By Gallego                                            H.B. No. 3440
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the compensation of county sheriffs.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 85, Local Government Code,
 1-5     is amended by adding Section 85.0026 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 85.0026.  COMPENSATION OF COUNTY SHERIFFS. (a)  In a
 1-7     county with a population of 10,000 or less, in which the salary of
 1-8     a county sheriff is less than one-third the state salary provided
 1-9     to a district judge, the county sheriff may receive from the state
1-10     supplemental salary compensation in an amount provided in the
1-11     General Appropriations Act.
1-12           (b)  If any amount of compensation is waived by the sheriff,
1-13     the waived amount shall be used for expenses of the county
1-14     sheriff's office.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.