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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Election Code § 31.048: ABOLISHING POSITION.

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  1. ELECTION CODE
  2. TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS
  3. CHAPTER 31. OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS
  4. SUBCHAPTER B. COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

(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.

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. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.

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