By: Hochberg (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1265

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2009; April 27, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 15, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the information about certain candidates required to be filed with the secretary of state.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 172.029(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) For each general primary election, the state chair and each county chair shall prepare a list containing:

(1) the name of each candidate who files an application for a place on the ballot with the chair, as the name is to appear on the ballot;

(2) [, and containing] the candidate's address as shown on the application; and

(3) the date on which the candidate filed the application.

SECTION 2. Section 181.032(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date of the filing deadline prescribed by Section 181.033, the authority with whom an application is filed shall deliver to the secretary of state a list containing:

(1) each candidate's name;

(2) each candidate's [and] residence address;

(3) [and] the office sought by the candidate; and

(4) the date on which the candidate filed the application.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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