By: West S.B. No. 2330
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to maintaining county funding levels provided to the
offices of certain prosecutors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.006(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The commissioners court in each county that has a
prosecutor subject to this chapter and that has a population of over
two million persons may not reduce the county funds provided for the
salary or office of the prosecutor [as a result of the funds
provided by this chapter] below the amount provided for that salary
or office in the county budget for the previous year, except as
authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the county
voting on the question in a referendum held by the county as
provided by this section and other applicable law.
SECTION 2. Section 46.006, Government Code, is amended by
adding new subsections (c), (d) to read as follows:
(c) In a referendum required by this section, the ballot
shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition, as appropriate:
(1) "Reduction of county funds for the office of
district attorney";
(2) "Reduction of county funds for the office of
county attorney"; or
(3) "Reduction of county funds for the office of
criminal district attorney".
(d) A referendum under this section must be held on an
authorized uniform election date as provided by Chapter 41,
Election Code.
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.