BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 2917
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, county auditors are appointed to a two-year term by the state district judges in the county. Additionally, a county auditor's compensation and allowances are set by the state district judges. The amount of compensation and allowances of a county auditor may not exceed the amount of the compensation and allowances received from all sources by the highest paid elected county officer, other than a judge of a statutory county court, whose salary and allowances are set by the commissioners court.
H.B. 2917 authorizes a certain county to set the amount of compensation and allowances for the county auditor above the established limit upon approval by the county commissioners court.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 152.032(d), Local Government Code, as follows:
(d) Authorizes a county with a population of more than 77,000 and less than 80,000 to set the amount of the compensation and allowances of a county auditor in an amount that exceeds the limit established in Subsection (a) if the compensation and allowances are approved by the commissioners court of the county, except as provided by Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.