Bill Text: TX SB1705 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to nominations by primary election by certain political parties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Elections [SB1705 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1705-Engrossed.html
By: Middleton, Schwertner | S.B. No. 1705 |
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relating to nominations by primary election by certain political | ||
parties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 172.001, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.001. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION REQUIRED. | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this code, a political party's | ||
nominees in the general election for offices of state and county | ||
government and the United States Congress must be nominated by | ||
primary election, held as provided by this code, if the party's | ||
nominee for a statewide office [ |
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that office [ |
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total number of votes received by all candidates for that office | ||
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(b) If a party required to make nominations by primary | ||
election under this section makes nominations by any other method, | ||
except as permitted by Section 145.036, 145.038, 202.006, or | ||
232.046, a candidate nominated by that party for a state or county | ||
officer or a member of Congress shall be ineligible for a place on | ||
the ballot in the general election following the nomination made by | ||
another method. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 181.003, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 181.003. NOMINATING BY CONVENTION REQUIRED. A | ||
political party must make nominations for the general election for | ||
state and county officers by convention, as provided by this | ||
chapter, if the party is not required [ |
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primary election. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 172.002 and 181.002, Election Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with nominations made for an election held on or after | ||
January 1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |