84R4352 SRS-F
By: Vo H.B. No. 3902
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing a voter in a party primary notice of party
conventions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.004(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) If a voter is accepted to vote without presenting a
registration certificate, the presiding judge shall issue the voter
an affiliation certificate. The certificate is not required to be
issued to a voter in a runoff primary unless the voter requests it.
The affiliation certificate may be combined with the notice
provided under Section 172.1114. If the combined form is used, an
election officer is not required to comply with Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 172.1114 to read as follows:
Sec. 172.1114. DISTRIBUTION OF NOTICE OF CONVENTIONS. A
political party may prepare a letter-sized notice for distribution
to each voter participating in the party's primary election at the
time the voter is accepted for voting. The notice must contain
information detailing the time and place of the party's conventions
and may include contact information for the county and state
political parties and website links for information and
registration for party conventions.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.