Bill Text: TX HB4104 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the county budget for certain court personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB4104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4104-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4104 |
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relating to the county budget for certain court personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 111, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 111.096 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 111.096. BUDGETED POSITIONS FOR JUDICIARY. | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court in preparing | ||
the county budget for a fiscal year shall determine the number of | ||
any additional positions authorized under Section 75.401, | ||
Government Code, to be included in the budget and the maximum | ||
compensation for those positions. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 75.401(a), (c), (d), (e), and (f), | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In a county that has more than one district court or | ||
statutory county court, those courts may establish and maintain, if | ||
approved by [ |
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administrator system. | ||
(c) If the commissioners court includes in the county budget | ||
money for the position of court administrator, the [ |
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administrator is appointed by the judges of the district courts or | ||
the statutory county courts served by the court administrator. The | ||
court administrator serves at the pleasure of those judges. | ||
(d) A court administrator is entitled to reasonable | ||
compensation, as determined by the judges served and in the salary | ||
range for the position, as set by the commissioners court in the | ||
annual budget. | ||
(e) The judges of the courts served by the court | ||
administrator, if the positions are included in the county budget | ||
adopted by [ |
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appoint appropriate staff and support personnel according to the | ||
needs of the local jurisdiction. | ||
(f) If money to fund the court administrator system is | ||
included in the county budget [ |
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system from fines collected by the courts served by the court | ||
administrator. If the fines collected are insufficient to provide | ||
the total funding for the program, the county shall provide the | ||
additional funds needed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4104 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4104 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |