86R5096 GRM-D
 
  By: Middleton H.B. No. 4416
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to
  have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 181.005(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A political party is entitled to have the names of its
  nominees placed on the ballot, without qualifying under Subsection
  (a), in each subsequent general election following a general
  election in which the party had a nominee for a statewide office who
  received a number of votes equal to at least 10 [five] percent of
  the total number of votes received by all candidates for that
  office.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.