83R8419 DRH-D
By: Klick H.B. No. 1866
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of a political party's state executive
committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.002(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) In addition to the members representing the senatorial
districts, the committee has a chair and a vice chair[, one of whom
must be a man and the other a woman]. Except as otherwise provided
by party rule, the chair and vice chair are considered members of
the committee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.