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| 1 | 1 | 84R1599 SRS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sheets H.B. No. 920 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to additional primary election ballot information for | |
| 8 | 8 | judicial candidates. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Election Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 172.0861 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 172.0861. ADDITIONAL BALLOT INFORMATION FOR JUDICIAL | |
| 13 | 13 | CANDIDATES. (a) This section applies only to a judicial office | |
| 14 | 14 | that appears on the primary or runoff primary election ballot. This | |
| 15 | 15 | section does not apply to a constitutional county judge. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A candidate for a judicial office who is the incumbent | |
| 17 | 17 | for the office may request that the ballot indicate the candidate's | |
| 18 | 18 | incumbency adjacent to the candidate's name. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe the method and | |
| 20 | 20 | manner for including the information described by this section on | |
| 21 | 21 | the ballot. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |