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By: Middleton |
S.B. No. 1705 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2023; March 16, 2023, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 5, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; April 5, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1705 |
By: Hughes |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to nominations by primary election by certain political |
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parties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 172.001, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 172.001. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION REQUIRED. |
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Except as otherwise provided by this code, a political party's |
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nominees in the general election for offices of state and county |
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government and the United States Congress must be nominated by |
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primary election, held as provided by this code, if the party's |
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nominee for a statewide office [governor] in any of the five |
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preceding [the most recent gubernatorial] general elections for |
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that office [election] received two [20] percent or more of the |
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total number of votes received by all candidates for that office |
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[governor] in the election. |
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SECTION 2. Section 181.003, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 181.003. NOMINATING BY CONVENTION REQUIRED. A |
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political party must make nominations for the general election for |
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state and county officers by convention, as provided by this |
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chapter, if the party is not required [or authorized] to nominate by |
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primary election. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 172.002 and 181.002, Election Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with nominations made for an election held on or after |
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January 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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