By Madden H.B. No. 945 74R3017 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the administration of an election when the county 1-3 election officer is opposed in that election. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 31.124 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 31.124. ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTION WHEN COUNTY ELECTION 1-8 OFFICER IS OPPOSED. (a) A county election officer may not perform 1-9 any of the duties and functions in the conduct of an election, 1-10 other than applicable voter registration functions, if the officer 1-11 is an opposed candidate in the election. 1-12 (b) If the county election officer is prohibited from 1-13 administering an election under this section, the commissioners 1-14 court shall, unless the position of county elections administrator 1-15 is created, designate another elected county officer to perform the 1-16 duties and functions of the county election officer for that 1-17 election. The other officer may not be an opposed candidate in the 1-18 election. 1-19 (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures 1-20 necessary to implement this section. 1-21 (d) In this section, "county election officer" has the 1-22 meaning assigned by Section 31.091, except that the term does not 1-23 include a county elections administrator. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.