By:  Ellis                                                        H.B. No. 1767

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1767:                                   

By:  Chisum                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 1767



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the approval of certain expenditures by an incumbent 
county commissioner who was not reelected.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 130.908, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.908.  APPROVAL OF SPENDING BY CERTAIN COUNTY AND 
PRECINCT OFFICERS [COMMISSIONERS].  If [a person other than] an 
incumbent county or precinct officer [commissioner] is not 
re-nominated or is not re-elected to the county or precinct office 
[of county commissioner] of a county [with a population of less than 
50,000], during the time following the date the results of the 
official canvass of the primary or election returns are announced, 
the commissioners court must approve any expenditure
[expenditures] by the incumbent county or precinct officer 
[commissioner] who was not re-nominated or reelected that is over 
an amount set by the commissioners court.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.