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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the salaries of sheriffs and to state assistance |
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payments to offset the cost of sheriff's salaries in certain |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 152, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Sections 152.0715 and 152.0716 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 152.0715. STATEWIDE MINIMUM SALARY OF SHERIFFS. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court of a county |
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shall provide for each fiscal year a salary of at least $75,000 for |
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the county's sheriff. |
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Sec. 152.0716. STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PAY SALARIES |
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OF SHERIFFS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to |
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a county with a population of 50,000 or less. |
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(b) To serve the state purpose of ensuring professional law |
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enforcement throughout the state, a county is entitled to an |
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assistance payment from the state for each county fiscal year to |
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assist the county in paying the sheriff's salary required by |
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Section 152.0715 as follows: |
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(1) if a county has a population of 25,000 or less, the |
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county is entitled to a payment of $25,000; and |
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(2) if a county has a population of more than 25,000, |
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the county is entitled to a payment of $10,000. |
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(c) Not later than the 30th day after the first day of a |
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county's fiscal year, the county must submit an application in the |
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form and manner prescribed by comptroller rule to the comptroller |
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to receive the assistance payment. |
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(d) The comptroller shall remit the applicable assistance |
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payment to which a county is entitled from available state funds not |
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later than the 30th day after the date the comptroller receives the |
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county's application for the assistance payment. |
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(e) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a county fiscal year that begins on or after January 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2024, the comptroller |
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of public accounts shall adopt rules as required by Section |
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152.0716(e), Local Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2023. |