Tex. Elec. Code § 31.071 · Subchapter C. TRANSFER OF ELECTION DUTIES TO COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court by written order may transfer to the county tax assessor-collector the duties and functions of the county clerk in connection with the conduct of elections if the county tax assessor-collector and county clerk agree to the transfer.
(b) The order must state the effective date of the transfer of duties and functions.
(c) 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 the secretary of state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (S.B. 893), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 31.071. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.048ABOLISHING POSITION.Printed as Section 12.031 or 31.071
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.050ABOLISHMENT OF POSITION AND TRANSFER OF DUTIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.Printed as Section 12.031 or 31.071
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.073TRANSFER OF RECORDS.Printed as Section 31.071
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.076RESCISSION OF TRANSFER ORDER.Printed as Section 31.071
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.170ABOLISHING POSITION.Printed as Section 12.031 or 31.071
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