Bill Text: TX SB1750 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1750 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1750-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1750 | ||
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| relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position | ||
| in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 31, | ||
| Election Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IN CERTAIN COUNTIES | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 31.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of | ||
| 3.5 million or less by written order may create the position of | ||
| county elections administrator for the county. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 31.050 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.050. ABOLISHMENT OF POSITION AND TRANSFER OF DUTIES | ||
| IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. On September 1, 2023, all powers and duties of | ||
| the county elections administrator of a county with a population of | ||
| more than 3.5 million under this subchapter are transferred to the | ||
| county tax assessor-collector and county clerk. The county tax | ||
| assessor-collector shall serve as the voter registrar, and the | ||
| duties and functions of the county clerk that were performed by the | ||
| administrator revert to the county clerk, unless a transfer of | ||
| duties and functions occurs under Section 12.031 or 31.071. | ||
| SECTION 4. On the effective date of this Act, a county that | ||
| has a county elections administrator and a population of more than | ||
| 3.5 million shall transfer employees, property, and records as | ||
| necessary to accomplish the abolishment of the position of county | ||
| elections administrator under this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1750 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1750 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 81, Nays 62, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
