85R8264 SRS-F
By: Swanson H.B. No. 1707
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to political party signs for a primary election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.127(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The presiding judge or alternate presiding judge for the
precinct may post a [A] sign at [used to indicate the location of] a
polling place for a primary election or a primary runoff election
that [must either]:
(1) identifies [not contain] the name of, or symbol
representing, the [any] political party that is holding an election
at the polling place; and [or]
(2) does not refer to a candidate or measure on the
ballot [contain each name of, or each symbol representing, a
political party that is holding an election at the polling place].
SECTION 2. Section 172.127(a), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.