86R13786 MP-D
 
  By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4022
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the compensation of an assistant county auditor.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 84.021, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
  (b-1) to read as follows:
         (a)  From time to time the county auditor may certify to the
  district judges a list stating the number of assistants to be
  appointed and[,] the name, duties, qualifications, and experience
  of each appointee[, and the salary to be paid each appointee].  The
  district judges, after careful consideration of the application for
  the appointment of the assistants and after inquiry concerning the
  appointees' qualifications and[,] the positions sought to be
  filled, [and the reasonableness of the requested salaries,] shall
  prepare a list of the appointees that the judges approve [and the
  salary to be paid each].  The judges shall certify this list to the
  commissioners court, which shall order [the] salaries to be paid on
  the performance of services and shall appropriate an adequate
  amount of money for this purpose.
         (b)  If an emergency exists, the county auditor shall
  recommend the appointment of temporary assistants, and [after a
  hearing held in accordance with Section 152.905,] the district
  judges shall determine the number[, salaries,] and duration of
  employment of the assistants.
         (b-1)  The commissioners court shall determine the salary of
  an assistant auditor appointed under Subsection (a) or (b).
         SECTION 2.  Sections 152.905(a), (b), and (d), Local
  Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to the compensation of the
  county auditor[, assistant auditors,] and court reporters.
         (b)  Before setting the amount of annual compensation of the
  county auditor[, assistant auditors,] and court reporters, the
  district judge or judges shall hold a public hearing on the matter
  at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be
  heard.
         (d)  At the hearing, the district judge or judges shall set
  the amount of compensation of the county auditor[, assistant
  auditors,] and court reporters considered at the hearing. The vote
  must be recorded, transcribed, and maintained as a public record.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an assistant county auditor appointed on or after the effective
  date of this Act.  An assistant county auditor appointed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2019.