Bill Text: TX HB3727 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to vacancies on the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3727 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3727-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3727 |
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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 Section 11, Article XI, [ |
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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, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3727 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3727 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |