78R3107 AKH-D


By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 608



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the selection of alternate public members to serve on 
the committee to review salaries and expenses of elected county or 
precinct officers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 152.015(b) and (d), Local Government 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Before the meeting, the county clerk shall place on a 
separate slip the name of each person who served on a grand jury in 
the county during the preceding calendar year.  At the meeting the 
slips shall be folded, placed in an appropriate container, and 
mixed.  The county judge shall draw at random a number of slips 
equal to the number of public members needed for the committee and 
shall announce the names on the slips.  At the meeting the county 
judge may repeat this process and make a list of alternates. A 
person whose name is drawn becomes a member of the committee or an 
alternate on submitting written acceptance to the clerk.  If a 
person refuses or is unable to serve on the committee, a replacement 
shall be appointed from the list of alternates. If the list of 
alternates is exhausted or does not exist, a replacement shall be
selected at the next regular or called commissioners court meeting 
by random selection of a slip from the remaining slips.  This 
process shall be repeated until the required number of public 
members is selected.
	(d)  A vacancy in a public member position shall be filled 
for the unexpired part of the term by appointment from the list of 
alternates. If the list of alternates is exhausted or does not 
exist, a replacement shall be filled by random selection of a slip 
from the remaining slips at a meeting of the commissioners court.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.