1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1279
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1999; March 11, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 15, 1999, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 15, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the approval of budgets of emergency communication
1-9 districts.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsections (b), (c), and (d), Section 772.309,
1-12 Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) The governing body of a county, municipality, or other
1-14 participating jurisdiction shall approve the budget unless the body
1-15 finds that the board abused its discretion in preparing the budget.
1-16 (c) If the governing body of a county, municipality, or
1-17 other participating jurisdiction does not approve or disapprove the
1-18 budget before the 61st day after the date the body received the
1-19 budget for review, the budget is approved by operation of law.
1-20 (d) A revision of the budget must be approved in the same
1-21 manner as the budget.
1-22 (e) [(c)] As soon as practicable after the end of each
1-23 district fiscal year, the director shall prepare and present to the
1-24 board and to each participating jurisdiction in writing a sworn
1-25 statement of all money received by the district and how the money
1-26 was used during the preceding fiscal year. The report must show in
1-27 detail the operations of the district for the fiscal year covered
1-28 by the report.
1-29 (f) [(d)] The board shall have an independent financial
1-30 audit of the district performed annually.
1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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