By: Sheffield, Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 1904
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 21, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1904 By: Duncan
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadlines for write-in candidates for the office of
county or precinct chair of a political party.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.0231(d), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
later than 6 [5] p.m. of the fifth [62nd] day after the date of the
regular filing deadline for the general primary election [before
general primary election day]. However, if a candidate whose name
is to appear on the ballot for the office of county chair or
precinct chair dies or is declared ineligible after the third day
before the date of the regular filing deadline prescribed by this
subsection, a declaration of write-in candidacy for the office
sought by the deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not
later than 5 p.m. of the 59th day before election day.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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