| 1 | 1 | | 87R6473 TSS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paul H.B. No. 2264 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a |
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| 8 | 8 | | county elections administrator. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.032(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The affirmative vote of four-fifths [a majority] of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | commission's membership is necessary for the appointment of an |
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| 14 | 14 | | administrator. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 31.037, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 16 | 16 | | read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 31.037. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The |
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| 18 | 18 | | employment of the county elections administrator may be suspended, |
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| 19 | 19 | | with or without pay, or terminated at any time for good and |
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| 20 | 20 | | sufficient cause on the four-fifths vote of the county election |
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| 21 | 21 | | commission and approval of that action by a four-fifths [majority] |
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| 22 | 22 | | vote of the commissioners court. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Section 31.032(b), Election Code, as amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act, applies only to the appointment of a county elections |
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| 25 | 25 | | administrator that occurs on or after the effective date of this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act. A person who is serving as county elections administrator |
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| 27 | 27 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act may continue to |
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| 28 | 28 | | serve subject to Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Election Code. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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