HBA-CMT C.S.H.B. 3440 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3440
By: Gallego
County Affairs
4/8/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, county sheriffs who preside in counties with smaller populations
may receive a salary that does not reflect the work they perform.  C.S.H.B.
3440 authorizes a sheriff of a county with a population of 10,000 or less
in which the county sheriff's salary is less than one-third the state
salary of a district judge to be renumerated from the state supplemental
salary compensation in an amount provided for in the General Appropriations
Act. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3440 amends the Local Government Code to provide that in a county
with a population of 10,000 or less in which the salary of a county sheriff
is less than one-third the state salary provided to a district judge, the
county sheriff is authorized to receive from the state supplemental salary
compensation in an amount provided in the General Appropriations Act.  If
any amount of the compensation is waived by the sheriff, the bill requires
the waived amount to be used for expenses of the county sheriff's office.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. modifies the original bill by decreasing the population
requirement for a county in which the sheriff would receive the
supplemental salary compensation from 20,000 to 10,000.  The substitute
adds the provision that to receive the supplemental compensation the
sheriff's salary must be less than one-third the state salary provided to a
district judge.