By: Miller of Erath (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 567

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2009; May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 12, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of candidates for certain offices to serve as election judges.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 32.053, Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 32.053. INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE FOR [PUBLIC] OFFICE. (a) A person who is a candidate in an election for a contested public or party office is ineligible to serve, in an election to be held on the same day as that election, as an election judge or clerk in any precinct in which the office sought is to be voted on [in an election if the person is a candidate for a public office in an election to be held on the same day].

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a county clerk; or

(2) a precinct chair declared elected under Section 171.0221.

(c) [(b)] In this section, "candidate" means a person who has taken affirmative action, as described by the law regulating political funds and campaigns, for the purpose of gaining nomination or election.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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