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79R2627 ATP-F

By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 211



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of certain officers to serve as 
election judges or clerks.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.052, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] person who 
holds an elective public office is ineligible to serve as an 
election judge or clerk in an election.
	(c)  A person who holds an elective office of a municipal 
utility district is eligible to serve as an election judge or clerk 
in an election other than an election ordered by the governing body 
of the district or otherwise relating to the affairs of the 
district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the date on which the 
constitutional amendment proposed by the 79th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2005, to allow an officer of a municipal utility district 
to simultaneously serve as an election judge takes effect.  If that 
amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.