By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1303


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain employment matters affecting a county auditor, 
assistant auditor, or court reporter.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 152.905, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Not earlier than the 30th or later than the 10th [On or 
before the 15th] day before the date of the hearing, notice of the 
time, place, and subject of the hearing must be published in a 
newspaper of general circulation in the county.
	SECTION 2.  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)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the amount of the 
compensation and allowances of a county auditor may be set in an 
amount that exceeds the limit established in Subsection (a) if the 
compensation and allowances are approved by the commissioners court 
of the county.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Subsection 
(c), Section 152.905, Local Government Code, applies only to a 
hearing that is held on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2003, 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 effect on that 
date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.