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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the place for the convening of a county convention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 174.062, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] county |
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convention shall be held in a county if the county is not situated |
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in more than one state senatorial district. |
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(c) If the county executive committee for a political party |
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determines that no suitable location for the county convention is |
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available in the county, the county executive committee may apply |
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to the state executive committee of that political party to issue an |
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order permitting the county convention to be held at a location |
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outside the county. An order under this subsection must be entered |
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in the minutes of the state executive committee not later than the |
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30th day before the date the county convention is to be held. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |