HBA-CMT H.B. 3440 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3440
By: Gallego
County Affairs
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, county sheriffs who preside in counties with smaller populations
may receive a salary that does not reflect the work they perform.  House
Bill 3440 authorizes a county sheriff of a county with a population of
20,000 or less to be compensated from the state supplemental salary
compensation in an amount provided for in the General Appropriations Act. 

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 3440 amends the Local Government Code to provide that in a
county with a population of 20,000 or less, a county sheriff is authorized
to receive from the state supplemental salary compensation to be paid to
the county sheriff in an amount provided in the General Appropriations Act.
If any amount of the compensation is waived by the sheriff, the bill
requires the waived amount to be used for expenses of the county sheriff's
office.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.