87R5649 TSS-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1662
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, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commission may not vote to appoint an
administrator if a position listed in Subsection (a) is vacant.
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 three-fifths of the
county election commission and approval of that action by a
majority vote of the commissioners court.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.