Bill Text: TX HB3078 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the residency requirement for certain elective offices of certain political subdivisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Left pending in committee [HB3078 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3078-Introduced.html
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| By: Gallego | H.B. No. 3078 | |
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| relating to the residency requirement for certain elective offices | ||
| of certain political subdivisions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 141, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 141.005 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 141.005. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IN CERTAIN POLITICAL | ||
| SUBDIVISIONS. (a) This section applies only to a political | ||
| subdivision that: | ||
| (1) is located in a county with territory greater than | ||
| 4,600 square miles; and | ||
| (2) is either: | ||
| (A) an independent school district servicing | ||
| less than 1,500 students; or | ||
| (B) a municipality with a population of less than | ||
| 6,000. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 141.001, a municipal charter | ||
| provision, or any other law, a candidate for the governing body of | ||
| an independent school district or a municipality is eligible for | ||
| any position of the governing body if the candidate resides | ||
| anywhere in the territory from which any member of the governing | ||
| body is elected. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
