Bill Text: TX HB2940 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Elections [HB2940 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2940-Introduced.html
By: Toth | H.B. No. 2940 |
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relating to the date of the primary election and related | ||
procedures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 41.007(a), (b), and (c), Election Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The general primary election date is the first Tuesday | ||
in February [ |
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(b) The runoff primary election date is the fourth Tuesday | ||
in April [ |
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(c) The presidential primary election date is the first | ||
Tuesday in February [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 141.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A candidate's application for a place on the ballot that | ||
is required by this code must: | ||
(1) be in writing; | ||
(2) be signed and sworn to by the candidate and | ||
indicate the date that the candidate swears to the application; | ||
(3) be timely filed with the appropriate authority; | ||
and | ||
(4) include: | ||
(A) the candidate's name; | ||
(B) the candidate's occupation; | ||
(C) the office sought, including any place number | ||
or other distinguishing number; | ||
(D) an indication of whether the office sought is | ||
to be filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and | ||
another office to be voted on have the same title but do not have | ||
place numbers or other distinguishing numbers; | ||
(E) a statement that the candidate is a United | ||
States citizen; | ||
(F) a statement that the candidate has not been | ||
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate | ||
jurisdiction to be: | ||
(i) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
(ii) partially mentally incapacitated | ||
without the right to vote; | ||
(G) a statement that the candidate has not been | ||
finally convicted of a felony from which the candidate has not been | ||
pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities; | ||
(H) the candidate's date of birth; | ||
(I) the candidate's residence address or, if the | ||
residence has no address, the address at which the candidate | ||
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the | ||
candidate's residence; | ||
(J) the candidate's length of continuous | ||
residence in the state and in the territory from which the office | ||
sought is elected as of the date the candidate swears to the | ||
application; | ||
(K) the statement: "I, _________, of _________ | ||
County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of __________, | ||
swear that I will support and defend the constitution and laws of | ||
the United States and of the State of Texas"; [ |
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(L) a statement that the candidate is aware of | ||
the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code; and | ||
(M) a statement that the candidate is aware of | ||
the provisions of Section 65, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 162.003, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 162.003. AFFILIATION BY VOTING IN PRIMARY. (a) A | ||
person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person: | ||
(1) is accepted to vote in the party's primary | ||
election; or | ||
(2) applies for and is provided an early voting or | ||
limited primary ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
(b) An affiliation under Subsection (a)(2) applies to the | ||
voting year in which the primary election is held. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 172.023(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) An application for a place on the general primary | ||
election ballot must be filed not later than 6 p.m. on the second | ||
Monday in November [ |
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filing deadline is extended under Subchapter C. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 173.010, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 173.010. FURNISHING RULES. During October [ |
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preceding each primary election year, the secretary of state shall | ||
deliver to the state chair and each county chair of each political | ||
party holding a primary election a current set of the rules adopted | ||
under this subchapter. If a rule or amendment of a rule is adopted | ||
after delivery of the set, the secretary shall deliver a copy of the | ||
rule or amendment not later than the 10th day after the date of its | ||
adoption. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 181.0041, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 181.0041. REGISTRATION OF PARTY REQUIRED. A political | ||
party that intends to make nominations under this chapter for the | ||
general election for state and county officers must register with | ||
the secretary of state, in the manner prescribed by the secretary, | ||
not later than the regular filing deadline for candidates in the | ||
general primary election [ |
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SECTION 7. Section 181.033(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for | ||
nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular | ||
filing deadline for candidates in the general primary election [ |
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SECTION 8. Sections 181.061(b) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A party nominating by convention must make its | ||
nominations for offices of districts situated in more than one | ||
county at district conventions held on the second Saturday after | ||
general primary election day [ |
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district convention consists of delegates selected at the county | ||
conventions held under Subsection (c). | ||
(c) A party nominating by convention must make its | ||
nominations for county and precinct offices and for offices of | ||
districts not situated in more than one county at county | ||
conventions held on the first Saturday after general primary | ||
election day [ |
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consists of delegates selected at precinct conventions held on | ||
general primary election day [ |
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regular county election precincts. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 182.005, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 182.005. NOMINATIONS MADE BY COUNTY CONVENTION. A | ||
political party must make its nominations under this chapter at a | ||
county convention held on the first Saturday after general primary | ||
election day [ |
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The convention consists of delegates selected at precinct | ||
conventions held on general primary election day [ |
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SECTION 10. The term of a person who is serving as a county | ||
or precinct chair of a political party on the effective date of this | ||
Act ends on the 20th day after the fourth Tuesday in April 2014. | ||
SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |