SB417 - Relating to the eligibility of certain officers of a political subdivision authorized to impose a tax or issue bonds to hold certain offices concurrently.

  89R582 AMF-D     By: Middleton S.B. No. 417       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   certain offices concurrently.          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, 2025.