80R7230 ATP-D
 
  By: Escobar H.B. No. 2156
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations on the compensation of county auditors for
certain counties.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 152.032(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (d)  This subsection applies only to [Except as provided by
Subsection (b), in] a county with a population of 500,000 or more,
excluding a county subject to Subsection (b), or a county with a
population of more than 1,000 and less than 21,000 that borders the
Gulf of Mexico.  The [the] amount of the compensation and allowances
of a county auditor in a county subject to this subsection may be
set 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.
       SECTION 2.  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, 2007.