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H.B. No. 973
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the compensation and per diem compensation of emergency
3 services commissioners in certain counties.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
6 Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0381 to read as follows:
7 Sec. 775.0381. COMPENSATION IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
8 (a) This section applies only to an emergency services
9 commissioner of a district located wholly in a county with a
10 population of more than three million.
11 (b) Notwithstanding Section 775.038(a), except as provided
12 by Subsection (c), an emergency services commissioner is entitled
13 to receive compensation of not more than $150 per day for each day
14 the commissioner actually spends performing the duties of a
15 commissioner. Compensation may not exceed $7,200 per year.
16 Commissioners may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
17 expenses incurred in performing official duties.
18 (c) Notwithstanding Section 775.038(b), instead of
19 compensation under Subsection (b), a commissioner may elect to
20 receiveqper diem compensation of $150 for each day the commissioner
21 actually spends performing the duties of a commissioner. A
22 commissioner who receives per diem compensation may not be
23 reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses. Per diem
24 payments may not exceed $7,200 per year.1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 973, legislative document, June 18, 2015; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth705348/m1/1/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.