Bill Text: TX HB1678 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the employment of an elections administrator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1678 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1678-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1678 |
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relating to the employment of an elections administrator. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the powers of a county | ||
election commission or a joint elections commission extend no | ||
further than to the appointment, acceptance of resignation, or | ||
recommendation for termination of a county elections administrator | ||
or joint elections administrator. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 31.033, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Meetings of the county election commission are subject | ||
to Chapter 551, Government Code. In addition to posting notice as | ||
required by Chapter 551, Government Code, the commission shall | ||
provide personal written notice of a commission meeting to the | ||
county elections administrator in the time prescribed by Section | ||
551.043, Government Code, for providing public notice. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 31.155, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Meetings of the joint elections commission are subject | ||
to Chapter 551, Government Code. In addition to posting notice as | ||
required by Chapter 551, Government Code, the commission shall | ||
provide personal written notice of a commission meeting to the | ||
joint elections administrator in the time prescribed by Section | ||
551.043, Government Code, for providing public notice. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1678 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1678 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |