By: White H.B. No. 124
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salaries of sheriffs and to state assistance
payments to offset the cost of sheriff's salaries in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 152, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 152.0715 to read as follows:
Sec. 152.0715. STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PAY SALARIES
OF SHERIFFS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to
a county with a population of less than 50,001.
(b) To serve the state purpose of ensuring professional law
enforcement throughout the state, a county is entitled to a state
assistance payment from the state for each county fiscal year to
assist the county in paying the sheriff's salary as follows:
(1) if a county has a population of 25,000 or less, the
county is entitled to a payment of $20,000; and
(2) if a county has a population of more than 25,000
and less than 50,001, the county is entitled to a payment of $5,000.
(c) Not later than the 30th day after the first day of a
county's fiscal year, the county must submit an application to the
comptroller to receive the payment.
(d) The comptroller shall remit the applicable state
assistance payment to which a county is entitled from available
state funds not later than the 30th day after the date the
comptroller receives the county's application for the payment.
(e) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a county fiscal year that begins on or after September 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2023, the comptroller
of public accounts shall adopt rules as required by Section
152.0715(e), Local Government Code, as added by this Act.
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.