By: King of Parker H.B. No. 3677
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the residency requirement for a candidate for an
unelected office in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 22.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.013. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR OFFICE IN CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a Type A
general-law municipality with a population of 1,000 or less.
(b) Notwithstanding a residency requirement under any other
law, the governing body of the municipality may adopt an ordinance
that allows a person who is a resident of the municipality or the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality to be eligible to
be a candidate for an unelected office of the municipality.
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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.