By: Sheffield, Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 1904

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 21, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1904 By: Duncan

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the deadlines for write-in candidates for the office of county or precinct chair of a political party.

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

SECTION 1. Section 171.0231(d), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than 6 [5] p.m. of the fifth [62nd] day after the date of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election [before general primary election day]. However, if a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot for the office of county chair or precinct chair dies or is declared ineligible after the third day before the date of the regular filing deadline prescribed by this subsection, a declaration of write-in candidacy for the office sought by the deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 59th day before election day.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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