Bill Text: TX HB483 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a public hearing held on the issue of making a payment in excess of the compensation contracted for by a political subdivision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB483 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB483-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 483 | ||
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| relating to a public hearing held on the issue of making a payment | ||
| in excess of the compensation contracted for by a political | ||
| subdivision. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 180.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 180.007. PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT. | ||
| (a) A political subdivision may not pay an employee or former | ||
| employee more than an amount owed under a contract with the employee | ||
| unless the political subdivision holds at least one public hearing | ||
| under this section. | ||
| (b) Notice must be given of the hearing in accordance with | ||
| notice of a public meeting under Subchapter C, Chapter 551, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (c) The governing body of the political subdivision must | ||
| state the following at the public hearing: | ||
| (1) the reason the payment in excess of the | ||
| contractual amount is being offered to the employee or former | ||
| employee, including the public purpose that will be served by | ||
| making the excess payment; and | ||
| (2) the exact amount of the excess payment, the source | ||
| of the payment, and the terms for the distribution of the payment | ||
| that effect and maintain the public purpose to be served by making | ||
| the excess payment. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a payment made by a political subdivision on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A payment made before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the payment | ||
| was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 483 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 483 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
