By: Menendez H.B. No. 3065
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to payment of funds by the secretary of state for the cost
of primary elections
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. CHAPTER 173. PRIMARY ELECTION FINANCING is
amended as follows:
SUBCHAPTER A. PRIMARY ELECTION EXPENSES GENERALLY
Sec. 173.001. STATE FUNDS FOR PRIMARY AUTHORIZED. (a)
Subject to legislative appropriation, state funds may be spent as
provided by this chapter to pay expenses incurred by a political
party in connection with a primary election.
(b) Expenses incurred in connection with a convention of a
political party or other party activity that is not necessary for
the holding of a primary election may not be paid with state funds.
(c) The secretary of state may spend state funds
appropriated for primary finance to pay salaries and other
necessary expenses in connection with the administration of primary
elections.
(d) If the amount of the funds appropriated for the
financing of primary elections is insufficient to satisfy the
requests for those funds made under this code, the secretary of
state may distribute the amount of the appropriation on a pro rata
basis. Each party executive committee is entitled to a
proportionate share of that amount according to that committee's
percentage of the total amount requested.
(e) Payment of funds requested by a political party in
connection with a primary election authorized in this section shall
be paid directly to the county in which the
primary elections were
held.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.