H.B. No. 1987
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility requirements to hold a political party
  office.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 161.005, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as an
  officer [a county or precinct chair] of a political party, a person
  must:
               (1)  [be a qualified voter of the county; and
               [(2)]  except as provided by Subsection (c), not be a
  candidate for nomination or election to, or be the holder of, an
  elective office of the federal, state, or county government; and
               (2)  if the office is a county or precinct chair of a
  political party, be a qualified voter of the county.
         (a-1)  For purposes of this section, the following are
  officers of a political party:
               (1)  a precinct chair;
               (2)  a county chair; and
               (3)  a member, a chair, or a vice chair of a state
  executive committee of a political party.
         (c)  A candidate for nomination or election to, or the holder
  of, an elective office of the federal, state, or county government
  is eligible to serve as an officer [a county or precinct chair] of a
  political party to which Chapter 181 applies.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1987 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 103, Nays 42, 1 present, not
  voting; that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No.
  1987 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 99, Nays 18, 13
  present, not voting; and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 119
  authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 1987 on May 31, 2021, by
  the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1987 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0; and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 119 authorizing certain
  corrections in H.B. No. 1987 on May 31, 2021, by the following vote:
  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor