Section 616.023 - Designation of Emergency Interim Successor to Local Officer(a) This section applies only to a local office for which the governing body of the local governmental entity may determine by ordinance or resolution the manner in which a vacancy is filled or temporary appointment is made.(b) The governing body of the local governmental entity may enact a resolution or an ordinance providing for the designation under this chapter of emergency interim successors to local officers.(c) In this section, "local governmental entity" includes a municipality or county.Tex. Gov't. Code § 616.023
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.