Bill Text: TX HB1848 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the date of the general primary election to be held in 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Elections [HB1848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1848-Introduced.html
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By: King of Parker | H.B. No. 1848 |
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relating to the date of the general primary election to be held in | ||
2022. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0075 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0075. POSTPONING PRIMARY ELECTION IN SPECIAL | ||
CIRCUMSTANCE. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | ||
governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house may, by | ||
written agreement, postpone the date of the general primary | ||
election to be held in 2022 if a redistricting plan adopted by the | ||
legislature or the Legislative Redistricting Board under Section | ||
28, Article III, Texas Constitution, is not in effect on or before | ||
September 1, 2021. | ||
(b) An agreement under Subsection (a) may not be made later | ||
than the 45th day before the filing deadline described by Section | ||
172.023. | ||
(c) As soon as possible after an agreement under Subsection | ||
(a) is made, the governor shall deliver the agreement to the | ||
secretary of state and to the state chair of each party that had a | ||
nominee for a statewide or district office on the general election | ||
ballot in 2020. | ||
(d) An agreement made under Subsection (a) must include | ||
either: | ||
(1) the date on which the general primary election | ||
will be held; or | ||
(2) an agreement that the governor, lieutenant | ||
governor, and speaker of the house will determine the date of the | ||
general primary election at a later date. | ||
(e) The filing period for an election postponed by agreement | ||
under Subsection (d)(2) may not begin before the 30th day after the | ||
date a determination is made under that subsection. | ||
(f) The general primary election may not be postponed under | ||
this section to a date later than July 1, 2022. | ||
(g) If the general primary election is postponed under this | ||
section, the secretary of state shall adjust the date for a runoff | ||
election, the deadline for filing for candidacy, and the schedule | ||
for canvassing election returns, declaring results, or performing | ||
any other official act relating to the election to allow the same | ||
interval of time in relation to the date of the election as would be | ||
provided by application of other law. | ||
(h) This section expires January 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |