By: Veasey (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 3270
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the list of candidates compiled by a state or county
party chair for a primary election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.029(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each general primary election, the state chair and
each county chair shall prepare a list containing:
(1) the name of each candidate who files an
application for a place on the ballot with the chair, including an
application for the office of a political party, as the name is to
appear on the ballot;
(2) the candidate's address as shown on the
application; and
(3) the date on which the candidate filed the
application.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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