82R11459 DRH-D
By: Aycock H.B. No. 847
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 847:
By: King of Parker C.S.H.B. No. 847
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date for a political party's precinct conventions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 174.022(a), (b), and (c), Election
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The precinct conventions may [shall] be held in the
regular county election precincts on:
(1) general primary election day; and
(2) a date determined by the county executive
committee that occurs not later than the fifth day after the date of
the general primary election [in the regular county election
precincts].
(b) Consistent with Subsection (c), not [Not] later than the
date of the regular drawing for position on the general primary
election ballot, the county executive committee shall set the hour
and place for convening each precinct convention for the precincts
served by the committee. If the county executive committee fails to
do so, the county chair shall set, consistent with Subsection (c),
the hour and place.
(c) If precinct conventions are held on general primary
election day, the [The] hour set for convening the conventions may
not be earlier than 7 p.m. or later than 9 p.m., but a
[Notwithstanding the hour set for convening, the] convention may
not convene until the last voter has voted at the precinct polling
place. If precinct conventions are held on a day other than general
primary election day, the county executive committee shall set the
hour for convening or a time frame in which the conventions must
convene.
SECTION 2. Section 174.023, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 174.023. NOTICE OF DATE, HOUR, AND PLACE. (a) The
county chair shall post a notice of the date, hour, and place for
convening each precinct convention on the bulletin board used for
posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. The notice
must remain posted continuously for the 10 days immediately
preceding the date of the convention.
(b) Not later than the 10th day before the date of the
precinct conventions, the county chair shall deliver to the county
clerk written notice of the date, hour, and place for convening each
precinct convention.
(c) If the county chair fails to post or deliver notice in
accordance with this section, another member of the county
executive committee may post or deliver the notice.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.