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78R6216 ATP-D

By:  Mabry                                                        H.B. No. 2958



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a person to be the nominee of a 
political party other than the party holding the primary in which 
the person voted or was a candidate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 162.015, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] person who 
voted at a primary election or who was a candidate for nomination in 
a primary is ineligible for a place on the ballot for the succeeding 
general election for state and county officers as:
		(1)  an independent candidate for an office for which a 
candidate was nominated in the primary;  or
		(2)  the nominee of a political party other than the 
party holding the primary in which the person voted or was a 
candidate.
	(c)  A person who voted at or was a candidate for nomination 
in the primary election held by a political party may appear on the 
ballot as a replacement nominee of another political party under 
Section 145.036 to fill the vacancy in the nomination caused by that 
person's ineligibility under Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.