Tex. Local Gov't Code 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 be paid from the fund.

(b)

A payment may not be made from the salary fund to an employee for a service performed before the person has taken the constitutional oath of office, if applicable, and the person’s authorized appointment and oath, if any, have been filed for record with the county clerk and the county auditor, if the county has a county auditor.

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

Source: Section 154.043 — Procedures Regarding Payment of Employee Salaries, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.154.htm#154.043 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

154.001
Definition 154.002
Salary Paid in Lieu of Fees and Commissions 154.003
Collection and Disposition of Fees and Commissions of Salaried Officer 154.004
State and County Prohibited from Paying Fees or Commissions to Salaried Officer 154.005
Fees and Commissions Certain Salaried Officers May Receive in Addition to Salary 154.006
Insufficient Salary Fund Supplemented by Transfer from General Fund 154.007
Use of General Fund Instead of Salary Fund 154.008
Legislative Appropriation for Officers Compensated on Salary Basis 154.009
Effect of Failure to Collect Fee or Commission 154.010
Authority to Purchase Liability Insurance for County Officers and Employees 154.011
Collections by County Treasurer or County Auditor 154.021
Counties Covered by Subchapter 154.023
Salary Fund 154.024
Monthly Report of Expenses of Officers 154.025
Disbursements to Persons with Outstanding Debt Prohibited 154.026
Transfer of Salary Fund Surplus to General Fund 154.041
Counties Covered by Subchapter 154.042
Salary Fund 154.043
Procedures Regarding Payment of Employee Salaries 154.044
Monthly Report of Fees, Commissions, and Expenses of Officers 154.045
Disbursements to Person with Outstanding Debt Prohibited 154.046
Transfer of Salary Fund Surplus to General Fund 154.0235
Procedures Regarding Payment of Office Expenses and Employee Salaries

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 154.043’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 154.043 — Procedures Regarding Payment of Employee Salaries, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.154.htm#154.043 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).