Local Government Code §154.023

(a) A salary fund shall be created in the county to be known as the "officers' salary fund of __________ County, Texas." The following items shall be paid from the fund: (1) salaries of district, county, and precinct officers; (2) salaries of the officers' deputies, assistants, and clerks; and (3) the authorized expenses of the offices of those officers. (b) The salary fund shall be: (1) deposited in the county depository; (2) kept separate from other county funds; and (3) protected to the same extent as other county funds.