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Texas Constitution talk:Article III, Section 56: Difference between revisions
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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. (b) The order must state the date the creation of the position of administrator is effective. The effective date may not be later than 12 months after the date the order is adopted. (c) To facilitate the orderly transfer of duties on the effective date, the order may authorize the commissioners court to employ the administrator-designate not earlier than the 90th day before the effective date of the creation of the position, at a salary not to exceed that to be paid to the administrator. (d) Not later than the third day after the date the order is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the order to: (1) the secretary of state; and (2) each member of the county election commission. | |||
EC 31.048. (a) The commissioners court by written order may ''abolish the position'' of county elections administrator at any time. (b) After the effective date of an order abolishing the position of administrator, the county tax assessor-collector is 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. (c) Not later than the third day after the date an order abolishing the position of administrator is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary of state. | |||
Only the elections administrator in Harris County is abolished by the enactment. All other counties, whether above or below 3.3 million, with an elections administrator continue to have choice whether or not to abolish the position. | Only the elections administrator in Harris County is abolished by the enactment. All other counties, whether above or below 3.3 million, with an elections administrator continue to have choice whether or not to abolish the position. | ||