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By: Sheffield, Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Estes) |
H.B. No. 1904 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; |
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April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 21, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1904 |
By: Duncan |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deadlines for write-in candidates for the office of |
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county or precinct chair of a political party. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.0231(d), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not |
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later than 6 [5] p.m. of the fifth [62nd] day after the date of the |
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regular filing deadline for the general primary election [before
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general primary election day]. However, if a candidate whose name
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is to appear on the ballot for the office of county chair or
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precinct chair dies or is declared ineligible after the third day
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before the date of the regular filing deadline prescribed by this
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subsection, a declaration of write-in candidacy for the office
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sought by the deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not
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later than 5 p.m. of the 59th day before election day.
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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