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79R5834 KEG-D

By:  Laubenberg                                                   H.B. No. 1699



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the minimum amount of the salaries of county officers or 
employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 152.012, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.012.  MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SALARY.  The commissioners 
court may not set the salary of an officer, including an elected 
officer, or employee at an amount less than the amount of the salary 
in effect on January 1, 2005 [1972].  The court may not set the 
salary of a justice of the peace at an amount less than the amount of 
the salary in effect on May 25, 1973.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to the salary of a county officer or employee in a county fiscal 
year that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately 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 immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.