By: Cortez (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3566

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h) An application for a place on the ballot as a candidate for precinct chair must, in addition to complying with Section 141.031, include:

(1) an electronic mail address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign;

(2) a telephone number at which the candidate can be reached; or

(3) an electronic mail address and a telephone number described by Subdivisions (1) and (2).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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