Bill Text: TX SB286 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to additional primary election ballot information for judicial candidates.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to State Affairs [SB286 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB286-Introduced.html

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84R1599 SRS-F
By: West S.B. No. 286

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to additional primary election ballot information for
judicial candidates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 172.0861 to read as follows:
Sec. 172.0861. ADDITIONAL BALLOT INFORMATION FOR JUDICIAL
CANDIDATES. (a) This section applies only to a judicial office
that appears on the primary or runoff primary election ballot. This
section does not apply to a constitutional county judge.
(b) A candidate for a judicial office who is the incumbent
for the office may request that the ballot indicate the candidate's
incumbency adjacent to the candidate's name.
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe the method and
manner for including the information described by this section on
the ballot.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.