Bill Text: TX HB204 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to placing the name of a deceased or ineligible candidate for public office on the ballot.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB204 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB204-Comm_Sub.html

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85R11522 JRJ-D
By: Bell H.B. No. 204
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 204:
By: Laubenberg C.S.H.B. No. 204

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to placing the name of a deceased or ineligible candidate
for public office on the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 145.039, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 145.039. DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO
APPEAR ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. (a) If a candidate dies or is
declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the
candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot.
(b) The secretary of state by rule may establish a procedure
for issuing a certified notice to voters, to be included in the
balloting materials for early voting by mail and given to each voter
at each polling place during the early voting period and on election
day, that a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has died
or been declared ineligible.
SECTION 2. Section 145.065, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 145.065. DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO
APPEAR ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. (a) If a candidate dies or is
declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the
candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot.
(b) The secretary of state by rule may establish a procedure
for issuing a certified notice to voters, to be included in the
balloting materials for early voting by mail and given to each voter
at each polling place during the early voting period and on election
day, that a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has died
or been declared ineligible.
SECTION 3. Section 145.096, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The secretary of state by rule may establish a procedure
for issuing a certified notice to voters, to be included in the
balloting materials for early voting by mail and given to each voter
at each polling place during the early voting period and on election
day, that a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has died
or been declared ineligible.
SECTION 4. Section 172.058, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The secretary of state by rule may establish a procedure
for issuing a certified notice to voters, to be included in the
balloting materials for early voting by mail and given to each voter
at each polling place during the early voting period and on election
day, that a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has died
or been declared ineligible.
SECTION 5. Section 172.060, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The secretary of state by rule may establish a procedure
for issuing a certified notice to voters, to be included in the
balloting materials for early voting by mail and given to each voter
at each polling place during the early voting period and on election
day, that a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has died
or been declared ineligible.
SECTION 6. Section 232.045, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The secretary of state by rule may establish a procedure
for issuing a certified notice to voters, to be included in the
balloting materials for early voting by mail and given to each voter
at each polling place during the early voting period and on election
day, that a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has died
or been declared ineligible.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.