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