Bill Text: TX HB2201 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to vacancies on the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-26 - Placed on intent calendar [HB2201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2201-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes) | H.B. No. 2201 | |
| (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015; | ||
| May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 2015, reported favorably by | ||
| the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to vacancies on the governing body of a Type A general-law | ||
| municipality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 22.008, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 22.008. DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE [ |
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| custody of funds belonging to the municipality and who is in default | ||
| to the municipality may not hold any municipal office until the | ||
| amount of the default, plus 10 percent interest, is paid to the | ||
| municipality. | ||
| (b) If a member of the governing body changes the member's | ||
| place of residence to a location outside the corporate boundaries | ||
| of the municipality, the member is automatically disqualified from | ||
| holding the member's office and the office is considered vacant. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 22.010, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) If for any reason a single vacancy exists on the | ||
| governing body of the municipality, a majority of the remaining | ||
| members who are present and voting, excluding the mayor, may fill | ||
| the vacancy by appointment unless an election to fill the vacancy is | ||
| required by Article XI, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution. The | ||
| mayor may vote on the appointment only if there is a tie. | ||
| (d-1) A member of the governing body is ineligible to vote | ||
| to fill a vacancy on the governing body by special election after | ||
| resigning from the governing body. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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