By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1279
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the approval of budgets of emergency communication
1-2 districts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsections (b), (c), and (d), Section 772.309,
1-5 Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The governing body of a county, municipality, or other
1-7 participating jurisdiction shall approve the budget unless the body
1-8 finds that the board abused its discretion in preparing the budget.
1-9 (c) If the governing body of a county, municipality, or
1-10 other participating jurisdiction does not approve or disapprove the
1-11 budget before the 61st day after the date the body received the
1-12 budget for review, the budget is approved by operation of law.
1-13 (d) A revision of the budget must be approved in the same
1-14 manner as the budget.
1-15 (e) [(c)] As soon as practicable after the end of each
1-16 district fiscal year, the director shall prepare and present to the
1-17 board and to each participating jurisdiction in writing a sworn
1-18 statement of all money received by the district and how the money
1-19 was used during the preceding fiscal year. The report must show in
1-20 detail the operations of the district for the fiscal year covered
1-21 by the report.
1-22 (f) [(d)] The board shall have an independent financial
1-23 audit of the district performed annually.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.