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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to abolishing the office of inspector of hides and |
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animals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The office of inspector of hides and |
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animals is abolished. |
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(b) Any records in the custody of an inspector of hides and |
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animals are transferred to the county clerk of the county |
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previously served by the inspector. |
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SECTION 2. Section 52.092(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) County offices shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) county judge; |
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(2) judge, county court at law; |
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(3) judge, county criminal court; |
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(4) judge, county probate court; |
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(5) county attorney; |
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(6) district clerk; |
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(7) district and county clerk; |
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(8) county clerk; |
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(9) sheriff; |
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(10) sheriff and tax assessor-collector; |
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(11) county tax assessor-collector; |
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(12) county treasurer; |
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(13) county school trustee (county with population of |
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3.3 million or more); |
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(14) county surveyor[;
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[(15)inspector of hides and animals]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the |
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general primary election is as follows: |
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(1) United States $5,000 |
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(2) office elected statewide, except United |
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States 3,750 |
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(3) United States representative 3,125 |
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(4) state senator 1,250 |
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(5) state representative 750 |
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(6) member, State Board of Education 300 |
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(7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other |
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than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 1,875 |
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(8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals |
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that serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a |
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population of more than 750,000 is wholly or partly |
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situated 2,500 |
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(9) district judge or judge specified by Section |
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52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a |
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fee 1,500 |
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(10) district or criminal district judge of a court in |
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a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population |
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of more than 850,000 2,500 |
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(11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge |
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specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500 |
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(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with |
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a population of more than 850,000 2,500 |
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(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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or county attorney performing the duties of a district |
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attorney 1,250 |
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(14) county commissioner, district clerk, county |
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clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, |
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or judge, constitutional county court: |
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(A) county with a population of 200,000 or |
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more 1,250 |
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(B) county with a population of under |
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200,000 750 |
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(15) justice of the peace or constable: |
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(A) county with a population of 200,000 or |
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more 1,000 |
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(B) county with a population of under |
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200,000 375 |
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(16) county surveyor [, inspector of hides and
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animals,] or public weigher 75 |
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(17) office of the county government for which this |
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schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750 |
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SECTION 4. Section 87.012, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 87.012. OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. The district |
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judge may, under this subchapter, remove from office: |
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(1) a district attorney; |
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(2) a county attorney; |
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(3) a county judge; |
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(4) a county commissioner; |
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(5) a county clerk; |
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(6) a district clerk; |
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(7) a district and county clerk; |
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(8) a county treasurer; |
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(9) a sheriff; |
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(10) a county surveyor; |
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(11) a county tax assessor-collector; |
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(12) a constable; |
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(13) [an inspector of hides and animals;
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[(14)] a justice of the peace; and |
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(14) [(15)] a county officer, not otherwise named by |
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this section, whose office is created under the constitution or |
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other law of this state. |
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SECTION 5. Section 87.041(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court of a county may fill a vacancy |
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in the office of: |
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(1) county judge; |
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(2) county clerk; |
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(3) district and county clerk; |
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(4) sheriff; |
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(5) county attorney; |
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(6) county treasurer; |
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(7) county surveyor; |
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(8) [inspector of hides and animals;
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[(9)] county tax assessor-collector; |
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(9) [(10)] justice of the peace; or |
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(10) [(11)] constable. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 148.044, 148.067, and 148.068, |
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Agriculture Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |