Section 573.061 - General Exceptions Section 573.041 does not apply to:
(1) an appointment to the office of a notary public or to the confirmation of that appointment; (2) an appointment of a page, secretary, attendant, or other employee by the legislature for attendance on any member of the legislature who, because of physical infirmities, is required to have a personal attendant; (3) a confirmation of the appointment of an appointee appointed to a first term on a date when no individual related to the appointee within a degree described by Section 573.002 was a member of or a candidate for the legislature, or confirmation on reappointment of the appointee to any subsequent consecutive term; (4) an appointment or employment of a bus driver by a school district if: (A) the district is located wholly in a county with a population of less than 35,000; (B) the district is located in more than one county and the county in which the largest part of the district is located has a population of less than 35,000; or (C) the board of trustees of the district approves the appointment or employment; (5) an appointment or employment of a personal attendant by an officer of the state or a political subdivision of the state for attendance on the officer who, because of physical infirmities, is required to have a personal attendant; (6) an appointment or employment of a substitute teacher by a school district; (7) an appointment or employment of a person by a municipality that has a population of less than 200; or (8) an appointment of an election clerk under Section 32.031, Election Code, who is not related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity to an elected official of the authority that appoints the election judges for that election. Tex. Gov't. Code § 573.061
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 320,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002, Sec. 14, eff. 9/1/2011.Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1026, Sec. 1, eff. 6/18/1999.Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(48), eff. 9/1/1997Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.07(a), eff. 9/1/1995Amended By Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 33, eff. 5/30/1995Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.