By Wilson H.B. No. 2512
74R5847 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the compensation for officers of certain political
1-3 subdivisions.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 141.004, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 141.004. Officers in Home-Rule Municipalities. (a)
1-8 The governing body of a home-rule municipality that has not adopted
1-9 a city manager form of government may set the amount of
1-10 compensation, including the salary, for each officer of the
1-11 municipality.
1-12 (b) The governing body of a home-rule municipality that has
1-13 adopted a city manager form of government may set the amount of
1-14 compensation, including the salary, for an officer appointed by the
1-15 governing body, a municipal clerk, a municipal attorney, or a
1-16 member of the police force.
1-17 (c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), the mayor
1-18 and each other member of the governing body of a home-rule
1-19 municipality that has adopted a city manager form of government are
1-20 entitled to $100 a day for each regular meeting of the governing
1-21 body and $50 a day for each special meeting of the governing body.
1-22 The mayor or another member of the governing body may not receive
1-23 the compensation provided by this subsection for more than five
1-24 special meetings each month.
2-1 (d) As an alternative to Subsection (c), the governing body
2-2 of a home-rule municipality with a population of 250,000 or more
2-3 that has adopted a city manager form of government may set by
2-4 ordinance a salary for the mayor and each other member of the
2-5 governing body. The amount of the salary may not exceed $6,000 a
2-6 year.
2-7 (e) As an alternative to Subsection (c), the governing body
2-8 of a home-rule municipality with a population of less than 250,000
2-9 that has adopted a city manager form of government may set by
2-10 ordinance a salary for the mayor and each other member of the
2-11 governing body. The amount of the salary may not exceed $3,000 a
2-12 year.
2-13 SECTION 2. Section 152.011, Local Government Code, is
2-14 amended to read as follows:
2-15 Sec. 152.011. Amount Set by Commissioners Court. The
2-16 commissioners court of a county shall set the amount of the
2-17 compensation, including the salary, and office and travel
2-18 expenses<,> and all other allowances for county and precinct
2-19 officers and employees who are paid wholly from county funds.
2-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.