of commissioners court to establish|Special budget, no authority for commissioners court to prepare budget separate from general county budget "excess contributions" remitted to county under Local Government code section 26.008

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