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.