Bill Text: TX HB973 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the compensation and per diem compensation of emergency services commissioners in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB973 Detail]

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By: Hernandez, Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) H.B. No. 973
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2015, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation and per diem compensation of emergency
services commissioners in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0381 to read as follows:
Sec. 775.0381. COMPENSATION IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
(a) This section applies only to an emergency services
commissioner of a district located wholly in a county with a
population of more than three million.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 775.038(a), except as provided
by Subsection (c), an emergency services commissioner is entitled
to receive compensation of not more than $150 per day for each day
the commissioner actually spends performing the duties of a
commissioner. Compensation may not exceed $7,200 per year.
Commissioners may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
expenses incurred in performing official duties.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 775.038(b), instead of
compensation under Subsection (b), a commissioner may elect to
receive per diem compensation of $150 for each day the commissioner
actually spends performing the duties of a commissioner. A
commissioner who receives per diem compensation may not be
reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses. Per diem
payments may not exceed $7,200 per year.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the payment of compensation and per diem compensation of an
emergency services commissioner for the performance of duties on or
after the effective date of this Act. The payment of compensation or
per diem compensation before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect when the duty is performed, 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, 2015.
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