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House Bill 1145 |
House Author: Brown, Betty |
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Effective: 1-1-10 |
Senate Sponsor: Fraser |
House Bill 1145 amends provisions of the Election Code relating to procedures for the appointment of election judges in a county with a population of 500,000 or less. The bill changes from July to August the term of a county commissioners court at which the court must appoint the election judges for each regular county election precinct and changes the date on which the term of office begins for an election judge in such a county from August 1 to September 1 following the appointment. The bill also changes from July to August of each year in such a county the month by which the county chair of a political party whose candidate for governor received the highest or second highest number of votes in the county in the most recent gubernatorial general election is required to submit in writing to the commissioners court a list of names of persons who are eligible for appointment as an election judge. The bill establishes expiration dates for the terms of judges serving on the bill's effective date.