S.B. No. 527
AN ACT
1-1 relating to conditions of employment for certain officers of the
1-2 state or a political subdivision of the state.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 140.004, Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 140.004. BUDGETS OF CERTAIN JUVENILE BOARDS AND
1-7 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS <PROBATION> DEPARTMENTS.
1-8 (a) This section applies only to:
1-9 (1) a juvenile board, juvenile probation office, or
1-10 juvenile department established for one or more counties; and
1-11 (2) a community supervision and corrections <an adult
1-12 probation office or> department established for a judicial
1-13 district.
1-14 (b) Before the 45th day before the first day of the fiscal
1-15 year of a county, a juvenile board and a community supervision and
1-16 corrections <probation> department that each have jurisdiction in
1-17 the county shall:
1-18 (1) prepare a budget for the board's or department's
1-19 next fiscal year; and
1-20 (2) hold a meeting to finalize the budget.
1-21 (c) Before the 14th day before the juvenile board or
1-22 community supervision and corrections <probation> department has a
1-23 meeting to finalize its budget, the board or department shall file
1-24 with the commissioners court:
2-1 (1) a copy of the proposed budget; and
2-2 (2) a statement containing the date of the board's or
2-3 department's meeting to finalize its budget.
2-4 (d) Before the later of the 90th day after the last day of
2-5 the juvenile board's or community supervision and corrections
2-6 <probation> department's fiscal year, or the date the county
2-7 auditor's annual report is made to the commissioners court, the
2-8 board or department shall file with the commissioners court a
2-9 complete financial statement of the board or department covering
2-10 the board's or department's preceding fiscal year.
2-11 (e) The financial statement required by Subsection (d) must
2-12 contain any information considered appropriate by the juvenile
2-13 board or community supervision and corrections <probation>
2-14 department and any information required by the commissioners court
2-15 of each county in which the board or department has jurisdiction.
2-16 (f) The budget for a juvenile board or community supervision
2-17 and corrections department may not include an automobile allowance
2-18 for a member of the governing body of the board or department if
2-19 the member holds another state, county, or municipal office. The
2-20 budget may include reimbursement of actual travel expenses,
2-21 including mileage for automobile travel, incurred while the member
2-22 is engaged in the official business of the board or department.
2-23 SECTION 2. Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is
2-24 amended to read as follows:
2-25 Sec. 157.021. Hours of Work of County Employees <in Counties
2-26 of 355,000 or More>. (a) In a county with a population of 355,000
2-27 or more, the commissioners court may adopt and enforce uniform
3-1 rules on the hours of work of department heads, assistants,
3-2 deputies, and other employees whose compensation is set or approved
3-3 by the court.
3-4 (b) The commissioners court of any county may adopt and
3-5 enforce uniform rules on overtime and compensatory time for
3-6 department heads, assistants, deputies, and other employees whose
3-7 compensation is set or approved by the commissioners court. The
3-8 rules may:
3-9 (1) prohibit unbudgeted overtime, except when the
3-10 commissioners court or an elected county or district officer
3-11 declares an emergency; and
3-12 (2) require that emergency overtime be reported to the
3-13 county auditor and the commissioners court.
3-14 SECTION 3. Section 391.011, Local Government Code, is
3-15 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
3-16 (d) A commission may not expend funds for an automobile
3-17 allowance for a member of the governing body of the commission if
3-18 the member holds another state, county, or municipal office. Funds
3-19 may be expended for reimbursement of actual travel expenses,
3-20 including mileage for automobile travel, incurred while the member
3-21 is engaged in the official business of the commission.
3-22 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
3-23 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.