Bill Text: TX HB1640 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the time of holding precinct conventions in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Elections [HB1640 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1640-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | H.B. No. 1640 |
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relating to the time of holding precinct conventions in certain | ||
counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 163.006(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A rule on electoral affairs that is to become effective | ||
in a year in which the party will hold precinct conventions under | ||
this title must be filed with the secretary of state not later than | ||
the 30th day before the date the party convenes its earliest [ |
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extend this deadline for good cause. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 174.021, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 174.021. SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO COUNTY AND | ||
SENATORIAL DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. (a) The delegates to a political | ||
party's county and senatorial district conventions held under this | ||
chapter shall be selected in accordance with party rules at | ||
precinct conventions held as provided by this subchapter. | ||
(b) A political party may by rule allow a county with a | ||
population of 25,000 or less to hold precinct conventions before | ||
the county convention on the same day and at the same place as the | ||
county convention. The rule may modify other provisions of this | ||
subchapter as necessary for the county to hold precinct conventions | ||
as provided by this subsection. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 174.022, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The county executive committee shall set the hour for | ||
convening precinct conventions under Section 174.021(b) for each | ||
precinct served by the committee. If the committee fails to do so, | ||
the county chair shall, consistent with that section, set the hour. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 174.093, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 174.093. NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE. Before the date of | ||
the party's primary election [ |
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hour, and place for convening the biennial state convention to the | ||
secretary of state, each county chair, and each temporary chair of a | ||
senatorial district convention. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 181.005(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) To be entitled to have the names of its nominees placed | ||
on the general election ballot, a political party required to make | ||
nominations by convention must file with the secretary of state, | ||
not later than the 75th day after the date of the earliest precinct | ||
conventions held under this chapter, lists of precinct convention | ||
participants indicating that the number of participants equals at | ||
least one percent of the total number of votes received by all | ||
candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general | ||
election. The lists must include each participant's residence | ||
address and voter registration number. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 181.006(j), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(j) The petition may not be circulated before [ |
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the date of the party's county [ |
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this chapter. A signature obtained [ |
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invalid. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 181.061, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) A political party may by rule allow a county with a | ||
population of 25,000 or less to hold precinct conventions before | ||
the county convention on the same day and at the same place as the | ||
county convention. The rule may modify other provisions of this | ||
subchapter as necessary for the county to hold precinct conventions | ||
as provided by this subsection. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 181.063, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 181.063. HOUR AND PLACE OF PRECINCT AND COUNTY | ||
CONVENTIONS. The hours and places for convening the county | ||
convention and precinct conventions held under this chapter shall | ||
be set as provided by Section 174.022 [ |
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hours and places of precinct conventions of a party holding a | ||
primary election. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |