88R1681 SGM-D
 
  By: Middleton S.B. No. 934
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain officers of a political
  subdivision authorized to impose a tax or issue bonds to hold at the
  same time certain other offices.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Section 180.0055 to read as follows:
         Sec. 180.0055.  ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ELECTED OR APPOINTED
  OFFICERS TO HOLD CERTAIN OTHER OFFICES. (a) This section applies
  only to an elected or appointed office of a political subdivision
  authorized to impose a tax or issue bonds. This section applies only
  to the extent it does not conflict with a provision of the state
  constitution.
         (b)  An officer who holds an office to which this section
  applies is not eligible to hold at the same time another office to
  which this section applies.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than the effective date of this Act, an
  officer who holds more than one office in violation of Section
  180.0055, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, shall
  resign, effective on that date, from each office necessary to allow
  the officer to be in compliance with the requirement of that
  section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.