H.B. No. 2401 AN ACT relating to the political activities of a person employed by a county elections administrator. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 31.039, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: (f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), a [A] person employed on a full-time basis by the administrator's office is subject to Section 31.035 in the same manner as the administrator. [This subsection applies only to counties with a population of one million or more that have an election administrator.] (g) Section 31.035(b) does not apply to a person employed on a full-time basis by the administrator's office in a county with a population of one million or less that has an election administrator. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2401 was passed by the House on April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2401 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2401 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor