86R12829 ATP-D
 
  By: Swanson, Klick, Cortez, Walle, Morrison H.B. No. 4129
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the omission from the ballot of a withdrawing
  candidate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 145.098, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 145.098.  WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATE BEFORE CERTAIN EVENTS
  OCCUR [BALLOTS ARE PREPARED]. If a candidate files a withdrawal
  request after the deadline prescribed by Section 145.092, and the
  candidate complies with each requirement under Section 145.001
  except that the candidate's filing to withdraw is untimely, the
  authority responsible for preparing the ballots may choose to omit
  the candidate from the ballot if [the ballots have not been
  prepared] at the time the candidate files the withdrawal request:
               (1)  the ballots have not been prepared; and
               (2)  if using a voting system to which Chapter 129
  applies, public notice of the test of logic and accuracy has not
  been published.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.