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Fiscal Yew
SePt~r 14, 1998
Vol V page 799
ORDER NO. GJJJ9
AP'P'ROVAL OF DESIGNATION OF REGULAR AND SP'ECIRL TERMS
FOR COMMISSIONERS' COURT FOR FISCAL YERR 1998!1997
0n this day the 14th day of Septertiher, 1998 ~_ipon motion made
by Commissioner Let z, seconded by Comrtiissioner° Paldwin, the
Co~_ir't unanimously approved by a vote of 4-0-0, the 'nd Monday
of every month as the beginning of the Regular Term and the
4th Monday of every month as the beginning of the Special Term
of Commissioners' Court for Fiscal Year 1798/1999 per Section
81.00~ci, Local Government Code.
ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT § 81.005
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(fl In addition to the exceptions under Subsection
le) this section does not apply to a eounty commis-
sioner who serves in a county with a population of
•5,0(10 or more and who:
(1) has served continuously for 12 years or more;
and
(2) in the 12-month period, completes at least
three semester credit hours of graduate-level course
work in a field of study directly reL;tad to county
government with a grade of B or higher in each
course completed during the period.
:ldded by AMs 1989, 71st Leg., th. 413, $ 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 111, 3 1, eff. Jan. 1,
1992; Acts 1995, 74th Leg, ch. 294, $ 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1996;
Acts 199'1, 75th Leg., ch. 1235, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
~ V.T.CA, Local Government Code $ 87.011 et seq.
Section 2 of the 1991 amendatory aR pravidea:
"This Act takes e6ect January 1, 199Y, and applies one [o credit for
continuing education home Elul acwea on or after that date."
$ 81.003. Clerk
(a) The county clerk is the clerk of the commission-
ers court. The clerk shall:
(1) serve the court during each of its terms;
(2) keep the court's hooka, papers, records, and
effects; and
(3) issue the notices, writs, and process necessary
for the proper execution of the ceurt's powers and
duties.
(b) The court shall require the clerk to record in
suitable books the proceedings of each term of the
court. After each term the county judge or the
presiding member of the court shall read and sign and
the clerk shall attest this record.
(c) The clerk shall rernrd the court's authorized
proceedings between terms. On the first day of the
fast term after these proceedings, the county judge or
the Presiding member of the court shall read and sign
this record.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987
4 81.004. Seal
(a) The commissioners court shall have a seal on
which is engraved:
(1) the words "Commissioners Court, (name of
rnunty) County, Texas"; and
(2) afive-pointed star or a design aeleMed by the
court and approved by the secretary of state.
(b) The clerk shall keep the seal and use it to
authenticate official sets of the court or its presiding
officer or clerk that require a seal for authentication.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
¢ 81.005. Terms of Court, Meetings
(a) At the Lust regular term of each fiscal year of
the county, the cemmiesionera court by order shall
designate a day of the week on which the -court shall
convene in a regular term each month during the next
fiscal year. jf the completion of the court's business
does not require a monthly term, the court need not
hold more than one term a quarter. A reguLu• term
may continue for one week but may be adjourned
earlier if the court's business is completed.
(b) The rnunty judge or three county commission-
ers may call a special term of the. court. A special
term may continue until the court's business is com-
pleted.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (fl of this
section, the term shall be held at:
(1) the county seat at the rnurthouse;
(2) an auxiliary courthouse, courthouse annex, or
another building in the county acquired by the
county under Chapter 292, 293, or 305 or another
Ltw, that houses county administration offices or
county or district courts, located inside the city
limits of the county seat;
(3) the reguLu• meeting place of another political
subdivision if:
(A) the commissioners court meets with the
governing body of that political subdivision locat-
ed wholly or partly within the county; and
(B) the regular meeting pLux of that political
subdivision is in the county;
(4) a meeting place in the county in a buildwg
owned by another political subdivision located whol-
ly or partly in the county if:
(A) the commissioners court meets with the
governing body of that political subdivision;
(B) the pL;ces where the commissioners cromt
and the governing body of the political subdivi-
sion reguLuly hold their meetings are not Lugs
enough to accommodate the number of persons
expected to attend the meeting; and
(C) the meeting pLu~ in the building owned by
the political subdivision is Lirge enough to accom-
modate the expected number of persona; or
(5) a meeting pLlce in the county in a building
owned by the county iE
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