HB677 - Relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county elections administrator.

      H.B. No. 677         AN ACT   relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county   elections administrator.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 31.035(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A county elections administrator may not be a candidate   for a public office or an office of a political party, hold a public   office, [ or ] hold an office of or position in a political party , or   hold another office or position appointed by an elected official .     At the time an administrator becomes a candidate or accepts an   office or position in violation of this subsection, the   administrator vacates the position of administrator.          SECTION 2.  Section 31.035(a), Election Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to the appointment of a county elections   administrator that occurs on or after the effective date of this   Act.  A person who is serving as county elections administrator   immediately before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act,   and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 677 was passed by the House on May 6,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 2, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 677 was passed by the Senate on May   19, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor