78R1598 AKH-F

By:  Stick                                                        H.B. No. 1681



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of compensation and allowances for certain 
county auditors.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 152.032, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and 
(d), the amount of the compensation and allowances of a county 
auditor may not exceed the amount of the compensation and 
allowances received from all sources by the highest paid elected 
county officer, other than a judge of a statutory county court, 
whose salary and allowances are set by the commissioners court.
	(d)  This subsection applies only to a county with a 
population  of more than 800,000 that uses an automated system to 
enhance internal controls of county finances through the use of 
automated edit checks of its automated purchasing system and its 
comprehensive automated payroll system. The amount of the 
compensation and allowances of a county auditor in a county 
governed by this subsection shall be set as provided by Section 
152.031 and is not limited by the amount of compensation and 
allowances received by any other county employee.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.