By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 3055
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the restrictions on political activities for a county
elections administrator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.035, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] county
elections administrator may not be a candidate for a public office
or an office of a political party, hold a public office, or hold an
office of or position in a political party. At the time an
administrator becomes a candidate or accepts an office or position
in violation of this subsection, the administrator vacates the
position of administrator.
(d) For a county with a population of less than 1,000, the
county elections administrator may hold or be a candidate for a
public office if:
(1) no part of the jurisdiction of the office is
located in the county where the person serves as the elections
administrator; and
(2) any election for that office is a nonpartisan
election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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