| TO: | Honorable Glenn Lewis, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1767 by Ellis (Relating to the approval of certain expenditures by an incumbent county commissioner who was not reelected.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to require that in a county with a population of less than 100,000, if a person other than an incumbent is elected as a county commissioner, until the newly elected person takes office, the commissioners court must approve any expenditure of the non-reelected incumbent if the expenditure is over an amount set by the commissioners court. The bill would take effect September 1, 2003.
Under current statute, all expenditures by the incumbent that is not reelected must be approved and the requirement applies in counties with a population of less than 50,000. The bill would result in the requirement applying to additional counties and would require the commissioners court to set a threshold amount for expenditures that require approval, rather than having to approve every expenditure.
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| LBB Staff: | JK, DLBa
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