County Funds; Penal Institutions; County; Sheriffs and Constables; Authority and Duties
GA-0791
Texas Attorney General Opinion
Common-law rule providing that interest follows principal applies to funds generated by operation of the jail commissary|Commissary, funds generated by operation of do not belong to the county for purposes of Local Government Code section 113.021|Commissary fund, interest accrued on is not severed from the fund pursuant to Local Government Code section 113.021|Sheriff’s control over jail commissary fund
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