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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties of a county chair on a change of leadership. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.022(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Each committee member serves for a term of two years |
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beginning August 1 of a [the 20th day after runoff] primary election |
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year [day]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 171, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 171.028 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 171.028. COUNTY CHAIR TRANSITION. (a) Not later than |
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the 30th day after the date the term of office of a new county chair |
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begins, the person formerly serving as the county chair shall |
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transfer to the new county chair: |
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(1) local party bank accounts over which the former |
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county chair has authority; and |
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(2) the following original records that are in the |
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possession of the former county chair: |
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(A) precinct chair and county chair canvass |
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results; |
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(B) candidate applications; |
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(C) paperwork related to the primary election; |
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and |
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(D) other documents concerning party affairs. |
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(b) Before transferring records to a new county chair under |
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Subsection (a), the person formerly serving as the county chair |
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shall make copies of those records and retain the copies for two |
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years after the date the person's term as county chair ends. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |