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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date for a political party's precinct conventions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 174.022(a), (b), and (c), Election |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The precinct conventions shall be held in the regular |
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county election precincts on: |
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(1) general primary election day; or |
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(2) a date determined by the county executive |
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committee that occurs not later than the fifth day after the date of |
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the general primary election [in the regular county election
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precincts]. |
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(b) Consistent with Subsection (c), not [Not] later than the |
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date of the regular drawing for position on the general primary |
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election ballot, the county executive committee shall set the hour |
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and place for convening each precinct convention for the precincts |
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served by the committee. If the county executive committee fails to |
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do so, the county chair shall set, consistent with Subsection (c), |
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the hour and place. |
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(c) If the precinct conventions are held on general primary |
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election day, the [The] hour set for convening the conventions may |
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not be earlier than 7 p.m. or later than 9 p.m., but a |
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[Notwithstanding the hour set for convening, the] convention may |
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not convene until the last voter has voted at the precinct polling |
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place. If the precinct conventions are held on a day other than |
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general primary election day, the county executive committee shall |
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set the hour for convening or a time frame in which the conventions |
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must convene. |
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SECTION 2. Section 174.023, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 174.023. NOTICE OF DATE, HOUR, AND PLACE. (a) The |
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county chair shall post a notice of the date, hour, and place for |
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convening each precinct convention on the bulletin board used for |
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posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. The notice |
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must remain posted continuously for the 10 days immediately |
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preceding the date of the convention. |
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(b) Not later than the 10th day before the date of the |
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precinct conventions, the county chair shall deliver to the county |
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clerk written notice of the date, hour, and place for convening each |
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precinct convention. |
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(c) If the county chair fails to post or deliver notice in |
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accordance with this section, another member of the county |
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executive committee may post or deliver the notice. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |