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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to additional primary election ballot information for |
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judicial candidates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 172.0861 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 172.0861. ADDITIONAL BALLOT INFORMATION FOR JUDICIAL |
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CANDIDATES. (a) This section applies only to a judicial office |
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that appears on the primary or runoff primary election ballot. This |
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section does not apply to a constitutional county judge. |
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(b) A candidate for a judicial office who is the incumbent |
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for the office may request that the ballot indicate the candidate's |
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incumbency adjacent to the candidate's name. |
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(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe the method and |
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manner for including the information described by this section on |
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the ballot. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |