Bill Text: TX HB4022 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the compensation of an assistant county auditor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4022-Introduced.html
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By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 4022 |
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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[ |
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of each appointee[ |
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district judges, after careful consideration of the application for | ||
the appointment of the assistants and after inquiry concerning the | ||
appointees' qualifications and[ |
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filled, [ |
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prepare a list of the appointees that the judges approve [ |
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commissioners court, which shall order [ |
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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 [ |
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judges shall determine the number[ |
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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[ |
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(b) Before setting the amount of annual compensation of the | ||
county auditor[ |
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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[ |
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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. |