Texas Local Government Code Title 5, Chapter 154 - Compensation Of District, County, And Precinct Officers On Salary Basis

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 154.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "precinct officer" means a justice of the peace or a constable. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 154.002 - Salary Paid In Lieu Of Fees And Commissions
  A district, county, or precinct officer who is paid on a salary basis receives the salary instead of all fees, commissions, and other compensation the...
• Texas Section 154.003 - Collection And Disposition Of Fees And Commissions Of Salaried Officer
  A district, county, or precinct officer who is paid an annual salary shall charge and collect in the manner authorized by law all fees, commissions,...
• Texas Section 154.004 - State And County Prohibited From Paying Fees Or Commissions To Salaried Officer
  (a) The state may not pay a district officer a fee or commission for the performance of a service by the officer. (b) If a...
• Texas Section 154.005 - Fees And Commissions Certain Salaried Officers May Receive In Addition To Salary
  (a) A justice of the peace may receive, in addition to a salary, all fees, commissions, or payments for performing marriage ceremonies, for acting as...
• Texas Section 154.006 - Insufficient Salary Fund Supplemented By Transfer From General Fund
  If a salary fund created under this chapter does not contain enough money to pay the claims against it, the commissioners court shall transfer to...
• Texas Section 154.007 - Use Of General Fund Instead Of Salary Fund
  (a) At its first regular meeting in the first month of each fiscal year, the commissioners court may direct, by order entered in its minutes,...
• Texas Section 154.008 - Legislative Appropriation For Officers Compensated On Salary Basis
  (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall apportion and pay to counties in which county officers are compensated on a salary basis the money the...
• Texas Section 154.009 - Effect Of Failure To Collect Fee Or Commission
  (a) If, following a hearing, the commissioners court finds that a district, county, or precinct officer has, through neglect, failed to collect a fee or...
• Texas Section 154.010 - Authority To Purchase Liability Insurance For County Officers And Employees
  (a) A warrant may be drawn on either the general fund or salary fund to pay any insurance premium or self-insurance pool contribution for the...

SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF 190,000 OR LESS

• Texas Section 154.011 - Collections By County Treasurer Or County Auditor
  (a) If a district, county, or precinct officer consents, the commissioners court of a county with a population of 2.8 million or more may designate...
• Texas Section 154.021 - Counties Covered By Subchapter
  This subchapter applies to a county with a population of 190,000 or less, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 154.022 - Option To Pay Compensation On Fee Basis Or Salary Basis In County With Population Of Less Than 20,000
  (a) In a county with a population of less than 20,000, the commissioners court shall determine, by order entered in the record at its first...
• Texas Section 154.023 - Salary Fund
  (a) A salary fund shall be created in the county to be known as the "officers' salary fund of __________ County, Texas." The following items...
• Texas Section 154.024 - Monthly Report Of Expenses Of Officers
  At the end of each month, an officer who is compensated on a salary basis shall prepare a report of the officer's expenses. The report...
• Texas Section 154.025 - Disbursements To Persons With Outstanding Debt Prohibited
  (a) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, fines, fees, and indebtedness arising from written agreements with the county. The term includes delinquent property taxes...

SUBCHAPTER C PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 190,000

• Texas Section 154.026 - Transfer Of Salary Fund Surplus To General Fund
  After the end of a fiscal year, the commissioners court by order may transfer to the general fund of the county any money remaining in...
• Texas Section 154.041 - Counties Covered By Subchapter
  This subchapter applies to a county with a population of more than 190,000. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 154.042 - Salary Fund
  (a) A salary fund shall be created in the county for each district, county, and precinct officer to be known as the "(officer's title) salary...
• Texas Section 154.043 - Procedures Regarding Payment Of Employee Salaries
  (a) A district, county, or precinct officer may issue a warrant against the salary fund to pay the salary of an employee whose salary may...
• Texas Section 154.044 - Monthly Report Of Fees, Commissions, And Expenses Of Officers
  (a) On or before the fifth day of each month, a district, county, or precinct officer shall file with the county auditor a report, on...
• Texas Section 154.045 - Disbursements To Person With Outstanding Debt Prohibited
  (a) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, fines, fees, and indebtedness arising from written agreements with the county. The term includes delinquent property taxes...
• Texas Section 154.046 - Transfer Of Salary Fund Surplus To General Fund
  After the end of a fiscal year, the commissioners court by order shall transfer to the general fund of the county, by warrant issued by...

Last modified: September 28, 2016