84R11064 JRJ-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 1448
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to holding a primary election for a political party in a
county without party leadership.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.128, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 172.128. ALTERNATIVE PRIMARY PROCEDURE FOR COUNTIES
WITHOUT COUNTY PARTY LEADERSHIP. (a) Notwithstanding a
conflicting provision of this code, [This section applies only to]
a primary election that is required for the nomination of a
political party to a statewide office or a presidential primary
election shall be held in accordance with this section in a county
in which:
(1) the office of county chair is vacant and there is
an insufficient number of members serving on the county executive
committee to fill a vacancy on the committee; and
(2) the party is unable to establish a temporary
executive committee under Section 171.027.
(b) On request of the [The] state chair of a political
party, [may contract with] a county clerk, county tax
assessor-collector, or county elections administrator, as
appropriate, shall contract with the state chair to hold a primary
election under this section [in a county in which:
[(1) the office of county chair is vacant and there is
an insufficient number of members serving on the county executive
committee to fill a vacancy on the committee; and
[(2) the party is unable to establish a temporary
executive committee under Section 171.027].
(c) A contract for election services entered into under this
section shall provide that the county shall be eligible to be
reimbursed for primary election expenses in the same manner a
county chair would be reimbursed under Subchapter D, Chapter 173.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.