Texas Local Government Code Title 5, Chapter 152 - Amount Of Compensation, Expenses, And Allowances Of County Officers And Employees

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 152.001 - Funds From Which Amounts Are Paid
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the compensation, expenses, and allowances set under this code for a district, county, or precinct officer or employee may be...

SUBCHAPTER B AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES GENERALLY APPLICABLE

• Texas Section 152.002 - Salary Donation To County
  The county may accept from an elected county or precinct officer a gift or donation of all or part of the salary paid by the...
• Texas Section 152.011 - Amount Set By Commissioners Court
  The commissioners court of a county shall set the amount of the compensation, office and travel expenses, and all other allowances for county and precinct...
• Texas Section 152.012 - Minimum Amount Of Salary
  The commissioners court may not set the salary of an officer or employee at an amount less than the amount of the salary in effect...
• Texas Section 152.013 - 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...
• Texas Section 152.014 - Salary Grievance Committee
  (a) In each county there is a salary grievance committee composed of the county judge and: (1) the sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, county...
• Texas Section 152.015 - Selection And Term Of Public Members On Grievance Committee
  (a) The public members of the salary grievance committee shall be selected at a meeting of the court at any time during the year, but...
• Texas Section 152.016 - Functions Of Grievance Committee In Relation To Elected Officers
  (a) An elected county or precinct officer who is aggrieved by the setting of the officer's salary or personal expenses may request a hearing before...
• Texas Section 152.0165 - Exhaustion Of Remedies Before Filing Suit Regarding Grievance
  (a) An elected county or precinct officer may not file suit regarding the officer's salary or personal expenses unless a hearing has been requested and...
• Texas Section 152.017 - Exceptions
  This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a judge of a court of record; (2) a presiding judge of a commissioners court in a county...
• Texas Section 152.017 - Exceptions
  This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a judge of a court of record; (2) a presiding judge of a commissioners court in a county...

SUBCHAPTER C AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF COUNTY AUDITOR AND ASSISTANTS

• Texas Section 152.018 - Former Procedures Not Affected
  This subchapter does not affect a lawful procedure or delegation of authority established before January 1, 1972, for setting the salary of a county or...
• Texas Section 152.031 - County Auditor's Salary
  (a) At a hearing held in accordance with Section 152.905, the district judges appointing the county auditor shall set, by a majority vote, the auditor's...
• Texas Section 152.032 - Limitations On County Auditor's Compensation And Allowances
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (d), and (e), the amount of the compensation and allowances of a county auditor may not exceed the...
• Texas Section 152.034 - Salaries Of Assistants To County Auditor
  The salaries of assistants to the county auditor are set in the manner prescribed by Section 84.021. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1,...

SUBCHAPTER D WITHHOLDING COMPENSATION OF OFFICER WHO ELECTS NOT TO BE PAID

• Texas Section 152.035 - Reimbursement For Mileage Expenses
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may reimburse the county auditor for expenses incurred in traveling to and from the county seat in the...
• Texas Section 152.051 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "county payroll officer" means the county auditor or other appropriate county officer who issues paychecks to county or precinct personnel. Acts 1987,...
• Texas Section 152.052 - Decision To Reduce Compensation Or Not To Be Paid
  (a) Within five days after the date an elected county or precinct officer takes office, the officer shall file an affidavit with the county payroll...
• Texas Section 152.053 - Record Of Nonpayment
  The county payroll officer shall make an entry in the payroll records of the county to show each pay period for which the officer is...

SUBCHAPTER E SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

• Texas Section 152.054 - Recovery Of Payroll Taxes
  The county payroll officer shall seek to recover for the county any payroll taxes paid on the officer's compensation that is not paid. Acts 1987,...
• Texas Section 152.071 - Classification Of Positions; Salary Schedule
  (a) In a county with a population of more than 75,000, the county government shall classify all positions in its sheriff's department and shall specify...
• Texas Section 152.072 - Petition To Increase Salaries
  (a) The qualified voters of a county with a population of more than 25,000 may petition the commissioners court of the county to increase the...
• Texas Section 152.073 - Penalty
  (a) A person who is a county official and who is in charge of the sheriff's department or is responsible for setting the compensation provided...
• Texas Section 152.074 - Longevity Pay For Commissioned Deputies And County Jailers
  (a) In a county with a population of 150,000 or more, the commissioners court of a county shall provide to each commissioned deputy of the...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 152.075 - Compensation For Reserve Deputy Sheriffs
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may compensate a reserve deputy sheriff as provided by law for the compensation of a deputy sheriff. (b)...
• Texas Section 152.901 - Travel Expenses For Certain County Agents And Board Members
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may authorize the payment of reasonable travel expenses incurred by a person who: (1) is an agent of...
• Texas Section 152.902 - Compensation For Reserve Deputy Constables
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may compensate a reserve deputy constable as provided by law for the compensation of a deputy constable. (b)...
• Texas Section 152.903 - Compensation For Interpreters Employed By District Courts
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commissioners court of a county may set the compensation of interpreters employed by the district courts in...
• Texas Section 152.904 - Compensation Of County Judge In Certain Counties
  (a) The county judge of Gregg County is entitled to receive an annual salary set by the commissioners court at an amount that does not...
• Texas Section 152.905 - Procedures For Setting Compensation By District Judges
  (a) This section applies only to the compensation of the county auditor, assistant auditors, and court reporters. (b) Before setting the amount of annual compensation...
• Texas Section 152.906 - Longevity Pay For Deputy Constables
  In a county with a population of 190,000 or more, the commissioners court may provide for each county employee or classification of county employee, including,...
• Texas Section 152.907 - Continuing Education Expenses For County And Precinct Officers
  The commissioners court of a county may authorize payment of reasonable continuing education expenses incurred by a county or precinct officer if the expenses are...

Last modified: September 28, 2016