Bill Text: TX SB1779 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the order of candidate names on a runoff expedited election ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB1779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1779-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1779 | ||
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| relating to the order of candidate names on a runoff expedited | ||
| election ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 203.013, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) The order of the candidates' names on the runoff | ||
| election ballot shall be the relative order of names on the original | ||
| expedited election ballot. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1779 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 4, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1779 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
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| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
