By:  Barrientos                                        S.B. No. 732
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the certification of certain revenue received by a
 1-3     county after the fiscal year begins.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 111, Local Government Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 111.0108 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 111.0108.  SPECIAL BUDGET FOR REVENUE RECEIVED AFTER
 1-8     START OF FISCAL YEAR.  The county auditor or the county judge in a
 1-9     county that does not have a county auditor shall certify to the
1-10     commissioners court the receipt of revenue from a new source not
1-11     anticipated before the adoption of the budget and not included in
1-12     the budget for that fiscal year.  On certification, the court may
1-13     adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the
1-14     revenue for general purposes or for any of its intended purposes.
1-15           SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 111, Local Government Code,
1-16     is amended by adding Section 111.0432 to read as follows:
1-17           Sec. 111.0432.  SPECIAL BUDGET FOR REVENUE RECEIVED AFTER
1-18     START OF FISCAL YEAR.  The county auditor shall certify to the
1-19     commissioners court the receipt of revenue from a new source not
1-20     anticipated before the adoption of the budget and not included in
1-21     the budget for that fiscal year.  On certification, the court may
1-22     adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the
1-23     revenue for general purposes or for any of its intended purposes.
1-24           SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 111, Local Government Code,
1-25     is amended by adding Section 111.07075 to read as follows:
 2-1           Sec. 111.07075.  SPECIAL BUDGET FOR REVENUE RECEIVED AFTER
 2-2     START OF FISCAL YEAR.  The county auditor shall certify to the
 2-3     commissioners court the receipt of revenue from a new source not
 2-4     anticipated before the adoption of the budget and not included in
 2-5     the budget for that fiscal year.  On certification, the court may
 2-6     adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the
 2-7     revenue for general purposes or for any of its intended purposes.
 2-8           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.