Bill Text: TX HR2022 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1987.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-30 - 3 hr. notice-for consideration [HR2022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR2022-Introduced.html
87R30490 ADM-D | ||
By: Burrows | H.R. No. 2022 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, 87th Legislature, Regular Session 2021, That House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to | ||
resolve the differences on House Bill 1987 (eligibility | ||
requirements to hold a political party office and the election of | ||
certain state officers of certain political parties at a primary | ||
election) to consider and take action on the following matters: | ||
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 1 of the | ||
bill by adding Section 161.005(d), Election Code, to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) If an officer of a political party described by | ||
Subsection (a-1) announces the officer's candidacy or becomes a | ||
candidate for an elective office of the federal, state, or county | ||
government, the announcement or candidacy constitutes an automatic | ||
resignation from the office currently held by the officer. A | ||
vacancy arising under this subsection must be filled in the same | ||
manner as other vacancies for that office are filled. | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify the | ||
resignation requirements imposed by this bill. | ||
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following SECTIONS | ||
to the bill: | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 171, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter A-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER A-1. STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL | ||
PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION | ||
Sec. 171.011. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This | ||
subchapter applies to a political party holding a primary election | ||
in this state if the party's candidate for governor has received the | ||
greatest number of votes in at least six of the ten most recent | ||
gubernatorial elections. | ||
(b) A provision of Subchapter A applies to a political party | ||
described by Subsection (a) except as provided by Subsection (c). | ||
(c) To the extent of any conflict, a provision of this | ||
subchapter prevails over a provision in Subchapter A. | ||
Sec. 171.012. ELECTION OF STATE PARTY OFFICERS AT GENERAL | ||
PRIMARY ELECTION. (a) The chair of a political party to which this | ||
subchapter applies is elected to a regular term at the general | ||
primary election by the majority of qualified voters of the state | ||
who vote in the primary for that office. | ||
(b) Members representing the senatorial or congressional | ||
districts are elected to a regular term at the general primary | ||
election by the majority of qualified voters of the state who reside | ||
in the district and who vote in the primary for that office. It is | ||
not required that the two members from each district be of the | ||
opposite sex. Section 171.002(d) does not apply to a member elected | ||
to represent a senatorial or congressional district under this | ||
subchapter. | ||
(c) If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a | ||
runoff to determine the office is conducted in the same manner as a | ||
runoff primary election to determine a nomination for public | ||
office. The candidates to be in a runoff are determined in the same | ||
manner as candidates in a runoff for a nomination. | ||
(d) The chair and members representing the senatorial or | ||
congressional districts each serve for a term of four years | ||
beginning the 20th day after runoff primary election day at the | ||
primary election held in gubernatorial election years. | ||
Sec. 171.013. ELECTIONS NOT HELD. (a) If only one | ||
candidate's name is to be placed on the ballot for an office under | ||
this subchapter, the election for that office is not held, and the | ||
unopposed candidate, if otherwise eligible, shall be declared | ||
elected to the office at the time of the canvass. | ||
(b) The state chair shall prepare a document that shall be | ||
posted that states: "Pursuant to Section 171.013, Election Code, | ||
(insert name of unopposed candidate), if otherwise eligible, shall | ||
be declared elected to the office of (insert name of office) at the | ||
time of the local canvass." | ||
(c) The county chair or entity contracted to hold the | ||
election shall distribute copies of the document to the presiding | ||
judge of the election precinct with the other election supplies. An | ||
election officer shall post the document in one or more locations in | ||
the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting to vote. | ||
Sec. 171.014. RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT; DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. | ||
(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve on the state | ||
executive committee as a member representing a senatorial or | ||
congressional district, a person must reside in the district in | ||
addition to satisfying the other applicable eligibility | ||
requirements. | ||
(b) If a change in a district boundary results in either | ||
more than one member residing in the district subject to the | ||
boundary change or no member residing in the district subject to the | ||
boundary change, a vacancy in the office representing that | ||
senatorial or congressional district is created and shall be filled | ||
in accordance with Section 171.003. | ||
(c) For the purpose of determining whether a member | ||
representing a senatorial or congressional district is a resident | ||
of a particular county election precinct, a change in a district | ||
boundary is not effective until February 1 following the adoption | ||
of the order making the change, except as provided by Subsection | ||
(d). | ||
(d) If a change in a district boundary made by an order | ||
adopted on or after February 1 of a primary election year is | ||
scheduled to become effective before general primary election day, | ||
the change is effective on the date the order is adopted for the | ||
purpose specified by Subsection (c). | ||
Sec. 171.015. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. Write-in candidates are | ||
not permitted for an office described by this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 172.021(b), Election Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) An application must, in addition to complying with | ||
Section 141.031, be accompanied by the appropriate filing fee or a | ||
petition in lieu of the filing fee that satisfies the requirements | ||
prescribed by Section 141.062. A political party may not require | ||
payment of a fee as a condition to applying for a place on the ballot | ||
as a candidate for a party office [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 172.061, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.061. CANDIDATE FOR PARTY OFFICE. (a) Except for | ||
Sections 172.058(b), 172.059(c), and 172.060(b), this subchapter | ||
applies to a candidate for a party office [ |
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(b) If a runoff candidate for a party office [ |
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to be elected and the runoff election for that office is not held. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 172.089, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.089. ORDER OF PARTY OFFICES ON BALLOT. (a) For a | ||
party to which Subchapter A-1, Chapter 171, does not apply, the | ||
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listed on the primary election ballot after the public offices with | ||
the office of county chair listed first. | ||
(b) For a party to which Subchapter A-1, Chapter 171, | ||
applies, the party offices of state chair, state executive | ||
committee member, county chair, and precinct chair shall be listed | ||
in that order on the primary election ballot after the public | ||
offices. | ||
SECTION 6. The heading to Section 172.118, Election Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.118. NOTICE OF PERSONS ELECTED AS PRECINCT AND | ||
COUNTY PARTY OFFICERS. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 257.005(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by this section, the following are | ||
subject to the requirements of this title that apply to a candidate | ||
for public office: | ||
(1) a candidate for state chair or state executive | ||
committee member of a political party with a nominee on the ballot | ||
in the most recent gubernatorial general election; and | ||
(2) a candidate for election to the office of county | ||
chair of a political party with a nominee on the ballot in the most | ||
recent gubernatorial general election if the county has a | ||
population of 350,000 or more. | ||
SECTION 8. The term of a state chair or state executive | ||
committee member of a political party to which Subchapter A-1, | ||
Chapter 171, Election Code, as added by this Act, applies, serving | ||
on the effective date of this Act ends on the 20th day after runoff | ||
primary election day, 2022. | ||
SECTION 9. Except as provided by Section 8 of this Act, this | ||
Act applies only to a candidate for nomination or election to an | ||
office the term of which begins on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
Explanation: These changes are necessary to provide for the | ||
election at a primary election of certain political party officers. |