Bill Text: TX HB2323 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the filing period for a place on the ballot in a special election to fill a vacancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2323 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2323-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2323 |
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relating to the filing period for a place on the ballot in a special | ||
election to fill a vacancy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 201.054, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(f) For a special election to be held on the date of the | ||
general election for state and county officers, the [ |
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filing deadline is 6 p.m. of the 75th day before election day. | ||
(g) A declaration of write-in candidacy for a special | ||
election must be filed not later than the filing deadline | ||
prescribed by this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2323 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2323 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |