By: Veasey (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 3270

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the list of candidates compiled by a state or county party chair for a primary election.

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

SECTION 1. Section 172.029(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) For each general primary election, the state chair and each county chair shall prepare a list containing:

(1) the name of each candidate who files an application for a place on the ballot with the chair, including an application for the office of a political party, as the name is to appear on the ballot;

(2) the candidate's address as shown on the application; and

(3) the date on which the candidate filed the application.

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

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