Bill Text: TX HB1927 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county commissioner in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1927 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1927-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1927 |
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relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county | ||
commissioner in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 87.042, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 87.042. COUNTY COMMISSIONER VACANCY. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), if [ |
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of county commissioner, the county judge shall appoint a suitable | ||
resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the | ||
vacancy until the next general election. | ||
(b) This subsection applies only to a county with a | ||
population of more than 300,000. Not later than the 60th day after | ||
the date a vacancy occurs in the office of county commissioner, the | ||
county judge shall appoint a suitable resident of the precinct in | ||
which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy until the next general | ||
election. If the county judge does not make an appointment to fill | ||
the vacancy before the 61st day after the date the vacancy occurred, | ||
the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a suitable | ||
resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the | ||
vacancy until the next general election. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Section 87.042, Local Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to a vacancy in the office of | ||
county commissioner that occurs on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) For a vacancy in the office of county commissioner that | ||
occurred and has not been filled before the effective date of this | ||
Act and to which Section 87.042(b), Local Government Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies: | ||
(1) the county judge shall appoint, not later than the | ||
60th day after the effective date of this Act, a suitable resident | ||
of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy | ||
until the next general election; and | ||
(2) if the county judge does not make an appointment to | ||
fill the vacancy before the 61st day after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a | ||
suitable resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to | ||
fill the vacancy until the next general election. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1927 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1927 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |