By: Uresti S.B. No. 1494
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
April 6, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; April 6, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting to the Texas Judicial Council the election or
appointment of certain municipal officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. MUNICIPAL REPORTS
Sec. 150.051. REPORT TO TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL. The
officer or employee responsible for maintaining the records of the
governing body of a municipality shall notify the Texas Judicial
Council of the name of each person who is elected or appointed as
presiding officer of the municipality, municipal court judge, or
clerk of a municipal court of the municipality. The officer or
employee shall notify the judicial council not later than the 30th
day after the date of the person's election or appointment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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