Bill Text: TX HB4104 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the county budget for certain court personnel.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB4104 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4104-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 4104

AN ACT
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 [on approval of] the commissioners court, a court
administrator system.
(c) If the commissioners court includes in the county budget
money for the position of court administrator, the [The] court
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 [with the approval of] the commissioners court, shall
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 [On order and directive of the
judges], the commissioners court shall fund the court administrator
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
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