1. (a) The commissioners court shall set the number of deputies and other persons that the county elections administrator may employ.
2. (b) The salary of the administrator may not exceed the salary paid to the county clerk, and the salaries paid to the administrator's employees may not exceed the salaries paid to the employees of the county clerk in comparable positions.
3. (c) The commissioners court may allow the automobile expense that it considers necessary to the administrator and to any of the administrator's employees in the performance of their official duties.
4. (d) The commissioners court shall provide the administrator with suitable office space and with the equipment and operating expenses needed for the proper conduct of the office.
5. (e) The amount initially appropriated by the commissioners court for the operating expenses of the administrator's office may not be less than the total amount last appropriated to the county clerk and the county tax assessor-collector for the functions assigned to the administrator.
6. (f) A person employed on a full-time basis by the administrator's office is subject to Section 31.035 in the same manner as the administrator. This subsection applies only to counties with a population of one million or more that have an election administrator.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 536, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.