Bill Text: TX HB2092 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that candidates for municipal elective office declare a party affiliation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-21 - Reported favorably as substituted [HB2092 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2092-Introduced.html
87R9082 ADM-D | ||
By: Sanford | H.B. No. 2092 |
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relating to a requirement that candidates for municipal elective | ||
office declare a party affiliation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 143, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 143.0011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 143.0011. PARTISAN CANDIDACY REQUIRED. (a) A | ||
candidate must declare a party affiliation to run for a city office. | ||
(b) A candidate's party affiliation must appear on the | ||
ballot next to the candidate's name. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 143.003, Election Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 143.003. PARTISAN NOMINATION [ |
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HOME-RULE CITY OFFICE AUTHORIZED. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 143.004, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 143.004. APPLICATION REQUIRED. (a) Subject to Section | ||
143.005, to be entitled to a place on the ballot, a candidate must | ||
make an application for a place on the ballot. | ||
(b) An application must state the political party with which | ||
the candidate is aligned or, if the candidate is not aligned with a | ||
party, state that fact. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 143.002, Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |