By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1630

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2007; March 21, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.)

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.

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