83R10487 SCL-D By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3123 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the status of county auditors and auditors' assistants as public officers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 84.0005 to read as follows: Sec. 84.0005. PUBLIC OFFICERS. A county auditor and the auditor's assistants are public officers. SECTION 2. 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, 2013.