Tex. Elec. Code § 31.170 · Subchapter F. JOINT ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR
ABOLISHING POSITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The joint elections commission or the commissioners court of each participating county by written order may abolish the position of joint elections administrator at any time.
(b) After the effective date of an order abolishing the position of joint elections administrator, the county tax assessor-collector is the voter registrar of the county, and the duties and functions of the officer of a participating entity that were performed by the administrator revert to the officer, 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 joint elections administrator is adopted, the county clerk of the most populous participating county shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary of state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (S.B. 493), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (S.B. 893), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.htm
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