85R8912 JTS-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1435
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal from office of a county auditor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.009(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A county auditor may be removed from office and a
successor appointed if, after due investigation by the district
judges who appointed the auditor or by the office of the attorney
general, it is proven that the auditor:
(1) has committed official misconduct; or
(2) is incompetent to faithfully discharge the duties
of the office of county auditor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.