By: Wentworth S.B. No. 365 73R3936 DWS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to performance audits of county officers, district 1-3 attorneys, county offices, and district attorney offices. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 115, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 115.005 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 115.005. PERFORMANCE AUDITS OF COUNTY OFFICERS, 1-8 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, COUNTY OFFICES, AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICES. 1-9 (a) On request of the commissioners court, the county auditor 1-10 shall conduct an annual performance audit of a county officer, 1-11 district attorney, county office, or district attorney's office. 1-12 (b) The performance audit must provide evaluative 1-13 information to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the 1-14 audited county officer, district attorney, county office, or 1-15 district attorney's office. 1-16 (c) The county auditor shall provide a written report of the 1-17 performance audit to the audited officer, the audited office, and 1-18 the commissioners court. 1-19 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-1 passage, and it is so enacted.