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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of a political party's state executive |
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committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.002(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) In addition to the members representing the senatorial |
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districts, the committee has a chair and a vice chair[, one of whom
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must be a man and the other a woman]. Except as otherwise provided |
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by party rule, the chair and vice chair are considered members of |
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the committee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |