84R4982 KJE-F
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 973
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the compensation and per diem compensation of emergency
  services commissioners.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 775.038(a) and (b), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), an emergency
  services commissioner is entitled to receive compensation of not
  more than $150 [$50] per day for each day the commissioner actually
  spends performing the duties of a commissioner. Compensation may
  not exceed $7,200 [$3,000] per year. Commissioners may be
  reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in
  performing official duties.
         (b)  Instead of compensation under Subsection (a), a
  commissioner may elect to receive per diem compensation of $150
  [$50] for each day the commissioner actually spends performing the
  duties of a commissioner. A commissioner who receives per diem
  compensation may not be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
  expenses. Per diem payments may not exceed $7,200 [$3,000] per
  year.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  the payment of compensation and per diem compensation of an
  emergency services commissioner for the performance of duties on or
  after the effective date of this Act. The payment of compensation or
  per diem compensation before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the duty is performed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2015.