By: Madla S.B. No. 1107
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for removal of a county treasurer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 83.004, Local
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) If a person elected to the office of county treasurer
fails to provide an adequate bond as required by Section 83.002(a)
and to take the official oath on or before assuming the office
[within 20 days after the date the certificate of election is
received], the county judge may [shall] declare the office vacant.
(c) A vacancy in the office of county treasurer shall be
filled as provided by Section 87.041. The person appointed to fill
the vacancy shall, on or before entering upon the discharge of the
duties of office [and within 20 days after the date notice of the
appointment is received], take the official oath and obtain the
same surety bond as required by Section 83.002(a) for an elected
county treasurer.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 83.004, Local Government
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act:
(1) to Subsection (a), Section 83.004, Local
Government Code, applies only to a county treasurer whose term
begins on or after the effective date of this Act; and
(2) to Subsection (c), Section 83.004, Local
Government Code, applies only to a county treasurer who enters upon
the discharge of the duties of office on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.