BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 3055 |
By: Guillen |
Elections |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that preventing certain county elections administrators from holding or being a candidate for certain public offices while simultaneously acting as county elections administrator has unnecessarily limited who is able to function as a county elections administrator. C.S.H.B. 3055 seeks to allow a county elections administrator for a county with a population of less than 1,000 to hold or run for public office under certain conditions.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 3055 amends the Election Code to authorize the county elections administrator for a county with a population of less than 1,000 to hold or be a candidate for public office if no part of the office's jurisdiction is located in the county where the person serves as the elections administrator and if any election for that office is a nonpartisan election. |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 3055 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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