87R4508 ADM-D
By: Vasut H.B. No. 1987
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility requirements to hold a political party
office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.005(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as an
officer [a county or precinct chair] of a political party, a person
must:
(1) [be a qualified voter of the county; and
[(2) except as provided by Subsection (c),] not be a
candidate for nomination or election to, or be the holder of, an
elective office of the federal, state, or county government; and
(2) if the office is a county or precinct chair of a
political party, be a qualified voter of the county.
SECTION 2. Section 161.005(c), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a candidate for
nomination or election to an office the term of which begins on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.