2007S0655-1 03/06/07
 
  By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1630
 
 
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.  Subsection (d), Section 152.032, 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), and to a county that
borders a county subject to Subsection (b) and that has a population
greater than 50,000 and less than 85,000.  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.