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Substitute Amendment No. 10 by Rinaldi by adding the following appropriately numbered item to the amendment:
(____) On page 6, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
Sec. 752.0565. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. (a) For purposes of Section 66.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and except as provided by Subsection (d), a person holding an elective or appointive office of a political subdivision of this state does an act that causes the forfeiture of the person's office if the person violates Section 752.053.
(b) The attorney general shall file a petition under Section 66.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, against a public officer to which Subsection (a) applies if presented with evidence, including evidence of a statement by the public officer, establishing probable grounds that the public officer engaged in conduct described by Subsection (a). The court in which the petition is filed shall give precedence to proceedings relating to the petition in the same manner as provided for an election contest under Section 23.101, Government Code.
(c) If the person against whom an information is filed based on conduct described by Subsection (a) is found guilty as charged, the court shall enter judgment removing the person from office.
(d) A person described by Subsection (a) does not commit an act that causes forfeiture of the person's office if the person was acting in accordance with the person's sincerely held religious belief.