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                                                                  S.B. No. 1107




AN ACT

relating to the requirements for removal of a county treasurer.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 83.004, Local 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  If a person elected to the office of county treasurer 
fails to provide an adequate bond as required by Section 83.002(a) 
and to take the official oath on or before assuming the office 
[within 20 days after the date the certificate of election is 
received], the county judge may [shall] declare the office vacant.
	(c)  A vacancy in the office of county treasurer shall be 
filled as provided by Section 87.041.  The person appointed to fill 
the vacancy shall, on or before entering upon the discharge of the 
duties of office [and within 20 days after the date notice of the 
appointment is received], take the official oath and obtain the 
same surety bond as required by Section 83.002(a) for an elected 
county treasurer.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 83.004, Local Government 
Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act:                                
		(1)  to Subsection (a), Section 83.004, Local 
Government Code, applies only to a county treasurer whose term 
begins on or after the effective date of this Act; and
		(2)  to Subsection (c), Section 83.004, Local 
Government Code, applies only to a county treasurer who enters upon 
the discharge of the duties of office on or after the effective date 
of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           





______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1107 passed the Senate on 
May 3, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1107 passed the House on 
May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor