Amend CSHB 32 by adding the following appropriately numbered
sections to read as follows and by renumbering the remaining
sections as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Section 172.052(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the
general primary election after the 64th <62nd> day before general
primary election day.
SECTION ____. Section 172.054(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The deadline for filing an application for a place on
the general primary election ballot is extended as provided by this
section if a candidate who has made an application that complies
with the applicable requirements:
(1) dies on or after the fifth day before the date of
the regular filing deadline and on or before the 64th <62nd> day
before general primary election day;
(2) holds the office for which the <his> application
was made and withdraws or is declared ineligible on or after the
date of the regular filing deadline and on or before the 64th
<62nd> day before general primary election day; or
(3) withdraws or is declared ineligible during the
period prescribed by Subdivision (2), and at the time of the
withdrawal or declaration of ineligibility no other candidate has
made an application that complies with the applicable requirements
for the office sought by the withdrawn or ineligible candidate.
SECTION ____. Section 172.055, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Section 1.006 does not apply to this section.
SECTION ____. Section 172.057, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 172.057. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S
NAME OMITTED FROM GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT. A candidate's name shall
be omitted from the general primary election ballot if the
candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before
the 64th <62nd> day before general primary election day.
SECTION ____. Section 172.058(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) If a candidate who has made an application for a place
on the general primary election ballot that complies with the
applicable requirements dies or is declared ineligible after the
64th <62nd> day before general primary election day, the
candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot and the votes cast
for the candidate shall be counted and entered on the official
election returns in the same manner as for the other candidates.
SECTION ____. Section 172.116(b), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The committee shall convene to conduct the local canvass
at the county seat not earlier than 6 p.m. on the first Monday
<Thursday> or later than 1 p.m. on the first Tuesday <Friday> after
election day at the hour specified by the county chair <chairman>.
SECTION ____. Section 172.120(b), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The state executive committee shall convene to conduct
the state canvass for the general primary election on the second
Monday <Wednesday> after general primary election day. Not later
than the second Saturday after runoff primary election day, the
committee shall convene at the call of the state chair <chairman>
to conduct the state canvass of the runoff primary election.
SECTION ____. Section 181.0041, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 181.0041. REGISTRATION OF PARTY REQUIRED. A political
party that intends to make nominations under this chapter for the
general election for state and county officers must register with
the secretary of state, in the manner prescribed by the secretary,
not later than the regular filing deadline for candidates in the
general primary election <January 2 of the election year>.
SECTION ____. Section 181.033(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for
nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular
filing deadline for candidates in the general primary election <5
p.m. on January 2 preceding the convention>.
SECTION ____. Sections 181.061(b) and (c), Election Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) A party nominating by convention must make its
nominations for offices of districts situated in more than one
county at district conventions held on the second Saturday after
general primary election day <the second Tuesday in March>. A
district convention consists of delegates selected at the county
conventions held under Subsection (c).
(c) A party nominating by convention must make its
nominations for county and precinct offices and for offices of
districts not situated in more than one county at county
conventions held on the first Saturday after general primary
election day <the second Tuesday in March>. A county convention
consists of delegates selected at precinct conventions held on
general primary election day <the second Tuesday in March> in the
regular county election precincts.
SECTION ____. Section 182.005, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 182.005. NOMINATIONS MADE BY COUNTY CONVENTION. A
political party must make its nominations under this chapter at a
county convention held on the first Saturday after general primary
election day <the second Tuesday in March of the election year>.
The convention consists of delegates selected at precinct
conventions held on general primary election day <the second
Tuesday in March> in the regular county election precincts.
SECTION ____. Section 192.032(c), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The application must be filed with the secretary of
state not later than the second Monday in July <May> of the
presidential election year.
SECTION ____. Section 202.004(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must
be nominated by primary election if:
(1) the political party is making nominations by
primary election for the general election in which the vacancy is
to be filled; and
(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the 64th <62nd>
day before general primary election day.
SECTION ____. Section 202.006(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A political party's state, district, county, or precinct
executive committee, as appropriate for the particular office, may
nominate a candidate for the unexpired term if:
(1) in the case of a party holding a primary election,
the vacancy occurs after the 64th <62nd> day before general primary
election day; or
(2) in the case of a party nominating by convention,
the vacancy occurs after the fourth day before the date the
convention having the power to make a nomination for the office
convenes.
SECTION ____. Section 204.003, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 204.003. VACANCY FILLED AT GENERAL ELECTION. If a
vacancy occurs on or after January 1 of an even-numbered year and
on or before the 64th <62nd> day before general primary election
day, the remainder of the unexpired term shall be filled at the
next general election for state and county officers.
SECTION ____. Section 204.005, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 204.005. VACANCY FILLED AT SPECIAL ELECTION. If a
vacancy occurs during an odd-numbered year or after the 64th <62nd>
day before general primary election day in an even-numbered year,
the remainder of the unexpired term shall be filled by a special
election in the same manner as provided by Chapter 203 for the
legislature, except that:
(1) the minimum number of signatures that must appear
on a petition accompanying a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot is 5,000; and
(2) Section 203.013 does not apply.