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1		-	H.B. No. 1927
	1	+	By: Herrero (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1927
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
	3	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county
6	12		commissioner in certain counties.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 87.042, Local Government Code, is
9	15		amended to read as follows:
10	16		Sec. 87.042. COUNTY COMMISSIONER VACANCY. (a) Except as
11	17		provided by Subsection (b), if [If] a vacancy occurs in the office
12	18		of county commissioner, the county judge shall appoint a suitable
13	19		resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the
14	20		vacancy until the next general election.
15	21		(b) This subsection applies only to a county with a
16	22		population of more than 300,000. Not later than the 60th day after
17	23		the date a vacancy occurs in the office of county commissioner, the
18	24		county judge shall appoint a suitable resident of the precinct in
19	25		which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy until the next general
20	26		election. If the county judge does not make an appointment to fill
21	27		the vacancy before the 61st day after the date the vacancy occurred,
22	28		the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a suitable
23	29		resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the
24	30		vacancy until the next general election.
25	31		SECTION 2. (a) Section 87.042, Local Government Code, as
26	32		amended by this Act, applies only to a vacancy in the office of
27	33		county commissioner that occurs on or after the effective date of
28	34		this Act.
29	35		(b) For a vacancy in the office of county commissioner that
30	36		occurred and has not been filled before the effective date of this
31	37		Act and to which Section 87.042(b), Local Government Code, as added
32	38		by this Act, applies:
33	39		(1) the county judge shall appoint, not later than the
34	40		60th day after the effective date of this Act, a suitable resident
35	41		of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy
36	42		until the next general election; and
37	43		(2) if the county judge does not make an appointment to
38	44		fill the vacancy before the 61st day after the effective date of
39	45		this Act, the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a
40	46		suitable resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to
41	47		fill the vacancy until the next general election.
42	48		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
43	49		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
44	50		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
45	51		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
46	52		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
47		-	______________________________ ______________________________
48		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1927 was passed by the House on May 7,
50		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
51		-	voting.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Chief Clerk of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1927 was passed by the Senate on May
55		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Secretary of the Senate
58		-	APPROVED: _____________________
59		-	Date
60		-	_____________________
61		-	Governor
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