Bill Text: TX SB466 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of persons finally convicted of a felony to run for certain public offices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Left pending in committee [SB466 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB466-Engrossed.html
By: Fallon | S.B. No. 466 |
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relating to the eligibility of persons finally convicted of a | ||
felony to run for certain public offices. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 141.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4), a person is not | ||
eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public | ||
elective office of this state if the person has previously been | ||
convicted of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
the eligibility requirements for a candidate or officer whose term | ||
of office will begin on or after the effective date of this Act. The | ||
eligibility requirements for a candidate or officer whose term of | ||
office will begin before the effective date of this Act are governed | ||
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this | ||
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |