By: Smithee H.B. No. 3698
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment of county auditors.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 84.002, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 84.002.  APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR. (a) In a county
  with a population of 12,000 [10,200] or more, the district judges
  shall appoint a county auditor.
         (b)  In a county with a population of less than 12,000
  [10,200]:
               (1)  the district judges may appoint a county auditor
  if the judges determine that the county's financial circumstances
  warrant the appointment; and
               (2)  the district judges shall appoint a county auditor
  if:
                     (A)  the commissioners court finds that a county
  auditor is necessary to carry out county business and enters an
  order in its minutes stating the reason for this finding;
                     (B)  the order is certified to the district
  judges; and
                     (C)  the district judges find the reason stated by
  the commissioners court to be good and sufficient.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.