By Oakley H.B. No. 1382 74R3752 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age before 1-3 the general election for state and county officers to vote in the 1-4 preceding primary elections. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 172, Election Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 172.005 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 172.005. VOTING BY PERSON UNDER AGE 18. (a) 1-9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may vote in a 1-10 primary election if the person: 1-11 (1) will be 18 years of age or older on the first day 1-12 of the period for early voting by personal appearance in the 1-13 subsequent general election for state and county officers; and 1-14 (2) satisfies the requirements for being a qualified 1-15 voter except for age. 1-16 (b) The secretary of state, after consulting with the state 1-17 chairman of each political party required to make nominations by 1-18 primary election, shall prescribe the procedures necessary to 1-19 implement this section. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.