H.B. No. 1230
AN ACT
relating to limitations on the compensation of county auditors for
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 152.032(d), Local Government Code, as
amended by Chapters 401 (S.B. 833), 430 (S.B. 1630), and 1260 (H.B.
2917), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is
reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(d) The amount of the compensation and allowances of a
county auditor in a county subject to this subsection may be set in
an amount that exceeds the limit established by [in] Subsection (a)
if the compensation and allowances are approved by the
commissioners court of the county. This subsection applies only
to:
(1) a county with a population of more than 77,000 and
less than 80,000;
(2) a county with a population of 120,000 [500,000] or
more, excluding a county subject to Subsection (b);
(3) a county with a population of more than 1,000 and
less than 21,000 that borders the Gulf of Mexico; and
(4) a county that borders a county subject to
Subsection (b) and that has a population of more [greater] than
50,000 and less than 85,000.
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
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, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1230 was passed by the House on April
30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1230 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor