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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration and conduct of elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 52.092(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), |
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Election Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 2.053(c) or 2.056(e), for |
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an election at which offices regularly filled at the general |
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election for state and county officers are to appear on the ballot, |
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the offices shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) offices of the county government: |
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(A) precinct offices; |
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(B) county offices [offices of the federal |
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government]; |
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(2) offices of the state government: |
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(A) district offices [statewide offices]; |
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(B) statewide offices [district offices]; |
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(3) offices of the federal [county] government [: |
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[(A) county offices; |
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[(B) precinct offices]. |
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(b) Precinct offices [Offices of the federal government] |
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shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) constable [president and vice-president of the |
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United States]; |
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(2) justice of the peace [United States senator]; |
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(3) county commissioner [United States |
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representative]. |
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(c) County [Statewide] offices [of the state government] |
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shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) county surveyor [governor]; |
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(2) county school trustee (county with population of |
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3.3 million or more) [lieutenant governor]; |
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(3) county treasurer [attorney general]; |
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(4) county tax assessor-collector [comptroller of |
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public accounts]; |
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(5) sheriff and tax assessor-collector [commissioner |
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of the General Land Office]; |
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(6) sheriff [commissioner of agriculture]; |
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(7) county clerk [railroad commissioner]; |
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(8) district and county clerk [chief justice, supreme |
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court]; |
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(9) district clerk [justice, supreme court]; |
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(10) county attorney [presiding judge, court of |
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criminal appeals]; |
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(11) judge, county probate court; [of criminal |
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appeals] |
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(12) judge, county criminal court; |
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(13) judge, county court at law; |
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(14) county judge. |
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(d) District offices of the state government shall be listed |
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in the following order: |
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(1) criminal district attorney [member, State Board |
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of Education]; |
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(2) district attorney [state senator]; |
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(3) family district judge [state representative]; |
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(4) criminal district judge [chief justice, court of |
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appeals]; |
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(5) district judge [justice, court of appeals]; |
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(6) justice, court of appeals [district judge]; |
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(7) chief justice, court of appeals [criminal |
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district judge]; |
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(8) state representative [family district judge]; |
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(9) state senator [district attorney]; |
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(10) member, State Board of Education [criminal |
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district attorney]. |
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(e) Statewide [County] offices of the state government |
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shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) judge, court of criminal appeals [county judge]; |
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(2) presiding judge, court of criminal |
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appeals [judge, county court at law]; |
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(3) justice, supreme court [judge, county criminal |
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court]; |
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(4) chief justice, supreme court [judge, county |
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probate court]; |
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(5) railroad commissioner [county attorney]; |
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(6) commissioner of agriculture [district clerk]; |
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(7) commissioner of the General Land Office [district |
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and county clerk]; |
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(8) comptroller of public accounts [county clerk]; |
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(9) attorney general [sheriff]; |
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(10) lieutenant governor [sheriff and tax |
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assessor-collector]; |
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(11) governor [county tax assessor-collector; |
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[(12) county treasurer; |
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[(13) county school trustee (county with population of |
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3.3 million or more); |
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[(14) county surveyor]. |
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(f) Offices of the federal government [Precinct offices] |
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shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) United States representative [county |
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commissioner]; |
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(2) United States senator [justice of the peace]; |
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(3) president and vice-president of the United |
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States [constable]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |