83R9300 ADM-D
 
  By: Klick H.B. No. 1557
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to rules governing the allocation of delegates to a
  political party's national presidential nominating convention.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 191.007, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 191.007.  ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES. Each political
  party holding a presidential primary election shall adopt a rule
  for allocating delegates based on the results of the presidential
  primary election. [At least 75 percent of the total number of
  delegates who are to represent this state at the party's national
  presidential nominating convention, excluding delegates allocated
  among party and elected officials, shall be allocated in accordance
  with the rule among one or more of the candidates whose names appear
  on the presidential primary election ballot and, if applicable, the
  uncommitted status.]
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.