85R1774 JCG-F     By: Garcia S.B. No. 517       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the compensation and per diem compensation of emergency   services commissioners in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0381 to read as follows:          Sec. 775.0381.  COMPENSATION IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.   (a) This section applies only to an emergency services   commissioner of a district located wholly in a county with a   population of more than three million.          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 775.038(a), except as provided   by Subsection (c), an emergency services commissioner is entitled   to receive compensation of not more than $150 per day for each day   the commissioner actually spends performing the duties of a   commissioner. Compensation may not exceed $7,200 per year.   Commissioners may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary   expenses incurred in performing official duties.          (c)  Notwithstanding Section 775.038(b), instead of   compensation under Subsection (b), a commissioner may elect to   receive per diem compensation of $150 for each day the commissioner   actually spends performing the duties of a commissioner. A   commissioner who receives per diem compensation may not be   reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses. Per diem   payments may not exceed $7,200 per year.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   the payment of compensation and per diem compensation of an   emergency services commissioner for the performance of duties on or   after the effective date of this Act. The payment of compensation or   per diem compensation before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect when the duty is performed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.