By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes)	H.B. No. 2201
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 2015, reported favorably by
	the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to vacancies on the governing body of a Type A general-law
	municipality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.008, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.008.  DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE [IF MUNICIPAL
	FUNDS OWED]. (a) An officer who is entrusted with the collection or
	custody of funds belonging to the municipality and who is in default
	to the municipality may not hold any municipal office until the
	amount of the default, plus 10 percent interest, is paid to the
	municipality.
	(b)  If a member of the governing body changes the member's
	place of residence to a location outside the corporate boundaries
	of the municipality, the member is automatically disqualified from
	holding the member's office and the office is considered vacant.
	SECTION 2.  Section 22.010, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  If for any reason a single vacancy exists on the
	governing body of the municipality, a majority of the remaining
	members who are present and voting, excluding the mayor, may fill
	the vacancy by appointment unless an election to fill the vacancy is
	required by Article XI, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution. The
	mayor may vote on the appointment only if there is a tie.
	(d-1)  A member of the governing body is ineligible to vote
	to fill a vacancy on the governing body by special election after
	resigning from the governing body.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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