Bill Text: TX HB973 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
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]
Download: Texas-2015-HB973-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 973 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 973 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 77, Nays 61, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 973 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
