Bill Text: TX SB1813 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in certain counties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-13 - Referred to Local Government [SB1813 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1813-Introduced.html

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89R10183 AMF-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 1813

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 81.028, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 81.028. DELEGATION OF DUTIES OF [A] COUNTY JUDGE IN
CERTAIN COUNTIES [WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION].
SECTION 2. Section 81.028(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only [exclusively] to a county
judge in a county:
(1) with a population of more than 1.5 million; or
(2) with a population of at least 350,000 and not more
than 370,000 that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent to
a county with a population of at least 3.3 million.
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 81.029, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 81.029. DELEGATION OF DUTIES OF [A] COUNTY JUDGE TO
COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.