Tex. Elec. Code § 171.0251 · Subchapter B. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER IN MILITARY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "armed forces of the United States" means the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, any reserve or auxiliary component of any of those services, or the National Guard.
(b) A member of the county executive committee who enters active duty in the armed forces of the United States as a result of being called to duty, drafted, or activated does not vacate the office held, but the committee member may appoint a replacement to serve as a temporary acting officer if the committee member will be unable to fulfill the member's duties, due to the member's obligations to the armed forces of the United States.
(c) The temporary acting officer appointed as provided by Subsection (b) must be:
(1) a member of the same political party as the committee member being temporarily replaced; and
(2) qualified for office under Section 161.005.
(d) The temporary acting officer appointed as provided by Subsection (b) has all the powers, privileges, and duties of the office and is entitled to the same compensation, payable in the same manner and from the same source, as the member of the county executive committee who is temporarily replaced.
(e) The temporary acting officer appointed as provided by Subsection (b) shall perform the duties of the committee member until the earlier of:
(1) the date the active military service of the committee member who is temporarily replaced ends; or
(2) the date the term of office of the committee member who is temporarily replaced expires.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 654 (H.B. 3162), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
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