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By: DeAyala, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) |
H.B. No. 677 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025; |
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May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 15, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county |
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elections administrator. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.035(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A county elections administrator may not be a candidate |
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for a public office or an office of a political party, hold a public |
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office, [or] hold an office of or position in a political party, or |
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hold another office or position appointed by an elected official. |
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At the time an administrator becomes a candidate or accepts an |
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office or position in violation of this subsection, the |
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administrator vacates the position of administrator. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.035(a), Election Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to the appointment of a county elections |
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administrator that occurs on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A person who is serving as county elections administrator |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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