1-1 By: Madden, Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) H.B. No. 2276
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 1999;
1-3 May 12, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the period for filing an application for a place on the
1-9 general primary election ballot in 2000 and to related dates and
1-10 deadlines.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
1-13 amended by adding Section 172.0231 to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 172.0231. TEMPORARY PROVISION FOR 2000 PRIMARY. (a)
1-15 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, the dates and
1-16 deadlines for performing actions related to the general primary
1-17 election in 2000 are as follows:
1-18 (1) an application for a place on the general primary
1-19 ballot must be filed under Section 172.023(a) not later than 6 p.m.
1-20 on January 9, 2000;
1-21 (2) an application for a place on the general primary
1-22 ballot for an office other than precinct chair may not be filed
1-23 earlier than December 1, 1999;
1-24 (3) the state chair must deliver the certification to
1-25 the county chair under Section 172.028(b) not later than the 57th
1-26 day before general primary election day;
1-27 (4) a candidate may not withdraw from the general
1-28 primary election under Section 172.052(a) after the 55th day before
1-29 general primary election day;
1-30 (5) the deadline for an extension of the filing of an
1-31 application for a place on the general primary election ballot
1-32 under Sections 172.054(a)(1) and (2) is the 55th day before general
1-33 primary election day;
1-34 (6) an application for the extended deadline under
1-35 Section 172.054(b) must be filed not later than 6 p.m. of the 53rd
1-36 day before general primary election day;
1-37 (7) a candidate's name shall be omitted from the
1-38 ballot if an act described by Section 172.057 occurs on or before
1-39 the 55th day before general primary election day;
1-40 (8) a candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot
1-41 if an act described by Section 172.058(a) occurs after the 55th day
1-42 before general primary election day; and
1-43 (9) the drawing described by Section 172.082(c) shall
1-44 be conducted not later than the 46th day before general primary
1-45 election day.
1-46 (b) This section expires January 1, 2001.
1-47 SECTION 2. Section 181.0041, Election Code, is amended to
1-48 read as follows:
1-49 Sec. 181.0041. REGISTRATION OF PARTY REQUIRED. A political
1-50 party that intends to make nominations under this chapter for the
1-51 general election for state and county officers must register with
1-52 the secretary of state, in the manner prescribed by the secretary,
1-53 not later than the regular filing deadline for candidates in the
1-54 general primary election [January 2 of the election year].
1-55 SECTION 3. Section 181.033(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-56 read as follows:
1-57 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for
1-58 nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular
1-59 filing deadline for candidates in the general primary election [5
1-60 p.m. on January 2 preceding the convention].
1-61 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-62 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-63 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-64 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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