By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) H.B. No. 4104          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;   May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by   the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the county budget for certain court personnel.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 111, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 111.096 to read as follows:          Sec. 111.096.  BUDGETED POSITIONS FOR JUDICIARY.     Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court in preparing   the county budget for a fiscal year shall determine the number of   any additional positions authorized under Section 75.401,   Government Code, to be included in the budget and the maximum   compensation for those positions.          SECTION 2.  Sections 75.401(a), (c), (d), (e), and (f),   Government Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  In a county that has more than one district court or   statutory county court, those courts may establish and maintain, if   approved by [on approval of] the commissioners court, a court   administrator system.          (c)  If the commissioners court includes in the county budget   money for the position of court administrator, the [The] court   administrator is appointed by the judges of the district courts or   the statutory county courts served by the court administrator.  The   court administrator serves at the pleasure of those judges.          (d)  A court administrator is entitled to reasonable   compensation, as determined by the judges served and in the salary   range for the position, as set by the commissioners court in the   annual budget.          (e)  The judges of the courts served by the court   administrator, if the positions are included in the county budget   adopted by [with the approval of] the commissioners court, shall   appoint appropriate staff and support personnel according to the   needs of the local jurisdiction.          (f)  If money to fund the court administrator system is   included in the county budget [On order and directive of the   judges], the commissioners court shall fund the court administrator   system from fines collected by the courts served by the court   administrator. If the fines collected are insufficient to provide   the total funding for the program, the county shall provide the   additional funds needed.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *