Bill Text: TX HB2598 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the deadline to challenge a candidate's application for a place on the ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Referred to Elections [HB2598 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2598-Introduced.html

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86R12217 SRS-F
By: Vo H.B. No. 2598

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline to challenge a candidate's application for
a place on the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.034(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) An application for a place on the ballot may not be
challenged for compliance with the applicable requirements as to
form, content, and procedure after the 50th day before [any ballot
to be voted early by mail is mailed to an address in the authority's
jurisdiction for] the date of the election for which the
application is made.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application filed under Subchapter B, Chapter 141, Election
Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An application
filed before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in
effect at the time the report was filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.