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Local Government Code §152.013

In force on Nov 15, 2012 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1987 · same as today's text

PROCEDURE FOR SETTING AMOUNTS FOR ELECTED OFFICERS

(a) Each year the commissioners court shall set the salary, expenses, and other allowances of elected county or precinct officers. The commissioners court shall set the items at a regular meeting of the court during the regular budget hearing and adoption proceedings. (b) Before the 10th day before the date of the meeting, the commissioners court must publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a notice of: (1) any salaries, expenses, or allowances that are proposed to be increased; and (2) the amount of the proposed increases. (c) Before filing the annual budget with the county clerk, the commissioners court shall give written notice to each elected county and precinct officer of the officer's salary and personal expenses to be included in the budget.

History: Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 1987 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-1005 (Nov 15, 2012): The appointment and compensation of temporary justices ofthe peace
GA-0778 (Oct 22, 2009): Whether a commissioners court may amend the county budget to reduce salaries for the county clerk's office because the clerk closed her office temporarily for a weather-related emergency
GA-0639 (Jan 03, 2008): Whether the County Assessor-Collector may award additional compensation to her salaried deputies from monies collected under the Certificate of Title Act, section 501.138, Transportation Code
GA-0620 (Oct 26, 2007): Procedures that a commissioners court must follow in the annual budget process in regard to salaries and personal expenses for each elected county and precinct officer
GA-0051 (Oct 02, 2002): Whether Attorney General Opinion JC-047 1 (2002) correctly construes section 152.013(c) of the Local Government Code DM-0404 ( 1996 ) Withdrawn by LO-96-151

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