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Honorable Dan Meehan - Page 2 (LO-90-32)
allowances of the highest paid elected county officer, other than a judge of a statutory county court, whose salary and allowances are set by the commissioners court. You also ask whether a portion of the auditor's salary could be paid from the proceeds of a federal grant. The expenditure of federal grant money depends of the terms of a specific grant. See Attorney General Opinion M-887 (1971). You should direct questions about the use of grant funds to the federal agency that provided the grant. We note, however, that the grant application you forwarded to us does not budget money for the county auditor's salary. Very truly yours, Sarah Woelk, Chief Letter Opinion Section SW/icd Ref.: RQ-1899 ID# 8347