By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1279
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                                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.  Sections 772.309(b), (c), and (d), Health and
 1-5     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
 2-1     audit of the district performed annually.
 2-2           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.