By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1593
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 17, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of a candidate's e-mail address on an
official application for a place on the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.039, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 141.039. OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM. In addition to
the other statements and spaces for entering information that
appear on an officially prescribed form for an application for a
place on the ballot, each official form for an application that a
candidate is required to file under this code must include:
(1) a space for indicating the form in which the
candidate's name is to appear on the ballot;
(2) a space for the candidate's mailing address;
(3) spaces for the candidate's home and office
telephone numbers and e-mail address; and
(4) a statement informing candidates that the
furnishing of the telephone numbers or e-mail address is optional.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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