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§ 31.032 — APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR; COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION

EL § 31.032Title 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS · Ch. 31. OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS · Art. B. COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

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(a)The position of county elections administrator is filled by appointment of the county election commission, which consists of:
(1)the county judge, as chair;
(2)the county clerk, as vice chair;
(3)the county tax assessor-collector, as secretary; and
(4)the county chair of each political party that made nominations by primary election for the last general election for state and county officers preceding the date of the meeting at which the appointment is made.
(b)The affirmative vote of a majority of the commission's membership is necessary for the appointment of an administrator.

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.