HBA-TBM H.B. 3068 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3068
By: Chisum
County Affairs
3/19/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, county auditors in counties with populations of less than 10,000
are selected by a bifurcated process requiring a request for appointment by
the county commissioners court and a judicial review by district judges.
The current law also requires the commissioners court to determine that a
county auditor is necessary to carry out county business and order the
appointment into its minutes.  The order must then be certified and the
district judges must find that the reasons for the request are good and
sufficient.  This process may benefit counties with a slightly larger
population.  House Bill 3068 increases this population guideline for the
appointment of county auditors from 10,000 to 15,000.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3068 amends the Local Government Code to increase the county
population guideline regarding the appointment of a county auditor from
10,000 to 15,000.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.