| 1 | 1 | | 81R23481 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Homer, Flynn H.B. No. 2320 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2320: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Smith of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 2320 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the appointment of a county auditor in certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | counties. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 84.002, Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 84.002. APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR. (a) In a |
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| 15 | 15 | | county with a population of 12,000 [10,200] or more, the district |
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| 16 | 16 | | judges shall appoint a county auditor. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) In a county with a population of less than 12,000 |
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| 18 | 18 | | [10,200]: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the district judges may appoint a county auditor |
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| 20 | 20 | | if the judges determine that the county's financial circumstances |
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| 21 | 21 | | warrant the appointment; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the district judges shall appoint a county auditor |
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| 23 | 23 | | if: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) the commissioners court finds that a county |
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| 25 | 25 | | auditor is necessary to carry out county business and enters an |
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| 26 | 26 | | order in its minutes stating the reason for this finding; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) the order is certified to the district |
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| 28 | 28 | | judges; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) the district judges find the reason stated by |
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| 30 | 30 | | the commissioners court to be good and sufficient. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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