By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 905
(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2015; March 9, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; May 12, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2;
May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 905 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a county auditor in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.002(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 84.0035
[In a county with a population of 10,200 or more], the district
judges shall appoint a county auditor.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 84.0035 to read as follows:
Sec. 84.0035. PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES. (a) In a county with a population of more than 300,000
but less than 800,000 that borders the Rio Grande, the district
judges, one county commissioner, and the county judge shall hold a
meeting for the purpose of appointing a county auditor.
(b) The commissioners court shall designate one of its
county commissioners to attend the meeting to appoint the county
auditor.
(c) For a county auditor to be appointed, a majority of the
district judges, the designated county commissioner, and the county
judge must be present at the meeting. A candidate for the office
must receive at least a majority vote of the district judges and
members of the commissioners court who are present and voting at the
meeting.
(d) Each district judge may nominate any number of
candidates for the office.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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