Bill Text: TX SB374 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the time period for the withdrawal of a candidate for a general primary election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-06 - Left pending in committee [SB374 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB374-Introduced.html
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By: Taylor of Collin | S.B. No. 374 |
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relating to the time period for the withdrawal of a candidate for a | ||
general primary election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 172.052(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the | ||
general primary election after the third [ |
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of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 172.054(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The deadline for filing an application for a place on | ||
the general primary election ballot is extended as provided by this | ||
section if a candidate who has made an application that complies | ||
with the applicable requirements: | ||
(1) dies on or after the fifth day before the date of | ||
the regular filing deadline and on or before the first day after the | ||
date of the regular filing deadline; | ||
(2) holds the office for which the application was | ||
made and: | ||
(A) withdraws on or before the third day after | ||
the date of the regular filing deadline; or | ||
(B) is declared ineligible on the date of the | ||
regular filing deadline or the first day after the date of the | ||
regular filing deadline; or | ||
(3) withdraws or is declared ineligible during the | ||
period prescribed by Subdivision (2)(A) or (B), as applicable | ||
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ineligibility no other candidate has made an application that | ||
complies with the applicable requirements for the office sought by | ||
the withdrawn or ineligible candidate. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 172.057, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.057. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE | ||
CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT. A | ||
candidate's name shall be omitted from the general primary election | ||
ballot if the candidate [ |
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ineligible on or before the first day after the date of the regular | ||
filing deadline or withdraws on or before the third day after the | ||
date of the regular filing deadline. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |