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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to deadlines associated with proposing and adopting a |
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budget for certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 111.003(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 60th day before the first day [During |
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the 7th or the 10th month] of the fiscal year, [as determined by the |
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commissioners court,] the county judge, assisted by the county |
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auditor or county clerk, shall prepare a budget to cover all |
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proposed expenditures of the county government for the succeeding |
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fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 111.006(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 60th day before the first day of the |
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fiscal year [When the county judge has completed the preparation of |
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the budget], the county judge shall file a copy of the proposed |
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budget with the county clerk. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 111.007(b) and (c), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court shall hold [set] the hearing not |
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later than the 10th [for a date after the 15th] day after [of the |
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month next following] the day [month in which] the budget is filed |
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under [was prepared in accordance with] Section 111.006 [111.003, |
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Local Government Code], but before the date the commissioners court |
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adopts the county's ad valorem tax rate for the current tax year [on |
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which taxes are levied by the court]. |
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(c) The commissioners court shall give public notice that it |
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will consider the proposed budget on the date of the hearing. The |
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notice must state the date, time, and location of the hearing. The |
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notice must include, in type of a size at least equal to the type |
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used for other items in the notice, any statement required to be |
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included in the proposed budget under Section 111.003(b). The |
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commissioners court shall give notice under this subsection: |
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(1) not earlier than the 30th day before the date of |
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the hearing; and |
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(2) not later than the 10th day before the date of the |
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hearing. |
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SECTION 4. Section 111.008(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) After [At] the conclusion of the public hearing but not |
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later than the 10th day before the first day of the fiscal year, the |
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commissioners court shall take action on the proposed budget. A |
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vote to adopt the budget must be a record vote. |
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SECTION 5. Section 111.033(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 60th day [Within 30 days] before the |
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first day of each fiscal year [or on or immediately after that first |
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day], the county auditor shall prepare a budget to cover the |
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proposed expenditures of the county government for that fiscal |
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year. |
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SECTION 6. Section 111.037(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 60th day before the first day of the |
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fiscal year, the [The] county auditor shall file a copy of the |
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proposed budget with the county clerk. |
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SECTION 7. Sections 111.038(b) and (c), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court shall hold the hearing not later |
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than the 10th [on a] day [within 10 calendar days] after the day |
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[date] the proposed budget is filed under Section 111.037 but |
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before the date the commissioners court adopts the county's ad |
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valorem tax rate for the current tax year [the last day of the first |
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month of the fiscal year]. |
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(c) The commissioners court shall publish notice that it |
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will consider the proposed budget on the date of the budget hearing. |
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The notice must be published once in a newspaper of general |
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circulation in the county and must state the date, time, and |
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location of the hearing. The commissioners court shall give notice |
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under this subsection: |
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(1) not earlier than the 30th day before the date of |
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the hearing; and |
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(2) not later than the 10th day before the date of the |
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hearing. |
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SECTION 8. Section 111.039(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) After [At] the conclusion of the public hearing but not |
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later than the 10th day before the first day of the fiscal year, the |
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commissioners court shall take action on the proposed budget. A |
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vote to adopt the budget must be a record vote. |
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SECTION 9. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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budget proposed by a county commissioners court for a fiscal year |
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beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |