89R582 AMF-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 417
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain officers of a political
subdivision authorized to impose a tax or issue bonds to hold
certain offices concurrently.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 180.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 180.0055. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ELECTED OR APPOINTED
OFFICERS TO HOLD CERTAIN OTHER OFFICES. (a) This section applies
only to an elected or appointed office of a political subdivision
authorized to impose a tax or issue bonds. This section applies only
to the extent it does not conflict with a provision of the state
constitution.
(b) An officer who holds an office to which this section
applies is not eligible to hold at the same time another office to
which this section applies.
SECTION 2. Not later than the effective date of this Act, an
officer who holds more than one office in violation of Section
180.0055, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, shall
resign, effective on that date, from each office necessary to allow
the officer to be in compliance with the requirement of that
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.