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AN ACT
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relating to the political activities of a person employed by a  | 
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county elections administrator. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Section 31.039, Election Code, is amended by  | 
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as  | 
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follows: | 
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       (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), a [A] person  | 
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employed on a full-time basis by the administrator's office is  | 
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subject to Section 31.035 in the same manner as the administrator.   | 
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[This subsection applies only to counties with a population of one 
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million or more that have an election administrator.] | 
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       (g)  Section 31.035(b) does not apply to a person employed on  | 
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a full-time basis by the administrator's office in a county with a  | 
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population of one million or less that has an election  | 
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administrator. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 2401 was passed by the House on April  | 
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28, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.  | 
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No. 2401 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0,  | 
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1 present, not voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 2401 was passed by the Senate, with  | 
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amendments, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays  | 
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0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate    | 
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APPROVED: __________________ | 
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              Governor        |