By: Ordaz (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 784          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;   April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local   Government; May 18, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;   May 18, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 784 By:  Springer         COMMITTEE VOTE              YeaNayAbsentPNV          BettencourtX          SpringerX          EckhardtX          GutierrezX          HallX          NicholsX          ParkerX          PaxtonX          WestX     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or   commissioners court in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.029(a), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  This section applies only to a county judge in a county   that has a population of more than 800,000 and is located on the   international border, other than a county to which Section 81.0291   applies.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Local Government Code,   is amended by adding Section 81.0291 to read as follows:          Sec. 81.0291.  DELEGATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITY OF COUNTY   JUDGE OR COMMISSIONERS COURT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)  This section   applies only to a county that:                (1)  has a population of more than 800,000;                (2)  is located on the international border; and                (3)  borders another state.           (b)  A county judge may file an order with the commissioners   court of a county delegating to a county commissioner of the   commissioners court, a chief administrator, or another county   officer or employee the ability to sign orders or other official   documents associated with the county judge's office.  The   delegating order must clearly indicate the types of orders or   official documents that the county commissioner, chief   administrator, officer, or employee may sign on behalf of the   county judge.          (c)  A county judge may file a standing order of emergency   delegation of authority that clearly indicates the types of orders   or official documents that the county commissioner, chief   administrator, officer, or employee may sign on behalf of the   county judge in the event of an emergency or disaster.          (d)  An order or official document signed by the county   commissioner, chief administrator, officer, or employee under the   delegated authority of the county judge under this section has the   same effect as an order of the county judge.          (e)  The county judge may at any time revoke the delegated   authority or transfer the authority to a different county   commissioner, chief administrator, officer, or employee by filing   an order with the commissioners court.          (f)  The commissioners court by order may delegate   managerial authority of the commissioners court to a county chief   administrator.  The delegating order must clearly indicate the   specific managerial authority delegated to the administrator.  By   subsequent order, the commissioners court may revoke or modify the   managerial authority delegated to the administrator.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *