By: Jackson S.B. No. 563
(In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2009; February 23, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 15, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 2; April 15, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a candidate as an incumbent on a
primary ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 172.0851 to read as follows:
Sec. 172.0851. DESIGNATION OF INCUMBENCY FOR CANDIDATES.
For each office that appears on the primary election ballot or a
runoff primary election ballot, the ballot must indicate a
candidate who is an incumbent for that office adjacent to the
candidate's name in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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