87R6733 SGM-D
By: Crockett H.B. No. 2585
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to recall elections for members of the governing body of a
home-rule municipality who are elected from single-member
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 26, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 26.048 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.048. RECALL ELECTIONS IN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
(a) This section applies to a municipality that has a single-member
district form of representation for the governing body of the
municipality.
(b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or
charter provision authorizing an election by the municipality at
large for the recall of a member of the municipality's governing
body who was elected from a single-member district. Only voters of a
single-member district may vote in an election to recall a member
of the governing body who was elected from the district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.