Bill Text: TX HB784 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB784-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 784 | ||
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| relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or | ||
| commissioners court in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 81.029(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This section applies only to a county judge in a county | ||
| that has a population of more than 800,000 and is located on the | ||
| international border, other than a county to which Section 81.0291 | ||
| applies. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 81.0291 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.0291. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITY OF COUNTY | ||
| JUDGE OR COMMISSIONERS COURT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section | ||
| applies only to a county that: | ||
| (1) has a population of more than 800,000; | ||
| (2) is located on the international border; and | ||
| (3) borders another state. | ||
| (b) A county judge may file an order with the commissioners | ||
| court of a county delegating to a county commissioner of the | ||
| commissioners court, a chief administrator, or another county | ||
| officer or employee the ability to sign orders or other official | ||
| documents associated with the county judge's office. The | ||
| delegating order must clearly indicate the types of orders or | ||
| official documents that the county commissioner, chief | ||
| administrator, officer, or employee may sign on behalf of the | ||
| county judge. | ||
| (c) A county judge may file a standing order of emergency | ||
| delegation of authority that clearly indicates the types of orders | ||
| or official documents that the county commissioner, chief | ||
| administrator, officer, or employee may sign on behalf of the | ||
| county judge in the event of an emergency or disaster. | ||
| (d) An order or official document signed by the county | ||
| commissioner, chief administrator, officer, or employee under the | ||
| delegated authority of the county judge under this section has the | ||
| same effect as an order of the county judge. | ||
| (e) The county judge may at any time revoke the delegated | ||
| authority or transfer the authority to a different county | ||
| commissioner, chief administrator, officer, or employee by filing | ||
| an order with the commissioners court. | ||
| (f) The commissioners court by order may delegate | ||
| managerial authority of the commissioners court to a county chief | ||
| administrator. The delegating order must clearly indicate the | ||
| specific managerial authority delegated to the administrator. By | ||
| subsequent order, the commissioners court may revoke or modify the | ||
| managerial authority delegated to the administrator. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 784 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 34, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 784 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 20, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 784 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
| 4. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
