| TO: | Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1767 by Ellis (Relating to the approval of expenditures of certain incumbent county or precinct officers.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to require a county commissioners court to approve expenditures that would exceed an amount set by the commissioners court if the expenditures are being made by a county commissioner or a precinct officer who was not renominated or was not re-elected and those expenditures are being made during the time following announcement of the official canvas of the primary or election returns. The bill would take effect September 1, 2003.
Under current statute, all expenditures by an incumbent county commissioner who is not re-elected must be approved and the requirement applies only in counties with a population of less than 50,000. The bill would remove the population requirement, thus extending the requirement to all county commissioners courts. The bill would authorize the commissioners court to set a threshold amount for expenditures that require approval rather than having to approve every expenditure. The bill would also require approval of expenditures made by incumbent precinct officers who are not renominated or re-elected.
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| LBB Staff: | JK, DLBa
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