Bill Text: TX SB1662 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a county elections administrator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1662 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1662-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1662 |
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relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a | ||
county elections administrator. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The commission may not vote to appoint an | ||
administrator if a position listed in Subsection (a) is vacant. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 31.037, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.037. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The | ||
employment of the county elections administrator may be suspended, | ||
with or without pay, or terminated at any time for good and | ||
sufficient cause on the [ |
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county election commission and approval of that action by a | ||
majority vote of the commissioners court. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |