79R1850 MXM-F

By:  Otto                                                         H.B. No. 1961



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the salaries of assistant county auditors.                        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 111.013, 111.044, and 111.074, Local 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 111.013.  LIMITATION ON BUDGET OF COUNTY AUDITOR.  An 
increase from one fiscal year to the next in the amount budgeted for 
expenses of the county auditor's office [or the salary of an 
assistant auditor] shall not exceed five (5) percent without 
approval of the commissioners court.
	Sec. 111.044.  LIMITATION ON BUDGET OF COUNTY AUDITOR.  An 
increase from one fiscal year to the next in the amount budgeted for 
expenses of the county auditor's office [or the salary of an 
assistant auditor] shall not exceed five (5) percent without 
approval of the commissioners court.
	Sec. 111.074.  LIMITATION ON BUDGET OF COUNTY AUDITOR.  An 
increase from one fiscal year to the next in the amount budgeted for 
expenses of the county auditor's office [or the salary of an 
assistant auditor] shall not exceed five (5) percent without 
approval of the commissioners court.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 
111.013, 111.044, and 111.074, Local Government Code, apply only to 
a budget for the fiscal year of a county 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.