Bill Text: TX HB184 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the cancellation of a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature. [Track Bill]

Status: 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB184 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB184-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 184

AN ACT
relating to the cancellation of a special election to fill a vacancy
in the legislature.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.055, Election Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 2.055. SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY IN
LEGISLATURE. (a) The secretary of state shall [may] declare an
unopposed candidate elected to fill a vacancy in the legislature
if:
(1) each candidate for an office that is to appear on
the ballot is unopposed; and
(2) no proposition is to appear on the ballot.
(b) The declaration under Subsection (a) shall be made on
the second day after:
(1) the last date an application for a place on the
special election ballot may be filed; or
(2) the date of a withdrawal, death, or final judgment
of ineligibility of a candidate that causes the remaining candidate
to be unopposed.
(c) After [If] a declaration is made under Subsection (a),
the election is not held. A copy of the declaration shall be posted
on election day at each polling place that would have been used in
the election.
(d) At the same time a declaration is made under Subsection
(a), the [(c) The] secretary of state shall issue a certificate of
election to each candidate in the same manner as provided for a
candidate elected at the election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 184 was passed by the House on April
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 184 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor