TITLE: Relating to the removal from office of a member of the board of directors of certain special purpose districts.

SUMMARY: Relating to the removal from office of a member of the board of directors of certain special purpose districts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the removal from office of a member of the board of directors of certain special purpose districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 87.012, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 87.012. OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. The district judge may, under this subchapter, remove from office: (1) a district attorney; (2) a county attorney; (3) a county judge; (4) a county commissioner; (5) a county clerk; (6) a district clerk; (7) a district and county clerk; (8) a county treasurer; (9) a sheriff; (10) a county surveyor; (11) a county tax assessor-collector; (12) a constable; (13) a justice of the peace; (14) a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district; [and] (15) a county officer, not otherwise named by this section, whose office is created under the constitution or other law of this state;and (16) a director as defined by Chapter 49 and Chapter 54 of the Water Code.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.