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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of time an authority with whom an application |
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for a place on the ballot is filed has to review the application. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and |
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[Subsection] (c), the review shall be completed not later than the |
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fifth business day after the date the application is received by the |
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authority. |
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(b-1) If an application is submitted fewer than five |
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business days before the applicable filing deadline, the review |
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shall be completed not later than the first Friday after the filing |
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deadline. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |