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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county |
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commissioner in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 87.042, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 87.042. COUNTY COMMISSIONER VACANCY. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (b), if [If] a vacancy occurs in the office |
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of county commissioner, the county judge shall appoint a suitable |
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resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the |
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vacancy until the next general election. |
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(b) This subsection applies only to a county with a |
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population of more than 300,000. Not later than the 60th day after |
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the date a vacancy occurs in the office of county commissioner, the |
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county judge shall appoint a suitable resident of the precinct in |
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which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy until the next general |
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election. If the county judge does not make an appointment to fill |
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the vacancy before the 61st day after the date the vacancy occurred, |
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the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a suitable |
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resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the |
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vacancy until the next general election. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 87.042, Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a vacancy in the office of |
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county commissioner that occurs on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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(b) For a vacancy in the office of county commissioner that |
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occurred and has not been filled before the effective date of this |
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Act and to which Section 87.042(b), Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies: |
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(1) the county judge shall appoint, not later than the |
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60th day after the effective date of this Act, a suitable resident |
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of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to fill the vacancy |
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until the next general election; and |
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(2) if the county judge does not make an appointment to |
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fill the vacancy before the 61st day after the effective date of |
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this Act, the commissioners court by majority vote shall appoint a |
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suitable resident of the precinct in which the vacancy exists to |
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fill the vacancy until the next general election. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |