86R13786 MP-D
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4022
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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[,] the name, duties, qualifications, and experience
of each appointee[, and the salary to be paid each appointee]. The
district judges, after careful consideration of the application for
the appointment of the assistants and after inquiry concerning the
appointees' qualifications and[,] the positions sought to be
filled, [and the reasonableness of the requested salaries,] shall
prepare a list of the appointees that the judges approve [and the
salary to be paid each]. The judges shall certify this list to the
commissioners court, which shall order [the] salaries to be paid on
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 [after a
hearing held in accordance with Section 152.905,] the district
judges shall determine the number[, salaries,] and duration of
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[, assistant auditors,] and court reporters.
(b) Before setting the amount of annual compensation of the
county auditor[, assistant auditors,] and court reporters, the
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[, assistant
auditors,] and court reporters considered at the hearing. The vote
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.