Bill Text: TX HB2007 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the selection of electors to vote for president and vice-president based on the proportion of voters voting for each presidential candidate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Elections [HB2007 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2007-Introduced.html

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83R7532 ATP-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection of electors to vote for president and
vice-president based on the proportion of voters voting for each
presidential candidate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 192.005, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 192.005. VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION. (a) Unless
Subsection (b) applies, the [The] set of elector candidates that is
elected is the one that corresponds to the candidates for president
and vice-president receiving the most votes.
(b) Electors shall be awarded to presidential and
vice-presidential candidates in proportion to the popular vote
received by those candidates in this state if the secretary of state
certifies that the law of another state requires electors to be
awarded in a similar manner.
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, 2013.