Bill Text: TX HB1661 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a withdrawal of a candidate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1661 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1661-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1661 |
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relating to a withdrawal of a candidate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2.052, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A certification may be made under Subsection (a) | ||
following the filing of a withdrawal request by a candidate after | ||
the deadline prescribed by Section 145.092 if: | ||
(1) the withdrawal request is valid except for the | ||
untimely filing; | ||
(2) ballots for the election have not been prepared; | ||
and | ||
(3) the conditions for certification under Subsection | ||
(a) are otherwise met. | ||
(d) A certification described by Subsection (c) shall be | ||
delivered to the governing body of the political subdivision as | ||
soon as possible. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 145, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 145.098 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 145.098. WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATE BEFORE BALLOTS ARE | ||
PREPARED. If a candidate files a withdrawal request after the | ||
deadline prescribed by Section 145.092, and the candidate complies | ||
with each requirement under Section 145.001 except that the | ||
candidate's filing to withdraw is untimely, the authority | ||
responsible for preparing the ballots may choose to omit the | ||
candidate from the ballot if the ballots have not been prepared at | ||
the time the candidate files the withdrawal request. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the House on May | ||
11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |