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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to voting at a state party convention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 174.096, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 174.096. VOTING AT CONVENTION. A party shall adopt |
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rules that determine the allocation of the votes of delegates who |
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are absent from the biennial state convention except that a [(a) |
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The delegates selected by a particular county or senatorial
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district convention who attend the biennial state convention are
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entitled to cast a number of votes equal to as many delegates as
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that county or senatorial district convention was entitled to
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select.
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[(b)A] person may not vote a proxy at the convention. [for
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delegates from more than one county or senatorial district. A
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person who votes a proxy for a delegate from a county may not do so
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for a delegate from a senatorial district and vice versa.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 174.021, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 174.021. SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO COUNTY AND |
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SENATORIAL DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. (a) The delegates to a political |
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party's county and senatorial district conventions held under this |
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chapter shall be selected in accordance with party rules at |
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precinct conventions held as provided by this subchapter. |
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(b) A person may not vote a proxy at a precinct convention. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |