Texas Local Government Code Title 3, Chapter 84 - County Auditor

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 84.001 - Effect Of Reference To "District Judges"; Majority Vote Required
  (a) In this chapter, a reference to district judges means the district judges having jurisdiction in the county. (b) A majority vote of the district...
• Texas Section 84.002 - Appointment Of County Auditor
  (a) In a county with a population of 10,200 or more, the district judges shall appoint a county auditor. (b) In a county with a...
• Texas Section 84.003 - Procedure For Appointment
  (a) The district judges shall appoint the county auditor at a special meeting held for that purpose. If a majority of the judges cannot agree...
• Texas Section 84.004 - Term
  The term of office of a county auditor is two years. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 84.005 - Procedure For Appointment And Term In Populous County
  (a) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, the district judges shall hold a meeting for the purpose of appointing a...
• Texas Section 84.006 - Qualifications
  (a) A county auditor must be: (1) a competent accountant with at least two years' experience in auditing and accounting; (2) thoroughly competent in public...
• Texas Section 84.007 - Bond And Oath
  (a) Before taking office and within 20 days after the date of a county auditor's appointment, the county auditor must execute a bond. The bond...
• Texas Section 84.008 - Joint Employment Of County Auditor
  (a) Except as provided by Section 84.005, the commissioners courts of two or more counties may agree to jointly employ and compensate a county auditor....
• Texas Section 84.0085 - Continuing Education
  (a) During each full term of office, a county auditor must successfully complete at least 40 classroom hours of instruction in courses relating to the...

SUBCHAPTER B ASSISTANTS

• Texas Section 84.009 - Removal
  (a) A county auditor may be removed from office and a successor appointed if, after due investigation by the district judges who appointed the auditor,...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 84.021 - Assistants
  (a) From time to time the county auditor may certify to the district judges a list stating the number of assistants to be appointed, the...
• Texas Section 84.901 - Supplies
  A county auditor may purchase, at the county's expense and in the manner provided by law, necessary ledgers, books, records, blank forms, stationery, equipment, telephone...
• Texas Section 84.902 - Auditor To Keep Certain Hospital Records In County With Population Of 190,001 To 200,000
  If, in a county with a population of 190,001 to 200,000, the financial records of a municipal and county hospital located in the county must...

Last modified: September 28, 2016