85R20758 SRS-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 3055
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3055:
 
  By:  Israel C.S.H.B. No. 3055
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the restrictions on political activities for a county
  elections administrator.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 31.035, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] county
  elections administrator may not be 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. At the time an
  administrator becomes a candidate or accepts an office or position
  in violation of this subsection, the administrator vacates the
  position of administrator.
         (d)  For a county with a population of less than 1,000, the
  county elections administrator may hold or be a candidate for a
  public office if:
               (1)  no part of the jurisdiction of the office is
  located in the county where the person serves as the elections
  administrator; and
               (2)  any election for that office is a nonpartisan
  election.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.