BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2327 |
By: Israel |
Elections |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties have expressed concern that state law may render as invalid the application of a candidate for public office for a place on the ballot if the candidate omits a public mailing address or email address. C.S.H.B. 2327 seeks to clarify that a candidate need only provide that information in the application if it is available.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2327 amends the Election Code to make the requirement that a candidate for public office include a public mailing address in the candidate's application for a place on the ballot contingent on the availability of such an address and to specify that any such address included in the application is an address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign. The bill revises the contents of the official application form for a place on the ballot to reflect those changes and by removing the email address specification from the required statement informing candidates that furnishing telephone numbers or an email address is optional.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2327 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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