Conditions

If you serve on the Commission, you cannot hold certain City positions for a period of time.

From the date of appointment to the Commission, commissioners are ineligible to:

• hold elective public office for the City of Austin for ten years;
• hold appointive public office for the City of Austin for three years;
• serve as paid staff or a consultant for the City of Austin for three years;
• receive a non-competitive bid contract with the City of Austin for three years.

Check Your Voting History

You must have voted in three of the last five elections to serve on the Commission (unless you are a student).

Runoffs do not count as separate elections. You can count a runoff election if you voted in the runoff but did not vote in the general election. If you voted in the general election, you cannot count a runoff election as a separate election.

Eligible City elections:

• 2018 November general election or December runoff (districts 1, 3, 8)
• 2016 November general election or December runoff (district 10)
• 2014 November general election or December runoff
• 2012 May general election
• 2011 May general election or June runoff

More information about how to check your voting history here.

Conflicts of Interest

You are not eligible to serve on the Commission if you or your spouse/domestic partner have:

Within five years immediately before the application date:

• been appointed to, elected to, or been a candidate for state or city office;
• served as an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a political party or of a candidate’s campaign for state, county, or city office;
• registered as a state or local lobbyist;
• contributed $1,000 or more to candidates for City of Austin in the last City election; or

Within three years immediately before the application date:

• been a paid employee of the City of Austin;
• been paid as a professional or political contractor for the City of Austin or any controlling person of such a contractor.