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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of the primary election and related |
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procedures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 41.007(a), (b), and (c), Election Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The general primary election date is the first Tuesday |
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in February [March] in each even-numbered year. |
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(b) The runoff primary election date is the second Tuesday |
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in March [April] following the general primary election. |
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(c) The presidential primary election date is the first |
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Tuesday in February [March] in each presidential election year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 172.023(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An application for a place on the general primary |
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election ballot must be filed not later than 6 p.m. on the 65th day |
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before the general primary election day [January 2 in the primary
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election year] unless the filing deadline is extended under |
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Subchapter C. |
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SECTION 3. Section 181.0041, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 181.0041. REGISTRATION OF PARTY REQUIRED. A |
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political party that intends to make nominations under this chapter |
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for the general election for state and county officers must |
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register with the secretary of state, in the manner prescribed by |
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the secretary, not later than the regular filing deadline for |
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candidates in the general primary election [January 2 of the
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election year]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 181.033(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for |
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nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular |
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filing deadline for candidates in the general primary election [5
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p.m. on January 2 preceding the convention]. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 181.061(b) and (c), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A party nominating by convention must make its |
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nominations for offices of districts situated in more than one |
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county at district conventions held on the second Saturday after |
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general primary election day [the second Tuesday in March]. A |
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district convention consists of delegates selected at the county |
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conventions held under Subsection (c). |
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(c) A party nominating by convention must make its |
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nominations for county and precinct offices and for offices of |
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districts not situated in more than one county at county |
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conventions held on the first Saturday after general primary |
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election day [the second Tuesday in March]. A county convention |
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consists of delegates selected at precinct conventions held on |
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general primary election day [the second Tuesday in March] in the |
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regular county election precincts. |
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SECTION 6. Section 182.005, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 182.005. NOMINATIONS MADE BY COUNTY CONVENTION. A |
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political party must make its nominations under this chapter at a |
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county convention held on the first Saturday after general primary |
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election day [the second Tuesday in March of the election year]. |
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The convention consists of delegates selected at precinct |
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conventions held on general primary election day [the second
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Tuesday in March] in the regular county election precincts. |
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SECTION 7. The term of a person who is serving as a county or |
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precinct chair of a political party on the effective date of this |
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Act ends on the 20th day after the second Tuesday in March 2010. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |