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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to powers, duties, and services of counties and entities |
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serving counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0005(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The salary shall be paid in: |
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(1) equal monthly installments; or |
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(2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the |
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commissioners court. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.004, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.004. EQUAL [MONTHLY] INSTALLMENTS. The |
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compensation authorized by this chapter shall be paid in: |
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(1) equal monthly installments; or |
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(2) equal biweekly installments if authorized by the |
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commissioners courts in the counties of the court of appeals |
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district. |
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SECTION 3. Section 32.001(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The compensation shall be paid [in monthly
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installments] from the county general fund or other available funds |
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of the county in: |
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(1) monthly installments; or |
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(2) biweekly installments if authorized by the |
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commissioners court. |
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SECTION 4. Section 43.180(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall pay the |
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district attorney a salary of not less than $35,000 a year. The |
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county salary shall be paid in equal biweekly [monthly] |
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installments. |
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SECTION 5. Section 61.036, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Regardless of the application, documentation, and |
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verification procedures or eligibility standards established by |
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the department under Subchapter A, a county may credit an |
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intergovernmental transfer to the state toward eligibility for |
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state assistance if the transfer was made: |
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(1) to provide health care services as part of a waiver |
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program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1315 or 1396n; or |
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(2) as part of the state plan for disproportionate |
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share hospitals under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396r-4 or 1 T.A.C. Section |
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355.8065. |
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(e) A county may not credit toward eligibility for state |
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assistance any intergovernmental transfer made under Subsection |
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(d)(1) or (2) that, separately or in combination, exceeds six |
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percent of the county's general revenue levy in any state fiscal |
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year. |
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SECTION 6. Section 152.904(e), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The Commissioners Court of Harris County shall set the |
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annual salary of the county judge at an amount that is not less than |
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$1,000 more than the total annual salary received by county |
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criminal court at law judges in the county. The salary shall be |
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paid in [12] equal biweekly [monthly] installments. |
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SECTION 7. Section 209.004, Property Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The county clerk of each county in which a management |
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certificate is filed as required by this section shall record the |
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management certificate in the real property records of the county |
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and index the document as a "Property Owners' Association |
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Management Certificate." |
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SECTION 8. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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61.036, Health and Safety Code, applies only to state assistance |
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for health care services under Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code, |
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as amended by this Act, that are delivered on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. State assistance for health care services under |
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Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code, that are delivered before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) To ensure that all management certificates are recorded |
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and indexed in accordance with Section 209.004(a-1), Property Code, |
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as added by this Act, on or after September 1, 2013, and not later |
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than January 1, 2014, each property owners' association that is |
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subject to Section 209.004, Property Code, immediately before |
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September 1, 2013, shall file the association's management |
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certificate under that section, regardless of whether the |
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association filed a management certificate before September 1, |
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2013. This section does not affect the time in which a property |
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owners' association is required to file the association's |
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management certificate under Section 209.004, Property Code, as |
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amended by this Act, if the association's initial duty to file the |
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management certificate arises on or after September 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |