86R1041 NC-D
By: Herrero H.B. No. 1927
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county
commissioner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 87.042, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 87.042. COUNTY COMMISSIONER VACANCY. Not later than
the 30th day after the date [If] a vacancy occurs in the office of
county commissioner, the county judge shall appoint a suitable
resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the
vacancy until the next general election.
SECTION 2. Section 87.042, Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a vacancy in the office of
county commissioner that occurs on or after the effective date of
this Act. If a vacancy in the office of county commissioner
occurred and has not been filled before the effective date of this
Act, the county judge shall appoint, not later than the 30th day
after the effective date of this Act, a suitable resident of the
precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy until the
next general election.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.