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AN ACT
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relating to limitations on the compensation of county auditors for  | 
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certain counties. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Section 152.032(d), Local Government Code, as  | 
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amended by Chapters 401 (S.B. 833), 430 (S.B. 1630), and 1260 (H.B.  | 
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2917), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is  | 
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reenacted and amended to read as follows: | 
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       (d)  The amount of the compensation and allowances of a  | 
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county auditor in a county subject to this subsection  may be set in  | 
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an amount that exceeds the limit established by [in] Subsection (a)  | 
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if the compensation and allowances are approved by the  | 
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commissioners court of the county.  This subsection applies only  | 
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to: | 
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             (1)  a county with a population of more than 77,000 and  | 
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less than 80,000; | 
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             (2)  a county with a population of 120,000 [500,000] or  | 
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more, excluding a county subject to Subsection (b); | 
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             (3)  a county with a population of more than 1,000 and  | 
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less than 21,000 that borders the Gulf of Mexico; and | 
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             (4)  a county that borders a county subject to  | 
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Subsection (b) and that has a population of more [greater] than  | 
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50,000 and less than 85,000. | 
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       SECTION 2.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails  | 
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over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,  | 
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted  | 
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codes. | 
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       SECTION 3.  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, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 1230 was passed by the House on April  | 
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30, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
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voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 1230 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
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27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
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                 Governor        |