Tex. Water Code § 61.174 · Subchapter E. PORT FACILITIES
EMPLOYEES; COUNTY AUDITOR, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may employ all persons necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, and development of the business and facilities of the district and may prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.
(b) The county auditor, as auditor for the district having large port facilities, shall make such additional reports and perform such accounting services in addition to those now required by law as may be reasonably incident to the proper conduct of the business of the district.
(c) Compensation for the county auditor who shall act under this section shall be determined by the judge of the district court or courts having jurisdiction in the county after a hearing with respect to the amount and value of the services performed. The amount shall be paid monthly from funds of the navigation district, and the maximum amount which may be allowed by the district judge for the services shall not be more than the amount now being paid.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.61.htm
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