By West H.B. No. 419
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to permitting county constables to be compensated on a fee
1-3 basis in addition to a salary basis.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 154, Local Government Code,
1-6 is amended by adding Section 154.0021 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 154.0021. FEES AND COMMISSIONS PERMITTED IN ADDITION TO
1-8 SALARY FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS. The commissioners court of a county
1-9 may compensate constables on a fee basis in addition to a salary
1-10 basis if the commissioners court by order authorizes payment by
1-11 fees, including commissions.
1-12 SECTION 2. Section 154.004(d), Local Government Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 (d) The prohibitions established by this section do not
1-15 affect:
1-16 (1) fees and commissions the county tax
1-17 assessor-collector is authorized by law to collect;
1-18 (2) the payment of costs in a civil case or eminent
1-19 domain proceeding by the state; [or]
1-20 (3) the payment of fees and commissions by the state
1-21 or a county for services performed by county officers relating to
1-22 the acquisition of rights-of-way for public roads and highways; or
1-23 (4) fees and commissions collected by a constable
1-24 subject to Section 154.0021.
2-1 SECTION 3. Section 154.005, Local Government Code, is
2-2 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
2-3 (e) A constable may receive, in addition to Subsection (c),
2-4 fees and commissions authorized under Section 154.0021.
2-5 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-10 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-11 passage, and it is so enacted.