Bill Text: TX HB2574 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of nepotism prohibitions to the appointment of certain election officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-28 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2574-Introduced.html
87R10928 SGM-D | ||
By: Beckley | H.B. No. 2574 |
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relating to the applicability of nepotism prohibitions to the | ||
appointment of certain election officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 573.061, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 573.061. GENERAL EXCEPTIONS. Section 573.041 does not | ||
apply to: | ||
(1) an appointment to the office of a notary public or | ||
to the confirmation of that appointment; | ||
(2) an appointment of a page, secretary, attendant, or | ||
other employee by the legislature for attendance on any member of | ||
the legislature who, because of physical infirmities, is required | ||
to have a personal attendant; | ||
(3) a confirmation of the appointment of an appointee | ||
appointed to a first term on a date when no individual related to | ||
the appointee within a degree described by Section 573.002 was a | ||
member of or a candidate for the legislature, or confirmation on | ||
reappointment of the appointee to any subsequent consecutive term; | ||
(4) an appointment or employment of a bus driver by a | ||
school district if: | ||
(A) the district is located wholly in a county | ||
with a population of less than 35,000; or | ||
(B) the district is located in more than one | ||
county and the county in which the largest part of the district is | ||
located has a population of less than 35,000; | ||
(5) an appointment or employment of a personal | ||
attendant by an officer of the state or a political subdivision of | ||
the state for attendance on the officer who, because of physical | ||
infirmities, is required to have a personal attendant; | ||
(6) an appointment or employment of a substitute | ||
teacher by a school district; | ||
(7) an appointment or employment of a person by a | ||
municipality that has a population of less than 200; or | ||
(8) an appointment of an election clerk under Section | ||
32.031, Election Code[ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |