81R4797 JRJ-F
By: Hochberg H.B. No. 1265
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the information about certain candidates required to be
filed with the secretary of state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.029(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each general primary election, the state chair and
each county chair shall prepare a list containing:
(1) the name of each candidate who files an
application for a place on the ballot with the chair, as the name is
to appear on the ballot;
(2) [, and containing] the candidate's address as
shown on the application; and
(3) the date on which the candidate filed the
application.
SECTION 2. Section 181.032(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date of the filing
deadline prescribed by Section 181.033, the authority with whom an
application is filed shall deliver to the secretary of state a list
containing:
(1) each candidate's name;
(2) each candidate's [and] residence address;
(3) [and] the office sought by the candidate; and
(4) the date on which the candidate filed the
application.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.