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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of a temporary county chair. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.027(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The state executive committee or the state chair shall |
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appoint a temporary county chair. If the state chair appoints a |
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temporary county chair, the state executive committee at the next |
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regular meeting of the committee shall ratify the appointment of |
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the temporary county chair or appoint another person as temporary |
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county chair. A [To be appointed, a person must receive a] |
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favorable vote of a majority of the members of the committee voting |
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is required for ratification or an appointment [committee's
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membership]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |