By Madden H.B. No. 2552 74R6661 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the time of affiliation with a political party. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 162.001(b), Election Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 (b) The affiliation requirement prescribed by Subsections 1-7 (a)(2) and (3) applies only during a voting year in which the 1-8 general election for state and county officers is held and does not 1-9 apply until: 1-10 (1) after 7 p.m. on general primary election day, for 1-11 a party holding a primary election; or 1-12 (2) the date of the precinct conventions held under 1-13 this title, for a party nominating by convention. 1-14 SECTION 2. Section 162.008(a), Election Code, is amended to 1-15 read as follows: 1-16 (a) This section applies only to a person desiring to 1-17 affiliate with a political party during that part of a voting year 1-18 in which the general election for state and county officers is held 1-19 that follows: 1-20 (1) the date of the precinct conventions held under 1-21 this title, for a party nominating by convention; or 1-22 (2) 7 p.m. on general primary election day, for a 1-23 party holding a primary election. 1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.