By: Stick, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1681
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2003;
May 13, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 23, 2003, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)
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 may exceed the limit imposed by
Subsection (a) if the compensation and allowances are approved by
the commissioners court. If a county is governed by this subsection
and Subsection (b), the amount of compensation and allowances
received by the county auditor may not exceed the limit imposed by
Subsection (b).
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.
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