Enrolled Bill Summary

Under previous law, public members of a committee to review salaries and expenses of elected county or precinct officers were selected by the county commissioners court each January and served until a successor was appointed the following January. Senate Bill 189 amends the Local Government Code to provide that the public members of the salary grievance committee are to be selected by the commissioners court not later than 15 days after a request for a hearing is received and that the court is not required to select the public members if a request for a hearing is not received. The bill provides that the public members are to serve until the end of the fiscal year or the time the committee takes a final vote on the last of the grievances for which a public hearing was held, and it requires the committee to hold a public hearing not later than the 10th day after the date the request is received or the date the court selects the committee members.