Bill Text: TX HB2264 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a county elections administrator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Elections [HB2264 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2264-Introduced.html
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| By: Paul | H.B. No. 2264 | |
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| 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 [ |
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| 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 [ |
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| 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. | ||
