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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of an application for a place on the general |
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primary election ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 172.022(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 with: |
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(1) the state chair, for an office filled by voters of |
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more than one county; [or] |
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(2) the county chair or the secretary, if any, of the |
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county executive committee, for an office other than state senator |
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or state representative filled by voters of a single county; or |
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(3) the state chair or the county chair or the |
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secretary, if any, of the county executive committee, for the |
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office of state senator or state representative filled by the |
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voters of a single county. |
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SECTION 2. Section 172.052(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A withdrawal request for the general primary must be |
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filed with the authority with whom the withdrawing candidate's |
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application for a place on the ballot was [is required to be] filed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |