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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the appointment of a county auditor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 84.002, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 84.002. APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR. The [(a) In a
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county with a population of 10,200 or more, the] district judges of |
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each county shall appoint a county auditor, subject to the joint |
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employment provisions of Section 84.008. |
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[(b)In a county with a population of less than 10,200:
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[(1) the district judges may appoint a county auditor
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if the judges determine that the county's financial circumstances
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warrant the appointment; and
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[(2) the district judges shall appoint a county
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auditor if:
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[(A) the commissioners court finds that a county
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auditor is necessary to carry out county business and enters an
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order in its minutes stating the reason for this finding;
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[(B) the order is certified to the district
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judges; and
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[(C) the district judges find the reason stated
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by the commissioners court to be good and sufficient.] |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 84.008, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 84.008. JOINT EMPLOYMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR IN TWO OR |
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MORE COUNTIES [WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 25,000]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 84.008(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) After the commissioners courts have made an [determined
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that an auditor is necessary in the disposition of county business
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and after the] agreement to jointly employ and compensate a county |
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auditor [is made], the commissioners court of each county shall |
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enter in its minutes an order stating its agreement [determination
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of the necessity] and [shall] certify the order to the district |
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judges of the county. If the judges find the orders good and |
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sufficient, they shall appoint the county auditor by an order |
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recorded in the minutes of the district courts of all counties party |
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to the agreement. The district clerk of each county shall certify |
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the order to the commissioners court of that county, who shall |
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record the order in its minutes. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than the beginning of the first county |
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fiscal year that begins after the effective date of this Act, the |
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district judges of a county shall appoint a county auditor as |
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required by Section 84.002, Local Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |