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1	1	By: Seliger S.B. No. 399
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed January 5, 2009; February 17, 2009,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural
4	4	Affairs; April 1, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 1, 2009, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to abolishing the office of inspector of hides and
11	11	animals.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. (a) The office of inspector of hides and
14	14	animals is abolished.
15	15	(b) Any records in the custody of an inspector of hides and
16	16	animals are transferred to the county clerk of the county
17	17	previously served by the inspector.
18	18	SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 52.092, Election Code,
19	19	is amended to read as follows:
20	20	(e) County offices shall be listed in the following order:
21	21	(1) county judge;
22	22	(2) judge, county court at law;
23	23	(3) judge, county criminal court;
24	24	(4) judge, county probate court;
25	25	(5) county attorney;
26	26	(6) district clerk;
27	27	(7) district and county clerk;
28	28	(8) county clerk;
29	29	(9) sheriff;
30	30	(10) sheriff and tax assessor-collector;
31	31	(11) county tax assessor-collector;
32	32	(12) county treasurer;
33	33	(13) county school trustee (county with population of
34	34	3.3 million or more);
35	35	(14) county surveyor[;
36	36	[(15) inspector of hides and animals].
37	37	SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 172.024, Election Code,
38	38	is amended to read as follows:
39	39	(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
40	40	general primary election is as follows:
41	41	(1) United States senator $5,000
42	42	(2) office elected statewide, except United States
43	43	senator 3,750
44	44	(3) United States representative 3,125
45	45	(4) state senator 1,250
46	46	(5) state representative 750
47	47	(6) member, State Board of Education 300
48	48	(7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
49	49	than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 1,875
50	50	(8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals that
51	51	serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a
52	52	population of more than 750,000 is wholly or partly
53	53	situated 2,500
54	54	(9) district judge or judge specified by Section
55	55	52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
56	56	fee 1,500
57	57	(10) district or criminal district judge of a court in
58	58	a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population
59	59	of more than 850,000 2,500
60	60	(11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge
61	61	specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500
62	62	(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with
63	63	a population of more than 850,000 2,500
64	64	(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney,
65	65	or county attorney performing the duties of a district
66	66	attorney 1,250
67	67	(14) county commissioner, district clerk, county
68	68	clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer,
69	69	or judge, constitutional county court:
70	70	(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
71	71	more 1,250
72	72	(B) county with a population of under
73	73	200,000 750
74	74	(15) justice of the peace or constable:
75	75	(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
76	76	more 1,000
77	77	(B) county with a population of under
78	78	200,000 375
79	79	(16) county surveyor[, inspector of hides and
80	80	animals,] or public weigher 75
81	81	(17) office of the county government for which this
82	82	schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750
83	83	SECTION 4. Section 87.012, Local Government Code, is
84	84	amended to read as follows:
85	85	Sec. 87.012. OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. The district
86	86	judge may, under this subchapter, remove from office:
87	87	(1) a district attorney;
88	88	(2) a county attorney;
89	89	(3) a county judge;
90	90	(4) a county commissioner;
91	91	(5) a county clerk;
92	92	(6) a district clerk;
93	93	(7) a district and county clerk;
94	94	(8) a county treasurer;
95	95	(9) a sheriff;
96	96	(10) a county surveyor;
97	97	(11) a county tax assessor-collector;
98	98	(12) a constable;
99	99	(13) [an inspector of hides and animals;
100	100	[(14)] a justice of the peace; and
101	101	(14) [(15)] a county officer, not otherwise named by
102	102	this section, whose office is created under the constitution or
103	103	other law of this state.
104	104	SECTION 5. Subsection (a), Section 87.041, Local Government
105	105	Code, is amended to read as follows:
106	106	(a) The commissioners court of a county may fill a vacancy
107	107	in the office of:
108	108	(1) county judge;
109	109	(2) county clerk;
110	110	(3) district and county clerk;
111	111	(4) sheriff;
112	112	(5) county attorney;
113	113	(6) county treasurer;
114	114	(7) county surveyor;
115	115	(8) [inspector of hides and animals;
116	116	[(9)] county tax assessor-collector;
117	117	(9) [(10)] justice of the peace; or
118	118	(10) [(11)] constable.
119	119	SECTION 6. Sections 148.044, 148.067, and 148.068,
120	120	Agriculture Code, are repealed.
121	121	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
122	122	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
123	123	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
124	124	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
125	125	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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