SRC-SEW S.B. 211 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 211 77R2003 DRH-DBy: Barrientos State Affairs 1/23/2001 As Filed DIGEST AND PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 211 RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 192.002(a), Election Code, to require any presidential elector designated under Section 192.003(b)(2) to be a resident of the congressional district the elector is chosen to represent. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 2. Amends Section 192.003, Election Code, to require that presidential elector candidates be designated so that two serve as at-large electors from the state and one serves as an elector from each congressional district. SECTION 3. Amends Section 192.005, Election Code, to provide that an elector candidate is elected if, for the persons designated under Section 192.003(b)(1), the candidates for president and vicepresident that correspond to the electors are the ones who receive the most votes in the state and, for a person designated under Section 192.003 (b)(2), the candidates for president and vice-president that correspond to that elector are the ones who receive the most votes in the congressional district the elector represents. Deletes language requiring that the set of elector candidates elected to be the one corresponding to the candidates for president and vice president receiving the most votes. SECTION 4. Amends Section 192.007, Election Code, by authorizing the electors meeting to vote for president and vice president to appoint a replacement elector by a majority vote of the qualified electors present that correspond to the same candidates for president and vice president that receive the most votes in the area for which the replacement elector is chosen. Provides that, if there are no such corresponding qualified electors present, a replacement elector be chosen by the majority vote of all the qualified electors present. Deletes language authorizing the electors meeting to vote for president and vice president to appoint a replacement elector only by a majority vote of the qualified electors present. SECTION 5. Effective date: September 1, 2001.