1-1 By: Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 2631
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1993;
1-3 May 6, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 1993, reported favorably, as
1-5 amended, by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 25, 1993, sent
1-6 to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Armbrister
1-21 Amend H.B. 2631 by striking Section 1 and substituting the
1-22 following:
1-23 SECTION 1. Section 140.004, Local Government code, is
1-24 amended by adding Subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) to read as
1-25 follows:
1-26 (f) A budget required by Subsection (b) shall not increase
1-27 the expenditure of county funds from the prior fiscal year by more
1-28 than the percentage increase in the caseload of the adult probation
1-29 department during the most recent 12 month period as reported to
1-30 the Community Justice Assistance Division of the Texas Department
1-31 of Criminal Justice, without the approval of the commissioners
1-32 court.
1-33 (g) A budget required by Subsection (b) shall not increase
1-34 the expenditure of county funds from the prior fiscal year by more
1-35 than the percentage increase in the delinquent referrals to the
1-36 juvenile probation department during the most recent 12 month
1-37 period as reported to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission,
1-38 without the approval of the commissioners court.
1-39 (h) A county may deny an increase in funds determined by
1-40 Subsection (f) if the county certifies to the district judge or
1-41 judges that it does not have adequate funds to meet the increase.
1-42 (i) If the commissioners court grants an increase above the
1-43 amount provided by Subsection (f) or Subsection (g), the tax rate
1-44 necessary to generate the increased expenditure above the amount
1-45 provided by Subsection (f) or Subsection (g) shall be excluded from
1-46 the calculation of the Rollback Rate under Section 26.04 of the Tax
1-47 Code.
1-48 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-49 AN ACT
1-50 relating to commissioners court approval of certain budgets.
1-51 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-52 SECTION 1. Section 140.004, Local Government Code, is
1-53 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-54 (f) The budget required by Subsection (b) shall not increase
1-55 the expenditure of county funds unless the increase is approved by
1-56 the commissioners court.
1-57 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-58 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-59 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-60 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-61 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-62 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-64 Austin,
1-65 Texas
1-66 May 25, 1993
1-67 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-68 President of the Senate
2-1 Sir:
2-2 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
2-3 referred H.B. No. 2631, have had the same under consideration, and
2-4 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
2-5 recommendation that it do pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-6 Armbrister,
2-7 Chairman
2-8 * * * * *
2-9 WITNESSES
2-10 FOR AGAINST ON
2-11 ___________________________________________________________________
2-12 Name: Carey D. Cockerell x
2-13 Representing: Probation - Tarrant County
2-14 City: Fort Worth
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2-16 Name: Michele Patterson x
2-17 Representing: Gregg Co. Juvenile Prob. Dpt.
2-18 City: Longview
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2-20 Name: Maribeth Powers x
2-21 Representing: Guadalupe Co. Juvenile Proba
2-22 City: Seguin
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2-24 Name: Jim Allison x
2-25 Representing: County Judges & Comm. Assoc.
2-26 City: Austin
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2-28 Name: Sam D. Seale x
2-29 Representing: Texas Assoc. of Counties
2-30 City: Austin
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2-32 Name: Sherri Walker x
2-33 Representing: Conference of Urban Counties
2-34 City: Austin
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2-36 Name: Curtiss Brown x
2-37 Representing: Galveston County Judges Office
2-38 City: Galveston
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2-40 Name: R. W. Self x
2-41 Representing: Crosby County - Judges & Comm.
2-42 City: Crosbyton
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2-44 Name: Jay Johnson x
2-45 Representing: Texas Assoc. of Counties
2-46 City: Tulia
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2-48 Name: Donald Lee x
2-49 Representing: Harris Co. Judge Jon Lindsay
2-50 City: Houston
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2-52 Name: Craig Pardue x
2-53 Representing: Dallas Co.
2-54 City: Dallas
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2-56 Name: Steve Robinson x
2-57 Representing: Travis Co. Juvenile Probation
2-58 City: Austin
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2-60 FOR AGAINST ON
2-61 ___________________________________________________________________
2-62 Name: John A. Wilmoth x
2-63 Representing: 38 Judicial Dist CSCD
2-64 City: Uvalde
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2-66 Name: Lloyd Watts x
2-67 Representing: Probation - Lubbock Co.
2-68 City: Lubbock
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2-70 Name: Ken Young x
3-1 Representing: Montgomery Co. CSCD
3-2 City: Willis
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3-4 Name: Melvin Brown, Jr. x
3-5 Representing: Texas Probation Assoc.
3-6 City: Conroe
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3-8 Name: Melissa Weiss x
3-9 Representing: Juvenile Probation - Austin
3-10 City: Bellville
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3-12 Name: Scott Friedman x
3-13 Representing: Caldwell Cnty. Juv. Prob. Det
3-14 City: Lockhart
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3-16 Name: Lyn Willis x
3-17 Representing: Tarrant County
3-18 City: Fort Worth
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3-20 Name: Roy K. Robb x
3-21 Representing: Juvenile Probation Officer
3-22 City: San Angelo
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3-24 Name: Aris Johnson x
3-25 Representing: Gregg Co. Juvenile Probation
3-26 City: Longview
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3-28 Name: Debra M. Dillenberger x
3-29 Representing: 20th - 82nd Jud. Dist Juv Pro
3-30 City: Marlin
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