Amend CSSB 219 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 4 of the bill and renumbering remaining SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 4.____. Subchapter B, Chapter 253, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 253.044 to read as follows:
Sec. 253.044. AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION FROM CERTAIN OFFICES. (a) In this section, "railroad commissioner" means a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
(b) If a person who is a railroad commissioner announces the person's candidacy, or in fact becomes a candidate, in any general, special, or primary election for any elective office other than the office of railroad commissioner, that announcement or that candidacy constitutes an automatic resignation of the office of railroad commissioner.