81R9078 JRJ-D
By: Pierson H.B. No. 2101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the place for the convening of a county convention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 174.062, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] county
convention shall be held in a county if the county is not situated
in more than one state senatorial district.
(c) If the county executive committee for a political party
determines that no suitable location for the county convention is
available in the county, the county executive committee may apply
to the state executive committee of that political party to issue an
order permitting the county convention to be held at a location
outside the county. An order under this subsection must be entered
in the minutes of the state executive committee not later than the
30th day before the date the county convention is to be held.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.