§ 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 § 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 § 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.