Amend HB 2569 (Senate committee printing) on third reading,
in SECTION 1 of the bill, by striking amended Section 43.170(b),
Government Code (page 1, lines 19 through 28), and substituting the
following:
(b) The Commissioners Court [commissioners court] of
Liberty County [one or more of the counties comprising the
district] may supplement the state salary of the district attorney.
The supplemental compensation may not exceed $5,000 a year. [The
Commissioners Court of Chambers County shall pay 40 percent of any
supplemental compensation, and the Commissioners Court of Liberty
County shall pay 60 percent.] The supplemental compensation must
be paid from the officers' salary fund of the county. If the
officers' salary fund of a county is not adequate, the
commissioners court may transfer the necessary amount from the
general fund of the county.