Section 8-11-110 - Compensation for handling funds(a) The compensation of the county trustee for receiving and paying over to the rightful authorities all moneys received shall be six percent (6%) on all sums up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and four percent (4%) on all sums above ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), and a commission of two percent (2%) on all sums above twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).(b) In computing the compensation of trustees, all funds - state, county, school and special - shall be taken and estimated as one, and each shall pay its respective portion of the above commissions on all sums of money received by the trustee for the state and county, respectively.(c) At the time of the settlement with the proper officers of the state and county, and the computation of the trustee's commission on collections, the trustee shall furnish the officers, respectively, with a certified statement from the county mayor, showing the amount actually collected by the trustee and paid over to the proper state and county authorities, respectively, as above provided.(d) The trustee shall not be entitled to any commission on money turned over by the trustee's predecessor in office, or on money borrowed for the use of the county, or received from the proceeds of a sale or sales of bonds.(e) The trustee shall receive one percent (1%) on all moneys collected from county officers on fees and on the school fund received from the state or on money turned over to the trustee by clerks of the courts and other collecting officers.(f) In the event any federal funds for school lunch program purposes are handled by the county trustee, the trustee shall be allowed for the handling of such funds an amount not to exceed one-fourth of one percent (¼%) of such funds handled by the trustee; provided, that such amount shall not be taken from federal funds, but the equivalent thereof shall be paid to the trustee out of either school funds or county general purpose funds as determined by a majority vote of the county legislative body.(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section or the law to the contrary, the trustee shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, commission or fee for handling funds paid by the state to the county or to a local education agency for the purpose of funding the employees' social security contribution for teachers.(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or the law to the contrary, the trustee shall be entitled to collect a different percentage fee than that which is set forth in subsection (a), upon a negotiated basis for the collection of municipal taxes as set out in an approved intergovernmental agreement.Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 72; Shan., § 916a2; Code 1932, § 1621; Acts 1947, ch. 164, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1621; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 67-1412; Acts 1987, ch. 147, § 1; 1991, ch. 119, §1; 2003 , ch. 90, § 2.