Bill Text: TX HB3566 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Committee report printed and distributed [HB3566 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3566-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Cortez (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3566
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of
a precinct chair.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) An application for a place on the ballot as a candidate
for precinct chair must, in addition to complying with Section
141.031, include:
(1) an electronic mail address at which the candidate
receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign;
(2) a telephone number at which the candidate can be
reached; or
(3) an electronic mail address and a telephone number
described by Subdivisions (1) and (2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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