Bill Text: TX HB3959 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to drawing for ballot order on the general primary election ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Elections [HB3959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3959-Introduced.html
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By: Gonzales of Williamson | H.B. No. 3959 |
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relating to drawing for ballot order on the general primary | ||
election ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 172.082(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The drawing shall be conducted [ |
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later than the 10th day after the date of the regular filing | ||
deadline for the general primary election. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |