Sec. 12.055.  PROHIBITION ON SEEKING ANOTHER OFFICE.  A person may not seek nomination or election to another civil office of this state or of the United States while serving as a commissioner.  If a commissioner files for nomination or election to another civil office of this state or of the United States, the person's office as commissioner immediately becomes vacant, and the governor shall appoint a successor.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.