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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of nepotism prohibitions to the |
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appointment or employment of certain classroom teachers by school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 573.061, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 573.061. GENERAL EXCEPTIONS. Section 573.041 does not |
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apply to: |
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(1) an appointment to the office of a notary public or |
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to the confirmation of that appointment; |
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(2) an appointment of a page, secretary, attendant, or |
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other employee by the legislature for attendance on any member of |
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the legislature who, because of physical infirmities, is required |
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to have a personal attendant; |
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(3) a confirmation of the appointment of an appointee |
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appointed to a first term on a date when no individual related to |
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the appointee within a degree described by Section 573.002 was a |
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member of or a candidate for the legislature, or confirmation on |
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reappointment of the appointee to any subsequent consecutive term; |
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(4) an appointment or employment of a bus driver by a |
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school district if: |
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(A) the district is located wholly in a county |
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with a population of less than 35,000; or |
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(B) the district is located in more than one |
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county and the county in which the largest part of the district is |
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located has a population of less than 35,000; |
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(5) an appointment or employment of a personal |
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attendant by an officer of the state or a political subdivision of |
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the state for attendance on the officer who, because of physical |
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infirmities, is required to have a personal attendant; |
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(6) an appointment or employment of a substitute |
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teacher by a school district; |
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(7) an appointment or employment of a classroom |
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teacher, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code, by a school |
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district in a subject area or geographic area certified by the |
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commissioner of education as experiencing a critical shortage of |
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teachers; |
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(8) an appointment or employment of a person by a |
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municipality that has a population of less than 200; or |
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(9) [(8)] an appointment of an election clerk under |
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Section 32.031, Election Code, who is not related in the first |
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degree by consanguinity or affinity to an elected official of the |
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authority that appoints the election judges for that election. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the appointment or employment of a person by a school district on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A person who is appointed |
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or employed by a school district before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the person was |
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appointed or employed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |