HBA-PDH S.B. 203 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 203
By: Carona
Elections
4/13/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a county elections administrator is prohibited from being 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.  This
prohibition does not apply to full-time employees of the county elections
department. S.B. 203 extends the prohibition to full-time employees of the
county elections department.  This bill applies only to counties with a
population of one million or more that have an election administrator. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 31.039, Election Code, by adding Subsection (f),
as follows: 

(f)  Provides that a person employed on a full-time basis by a county
elections administrator's office is subject to Section 31.035 (Restrictions
on Political Activities), in the same manner as the administrator.
Provides that this subsection applies only to counties with a population of
one million or more that have an election administrator. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.