H.B. No. 1927
AN ACT
relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county
commissioner in certain counties.
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. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), if [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.
(b) This subsection applies only to a county with a
population of more than 300,000. Not later than the 60th day after
the date 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. If the county judge does not make an appointment to fill
the vacancy before the 61st day after the date the vacancy occurred,
the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a suitable
resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the
vacancy until the next general election.
SECTION 2. (a) 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.
(b) For a vacancy in the office of county commissioner that
occurred and has not been filled before the effective date of this
Act and to which Section 87.042(b), Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies:
(1) the county judge shall appoint, not later than the
60th 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; and
(2) if the county judge does not make an appointment to
fill the vacancy before the 61st day after the effective date of
this Act, the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1927 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1927 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor