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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to deadlines associated with proposing and adopting a |
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budget for certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 111.003(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than August 15 [During the 7th or the 10th |
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month of the fiscal year, as determined by the commissioners |
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court], the county judge, assisted by the county auditor or county |
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clerk, shall prepare a budget to cover all proposed expenditures of |
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the county government for the succeeding fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 111.006(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than August 15 [When the county judge has |
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completed the preparation of the budget], the county judge shall |
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file a copy of the proposed budget with the county clerk. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 111.007(b) and (c), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court shall hold [set] the hearing not |
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later than the 25th [for a date after the 15th] day after [of the |
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month next following] the day [month in which] the budget is filed |
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under [was prepared in accordance with] Section 111.006 [111.003, |
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Local Government Code,] but before the commissioners court adopts |
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the county's ad valorem tax rate for the current tax year [date on |
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which taxes are levied by the court]. |
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(c) The commissioners court shall give public notice that it |
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will consider the proposed budget on the date of the hearing. The |
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notice must state the date, time, and location of the hearing. The |
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notice must include, in type of a size at least equal to the type |
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used for other items in the notice, any statement required to be |
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included in the proposed budget under Section 111.003(b). The |
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commissioners court shall give notice under this subsection: |
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(1) not earlier than the 30th day before the date of |
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the hearing; and |
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(2) not later than the 10th day before the date of the |
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hearing. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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budget proposed by a county commissioners court for a fiscal year |
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beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |