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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 3 - Election Officers and Observers
Chapter 31 - Officers to Administer Elections
Subchapter B. County Elections Administrator in Certain Counties
Section 31.037. Suspension or Termination of Employment

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TX Elec COde § 31.037 (2025)
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Sec. 31.037. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) The employment of the county elections administrator may be suspended, with or without pay, or terminated at any time for good and sufficient cause on the four-fifths vote of the county election commission and approval of that action by a majority vote of the commissioners court.

(b) In a county with a population of more than 4 million, the secretary of state may enter a written order to terminate the employment of a county elections administrator at the conclusion of administrative oversight of the county elections administrator's office under Subchapter A if the recurring pattern of problems with election administration or voter registration is not rectified or continues to impede the free exercise of a citizen's voting rights in the county.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341 (S.B. 1233), Sec. 9, eff. June 17, 2011.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 957 (S.B. 1933), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.

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