81R6228 JRH-F
 
  By: Hancock H.B. No. 1193
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to ballot certification of a political party presidential
  candidate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 192.031, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 192.031.  PARTY CANDIDATE'S ENTITLEMENT TO PLACE ON
  BALLOT. (a) A political party is entitled to have the names of
  its nominees for president and vice-president of the United States
  placed on the ballot in a presidential general election if:
               (1)  the nominees possess the qualifications for those
  offices prescribed by federal law;
               (2)  [before 5 p.m. of the 70th day before presidential
  election day,] the party's state chair signs [and delivers to the
  secretary of state] a written certification of:
                     (A)  the names of the party's nominees for
  president and vice-president; and
                     (B)  the names and residence addresses of
  presidential elector candidates nominated by the party, in a number
  equal to the number of presidential electors that federal law
  allocates to this state; [and]
               (3)  the party's state chair delivers the written
  certification to the secretary of state before the later of:
                     (A)  5 p.m. of the 70th day before presidential
  election day; or
                     (B)  5 p.m. of the first business day after the
  date of final adjournment of the party's national presidential
  nominating convention; and
               (4)  the party is:
                     (A)  required or authorized by Subchapter A of
  Chapter 172 to make its nominations by primary election; or
                     (B)  entitled to have the names of its nominees
  placed on the general election ballot under Chapter 181.
         (b)  If the state chair's certification of the party's
  nominees is delivered by mail, it is considered to be delivered at
  the time of its receipt by the secretary of state.
         SECTION 2.  Section 192.033(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The [Not later than the 62nd day before presidential
  election day, the] secretary of state shall deliver the
  certification to the authority responsible for having the official
  ballot prepared in each county before the later of the 62nd day
  before presidential election day or the second business day after
  the date of final adjournment of the party's national presidential
  nominating convention.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.