H.B. No. 1987
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, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) 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.
(a-1) For purposes of this section, the following are
officers of a political party:
(1) a precinct chair;
(2) a county chair; and
(3) a member, a chair, or a vice chair of a state
executive committee of a political party.
(c) A candidate for nomination or election to, or the holder
of, an elective office of the federal, state, or county government
is eligible to serve as an officer [a county or precinct chair] of a
political party to which Chapter 181 applies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1987 was passed by the House on May
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 42, 1 present, not
voting; that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No.
1987 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 18, 13
present, not voting; and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 119
authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 1987 on May 31, 2021, by
the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1987 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 119 authorizing certain
corrections in H.B. No. 1987 on May 31, 2021, by the following vote:
Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor