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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the removal from office of a member of the board of |
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directors of certain special purpose districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 87.012, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 87.012. OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. The district judge |
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may, under this subchapter, remove from office: |
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(1) a district attorney; |
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(2) a county attorney; |
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(3) a county judge; |
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(4) a county commissioner; |
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(5) a county clerk; |
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(6) a district clerk; |
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(7) a district and county clerk; |
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(8) a county treasurer; |
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(9) a sheriff; |
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(10) a county surveyor; |
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(11) a county tax assessor-collector; |
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(12) a constable; |
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(13) a justice of the peace; |
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(14) a member of the board of trustees of an |
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independent school district; [and] |
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(15) a county officer, not otherwise named by this |
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section, whose office is created under the constitution or other |
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law of this state; and |
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(16) a director as defined by Chapter 49 and Chapter 54 |
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of the Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |