Bill Text: TX HB1639 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to providing a voter in a party primary notice of party conventions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1639-Engrossed.html
| 85R17526 SRS-F | ||
| By: Vo, Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 1639 | |
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| relating to providing a voter in a party primary notice of party | ||
| conventions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 162.004(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) If a voter is accepted to vote without presenting a | ||
| registration certificate, the presiding judge shall issue the voter | ||
| an affiliation certificate. The certificate is not required to be | ||
| issued to a voter in a runoff primary unless the voter requests it. | ||
| The affiliation certificate may be combined with the notice | ||
| provided under Section 172.1114. If the combined form is used, an | ||
| election officer is not required to comply with Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 172, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 172.1114 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 172.1114. DISTRIBUTION OF NOTICE OF CONVENTIONS. (a) | ||
| A political party may prepare a notice not larger than letter-sized | ||
| for distribution to each voter participating in the party's primary | ||
| election at the time the voter is accepted for voting. | ||
| (b) The notice may include: | ||
| (1) information describing the party's convention | ||
| process; | ||
| (2) information detailing the time and place of the | ||
| party's first level convention process; | ||
| (3) contact information for the county and state | ||
| political parties; and | ||
| (4) website links for information and registration for | ||
| party conventions. | ||
| (c) The state chair of a political party shall prescribe a | ||
| form for a notice that may be used in any county. A county chair of | ||
| a political party may prescribe a specific notice for the county | ||
| chair's county. The same notice must be used in all precincts | ||
| within a county. | ||
| (d) A notice must be approved by the secretary of state. If | ||
| a county chair of a political party uses the form of notice | ||
| prescribed by the state chair, only the convention location and | ||
| time may be added without the secretary of state's approval. | ||
| (e) A county chair of a political party shall supply a | ||
| notice prepared according to this section to the authority | ||
| conducting the election not later than the 30th day before the date | ||
| early voting by personal appearance begins. | ||
| (f) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures and | ||
| adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
