| 1 | 1 | | 81R29702 ESH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 3843 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3843: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 3843 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the election of the speaker of the house of |
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| 10 | 10 | | representatives. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 302.001, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 302.001. ELECTION. (a) When the house of |
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| 15 | 15 | | representatives first convenes in regular session and a quorum is |
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| 16 | 16 | | present and has been qualified, the house shall elect a speaker |
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| 17 | 17 | | unless a majority of the members present decides to defer the |
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| 18 | 18 | | election. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The election of the speaker shall be governed by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | rules of the house of representatives. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 571.061(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 22 | 22 | | to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) The commission shall administer and enforce: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) Chapters [302,] 303, 305, 572, and 2004; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) Subchapter C, Chapter 159, Local Government Code, |
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| 26 | 26 | | in connection with a county judicial officer, as defined by Section |
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| 27 | 27 | | 159.051, Local Government Code, who elects to file a financial |
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| 28 | 28 | | statement with the commission; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) Title 15, Election Code; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) Sections 2152.064 and 2155.003. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. Section 571.091(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 32 | 32 | | to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) The commission shall prepare a written opinion |
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| 34 | 34 | | answering the request of a person subject to any of the following |
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| 35 | 35 | | laws for an opinion about the application of any of these laws to |
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| 36 | 36 | | the person in regard to a specified existing or hypothetical |
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| 37 | 37 | | factual situation: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) [Chapter 302; |
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| 39 | 39 | | [(2)] Chapter 303; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) [(3)] Chapter 305; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) [(4)] Chapter 2004; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (4) [(5)] Chapter 572; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) [(6)] Subchapter C, Chapter 159, Local Government |
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| 44 | 44 | | Code, as provided by Section 571.061(a)(2); |
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| 45 | 45 | | (6) [(7)] Title 15, Election Code; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (7) [(8)] Chapter 36, Penal Code; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (8) [(9)] Chapter 39, Penal Code; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (9) [(10)] Section 2152.064; or |
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| 49 | 49 | | (10) [(11)] Section 2155.003. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 302, Government Code, is |
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| 51 | 51 | | repealed. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 5. (a) The repeal by this Act of Section 302.021, |
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| 53 | 53 | | Government Code, does not apply to an offense committed under that |
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| 54 | 54 | | section before September 1, 2009. For purposes of this section, an |
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| 55 | 55 | | offense is committed before September 1, 2009, if any element of the |
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| 56 | 56 | | offense occurs before that date. |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) An offense committed before September 1, 2009, is |
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| 58 | 58 | | covered by that section as it existed when the offense was |
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| 59 | 59 | | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 60 | 60 | | purpose. |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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