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GC 311.022: A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made retrospective. | GC 311.022: A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made retrospective. | ||
EC | EC 31.017(a): In a county with a population of more than 4 million, the secretary of state's office may order administrative oversight of a county office administering elections .... | ||
EC 31. | EC 31.031(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. | ||
EC 31. | EC 31.048(a): The commissioners court by written order may abolish the position of county elections administrator at any time. | ||
EC 31. | EC 31.050: 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. ... | ||
Construe entire EC: change to administrator is not one way. in other words, cc can move duties back to county clerk and tax assessor-collector. EC 31.060 only prospective? Then determine effect of disputed 2023 amendment. | |||
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Law being made theoretically, not for a day, but for all time, a statute applicable to cities of certain population is a general law when it establishes a rule for the prospective government or regulation of all such cities as may, in the course of time, reach the prescribed population; but where the statute obviously acts only on a present state of facts in such cities and cannot by possibility apply to other cities that may attain, in future, such population, it is local, special and void. | Law being made theoretically, not for a day, but for all time, a statute applicable to cities of certain population is a general law when it establishes a rule for the prospective government or regulation of all such cities as may, in the course of time, reach the prescribed population; but where the statute obviously acts only on a present state of facts in such cities and cannot by possibility apply to other cities that may attain, in future, such population, it is local, special and void. |