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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the declination of compensation by a candidate for a |
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county or precinct office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 152, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 152.0525 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 152.0525. CANDIDATE MAY DECLINE COMPENSATION. (a) In |
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this section, "compensation" includes salary paid and benefits |
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provided to a person for that person's service as an officer. |
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(b) A person who is a candidate for a county or precinct |
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office may, at any time before the election, file with the county |
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clerk an affidavit stating that the person elects to decline the |
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compensation that would be paid to the person during the following |
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term of office for the person's service as a county or precinct |
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officer if the person were elected to the office. The county clerk |
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promptly shall send a copy of the affidavit to the county payroll |
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officer. |
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(c) If a person who declines compensation under Subsection |
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(b) is elected to the office for the term of office for which |
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compensation was declined, the declination takes effect on the date |
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the person takes office and continues in effect for that term of |
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office. The officer may not revoke the declination during that term |
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of office. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |