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| 1 | 1 | 87R5649 TSS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1662 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a | |
| 8 | 8 | county elections administrator. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 31.032, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-1) The commission may not vote to appoint an | |
| 13 | 13 | administrator if a position listed in Subsection (a) is vacant. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 31.037, Election Code, is amended to | |
| 15 | 15 | read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | Sec. 31.037. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The | |
| 17 | 17 | employment of the county elections administrator may be suspended, | |
| 18 | 18 | with or without pay, or terminated at any time for good and | |
| 19 | 19 | sufficient cause on the [four-fifths] vote of three-fifths of the | |
| 20 | 20 | county election commission and approval of that action by a | |
| 21 | 21 | majority vote of the commissioners court. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |