(a) The governing body of Dallas County, jointly with the governing bodies of any incorporated municipalities within the county, shall provide office accommodations for the members of the legislative delegation from the county and also provide assistants to the legislative delegation. The county shall provide the office space with the county and the incorporated municipalities participating in the office expenses as provided in subsection (b). The assistants for the legislative delegation office shall be appointed by the members of the legislative delegation. The assistants need not be members of any county, city, or state merit system or retirement system. The amount of compensation for each of the assistants shall be fixed by the members of the legislative delegation and shall be paid by the county from the Legislative Delegation Expense Fund created in subsection (b).
(b) There is established in the Dallas County Treasury the County Legislative Delegation Expense Fund. The Department of Revenue shall deposit the funds derived from the two percent sales tax on alcoholic beverages under Article 10 commencing with Section 28-3-280, of Chapter 3 of Title 28, in Dallas County to the credit of the County Legislative Delegation Expense Fund. The funds credited to the fund shall be used for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining the county legislative delegation office. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by the county only upon direction of a majority of the members of the county legislative delegation. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the county fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to any other state or local fund.
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