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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compensation and per diem compensation of emergency |
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services commissioners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 775.038(a) and (b), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an emergency |
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services commissioner is entitled to receive compensation of not |
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more than $150 [$50] per day for each day the commissioner actually |
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spends performing the duties of a commissioner. Compensation may |
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not exceed $7,200 [$3,000] per year. Commissioners may be |
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reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in |
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performing official duties. |
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(b) Instead of compensation under Subsection (a), a |
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commissioner may elect to receive per diem compensation of $150 |
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[$50] for each day the commissioner actually spends performing the |
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duties of a commissioner. A commissioner who receives per diem |
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compensation may not be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary |
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expenses. Per diem payments may not exceed $7,200 [$3,000] per |
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year. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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the payment of compensation and per diem compensation of an |
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emergency services commissioner for the performance of duties on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. The payment of compensation or |
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per diem compensation before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the duty is performed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2015. |